Inuvik service suspension part of broader crisis in maternal healthcare, top ob-gyn says
By Niles Niemuth Advocate sees role for midwives to play in fixing N.W.T.’s fragile system Labour and delivery services have
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Feds announce up to $49.5M for Inuvik airport upgrades
By Sarah St-Pierre · Money represents federal government’s first investment through the Arctic Infrastructure Fund Federal ministers announced up to $49.5
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The Arctic Honored on New Canada Post Stamps
Ahead of National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21, Canada Post has unveiled its fifth annual stamp issue dedicated to
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Hotter, drier summers causing wild berry declines in Gwich’in Settlement Area, new study finds
By Yumna Iftikhar When Annie Buckle was growing up in Aklavik, she said wild berries were so abundant that they
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Great Northern Arts Festival organizers looking ahead after funding turned down
A major arts festival in Inuvik has been slowly coming back over the last few years, but organizers of the
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Inuvik Anglican Church ‘officially reopens’ with fresh vision
The new ministry coordinator for Inuvik’s Anglican Church of the Ascension says it has “officially reopened” – after a five-year
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Northern aviation deserves same de-icing resources as the south, says pilot
For pilot Laval St. Germain, the Transportation Safety Board’s report into the fatal 2024 Fort Smith plane crash that killed
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As Inuvik shelters switch hands, operators want to see transitional supports next
A new contractor will take over operations of the Inuvik Warming Shelter on April 1 — closely following a switch
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Inuvik RCMP charge 2 teenagers after loaded firearm, suspected drugs found in home
RCMP in Inuvik, N.W.T., say two youth have been arrested after officers found suspected cocaine and a loaded firearm at
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Inuvik students learn traditional skills at school-operated bush camp
By Dez Loreen ‘To be able to show our young students how to do this and how the process works
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Residents, MLAs call to resurface Dempster between Inuvik and Tsiigehtchic
Minister says he’ll work with department to repair critical road Lawrence Norbert, an elder from Tsiigehtchic, said the Dempster Highway
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Inuvik hospital workers decry loss of weekend mental health services, emails show
N.W.T. health authority says working on weekends is not sustainable for social work team Emails from Inuvik, N.W.T., health-care workers
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Ottawa’s major projects law won’t affect the N.W.T. much, premier says
N.W.T. Premier R.J. Simpson says he expects Bill C-5, passed into law last month as the federal Building Canada Act, to
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Inuvik’s mayor says new dentist could be on the way
After more than a year without a dentist, Inuvik is now on track to welcome a resident dentist by late
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Gwich’in language symposium was ‘good medicine,’ says organizer
By Dez Loreen 5-day symposium was held at Gwich’in Wellness Camp near Inuvik last week. A five-day symposium on the
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