Issues affecting circumpolar nations
The organization responsible for two women’s shelters in Iqaluit (Canadian east-Artic) says it’s addressing concerns from clients who say non-Inuit
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With the legalization of marijuana only two months away, new Statistics Canada data shows urban northerners smoke pot more frequently
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Joanasie Akumalik points to the concrete dam that contains Iqaluit’s only water source. Water, he says, used to spill over
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WARNING: This story contains some explicit language Some inmates at the Baffin Correctional Centre say conditions have gotten worse for
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Today, July 9, is Nunavut Day, when people from across the Northern Canadian territory commemorate the passing of the Nunavut
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Iqaluit’s hunters’ organization, in Nunavut, wants to use up unharvested polar bear tags that have accumulated in recent years. Each
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When the supervisor at the Baffin Correctional Centre (BCC) started their shift on last Wednesday night, their staff told them
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Two thirds of Iqaluit residents (Nunavut) get some sort of help paying their rent from either the territorial government or
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Looking at a map of Arctic Canada, it seems there are literally thousands of lakes and rivers, yet many Arctic
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Canada’s National Inuit Youth Summit will kick off on Thursday in Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory
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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
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The first official meeting of the Arctic Council’s Arctic Economic Council will take place in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of
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They’re calling it the “dumpcano” a combination of dump (landfill) and volcano. In Canada’s far north the town of Iqaluit,
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The current state of disrepair and overcrowding at the Baffin Correctional Centre in Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada’s eastern
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Every day about 26 tonnes of garbage are trucked into the landfill in the city of Iqaluit, Nunavut, already well
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