Nunavut photographer finalist in international contest
A photographer from the community of Arctic Bay, in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, is a finalist in
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Arctic Canadian town hopes radar gun will stop speeding snowmobilers
Kugluktuk, a community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, is cracking down on speeding snowmobilers after complaints from residents
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Eye on the Arctic – 2013 Year in Review
2013 was another big year for Arctic news, especially in Canada. Earlier this year, Canada took over chairmanship of
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Renowned Siberian ivory carvers turn to printmaking with help from Alaska, Canada
The Chukchi people of Uelen, a tiny village on the Russian side of the Bering Strait and the Russian mainland
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Lights out for Arctic town’s Christmas iceberg
A holiday tradition on the northern tip of Baffin Island in Canada’s High Arctic is no more. In recent years,
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Tardy students? Arctic Canadian town turns to emergency alarm
Normally used to alert the hamlet to an emergency, the siren in Kugluktuk, a community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory
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Canada’s North has highest homicide rates
Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut had the country’s highest homicide rate last year, according to numbers from Statistics Canada.
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Mysterious drop in Nunavut, Canada seal harvest
The number of sealskins harvested in Nunavut has fallen by more than half since the European Union banned seal products
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BLOG: The elephant in the room – Mental health in Arctic communities
It probably won’t surprise many readers to learn that northern Canada has one of the highest rates of suicide in
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Weather changes disrupt subsistence hunt in Arctic Alaska
Opportunities to safely hunt whales and caribou in one northwestern Alaska village have diminished because treacherous winds have become more
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Can you live on $55,000 in Arctic Canada?
Gilbert Thrasher Junior says making a living in the Arctic Canadian community of Paulatuk isn’t easy. He earns $55,000 a
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Aging Aboriginal Canadians have harder time staying healthy
First Nations, Metis and Inuit of advancing years often have poorer health than their non-aboriginal counterparts but don’t receive the
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BLOG: Short film follow-up to “Gravity” connects the final and “last” frontiers
Last month, audiences flocked to see the film Gravity, a thriller set in the final frontier of outer space. [Note:
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Seal product ban in Europe upheld by WTO panel
A World Trade Organization panel today upheld a European ban against Canadian seal products, even though it found the European
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Seal ban omitted from Canada-EU trade talks
The European Union’s ban on the import of seal products was not discussed as part of the free trade negotiations
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