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Blog: Telehealth in the Arctic – Unfulfilled potential

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 19:58 — Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2015 at 19:57
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Telehealth is going mainstream. That was the message from a pair of recent stories in Wired magazine, an InTouch Health

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shovels dirt during a ground breaking ceremony for the Canadian High Arctic Research Station on August 23, 2014 in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. The new Polar Knowledge Canada organization will be housed here when the station opens in 2017.(Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

Canada announces Polar Knowledge Canada organization

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 20:50 — Last Updated: Friday, June 5, 2015 at 01:30
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The Canadian government announced this week that it has merged the functions of the Canadian Polar Commission and the Canadian High

An explosion near Tuktoyaktuk releases gravel at the beginning highway construction season in 2014. (CBC)

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Construction season ends on Arctic Canadian highway

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 20:09 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 20:54
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The second highway construction season between the Arctic Canadian communities of Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk has come to a close. In

Students at a residential school in Fort Resolution in Canada's Northwest Territories. (Library and Archives Canada))

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Time for action: Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission releases recommendations

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 16:24 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:51
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For the estimated 80,000 survivors of Canada’s residential school system, Tuesday marked another step towards closure with the release of

A whalebone arch sits on the Barrow, Alaska shoreline. (Nicole Klauss / Kodiak Daily Mirror / AP)

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Alaska’s spring whaling season a success despite challenging sea ice

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, June 1, 2015 at 15:18 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 20:29
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The spring whaling drought Barrow endured two years ago continues to ease, after subsistence whalers in the Arctic community landed nine

In this April 17, 2015 file photo, an oil drilling rig arrives aboard a transport ship at sunrise, following a journey across the Pacific in Port Angeles, Wash. Royal Dutch Shell hopes to use the rig for exploratory drilling during the summer open-water season in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast. (Daniella Beccaria/seattlepi.com via AP)

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Arctic drilling doesn’t just effect the Arctic say Greenpeace campaign participants

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 21:49 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:51
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Representatives from six of Canada’s First Nations are currently taking part in a Greenpeace campaign with a message that Arctic

United States Secretary of State John Kerry, Canadian Minister for the Arctic Council Leona Aglukkaq, and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson pose with Inuit wearing traditional dress at the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Ministers from the eight Arctic nations and the leaders of northern indigenous groups form the Council. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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All Arctic Council, all the time – Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 1, 2015 at 21:04
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

United States Secretary of State John Kerry, centre, and Leona Aglukkaq, Canadian Minister for the Arctic Council, right, chat with a traditional Inuit drummer while attending the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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Blog: Arctic Council – from looking out to looking in

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 19:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 18:47
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Last Friday, the ninth ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council conference took place in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. The Canadian hosts recapped

United States Secretary of State John Kerry leaves a news conference at the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Ministers from the eight Arctic nations and the leaders of northern indigenous groups form the Council. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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Blog: Arctic Council Ministerial – Winners and Losers

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Monday, April 27, 2015 at 13:43 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 14:04
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Canada’s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council concluded on Friday in Iqaluit. With the dust now settled, it’s time to review

President of the Saami Council, Áile Javo (far left) sits next to Borge Brende, minister of foreign affairs for Norway, during the opening of the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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Indigenous leaders warn international community, continued tensions with Russia will harm Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 24, 2015 at 21:13 — Last Updated: Monday, April 27, 2015 at 20:29
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Arctic indigenous leaders cautioned the circumpolar community that the continued intrusion of geopolitical tensions with Russia into the Arctic Council

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard presents Le Plan Nord, his government's plan for the province's northern development on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 in Montreal. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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Canadian province of Quebec announces plan for northern development

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 21:29 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:53
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The Canadian province of Quebec announced an ambitious plan to develop its northern region on Wednesday, putting the Arctic back in

Before the long Easter weekend, we take a look back at some of your most read northern stories this week. (iStock)

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Mining, politics and Maine: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 3, 2015 at 08:00
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

Suicide rates in the world's circumpolar communities remain several times higher than their southern counterparts. (iStock)

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Mental wellness symposium taking place in Canadian Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 21:09 — Last Updated: Monday, March 30, 2015 at 18:54
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A circumpolar mental wellness symposium is taking place this week in Canada’s Arctic, tackling an issue that’s at the forefont

A look at Eye on the Arctic's most read stories this week. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)

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Shipping, Russia and reality TV : Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, February 16, 2015 at 14:48 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:56
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

Eric Dejaeger leaves an Iqualuit courtroom in the northern territory of Nunavut on Jan. 20, 2011. Today he was sentenced to 19 years in prison for dozens of horrific sex crimes against aboriginal children. (Chris Windeyer/Canadian Press)

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Ex-priest sentenced for sexual abuse of children in Canada’s Arctic

Lynn Desjardins, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 15:21 — Last Updated: Friday, February 6, 2015 at 22:06
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Defrocked priest Eric Dejaeger, found guilty of sexually abusing children in northern Canada, has been sentenced to 19 years in