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U.S. Justice Dept. awards $42 million in tribal grants to fight crime, help victims in rural Alaska

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, October 18, 2019 at 14:51
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Speaking to the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Fairbanks, in the state’s Interior region, Thursday, U.S. Attorney General William

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Northern Canada: Construction of all-season road to isolated Indigenous community to begin this fall

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 16:53
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Work on the Tlicho all-season road to Whati will begin this fall and is expected to be completed by 2022.

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Looking for your Valentine? Facebook group plays matchmaker for Inuit singles

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 14:55
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If you’ve been finding the dating scene in your Arctic community a little chilly, there’s a new way to find

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Canadian gov pledges $20M to help remote Indigenous communities get off diesel power

Mike Rudyk, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 11:30
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The federal government is putting $20 million toward a new program meant to reduce reliance on diesel power in remote

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Move over mushers and planes, drones to deliver emergency supplies in Alaska

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 12:05 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 13:11
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A team of unmanned aerial vehicle experts led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks is working on delivering emergency medical

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Communities in northern Canada struggling with high fuel prices

Sidney Cohen, CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 17, 2018 at 17:20
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In Aklavik, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, $40 worth of gas won’t get you very far. “You barely get five gallons

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canadian government pledges $400 million for northern transport

Elise von Scheel, CBC News
Posted: Monday, November 19, 2018 at 16:47 — Last Updated: Monday, November 19, 2018 at 16:50
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The federal government is set to announce funding to help improve the remote roads, airports and bridges of Canada’s North.

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Residents in Churchill, northern Canada rejoice as rail service gets back on track

Cameron MacIntosh, CBC News
Posted: Friday, November 2, 2018 at 09:45
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Residents of Churchill have taken to the streets to celebrate after the federal government announced full passenger and freight rail

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Health and Infrastructure ministers in Northwest Territories, northern Canada, survive non-confidence vote

Garrett Hinchey, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 13:24 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 14:06
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Two N.W.T. cabinet ministers have survived votes to remove them from cabinet, after an emotional and often heated debate of

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Ottawa students build mini-farm containers designed for northern communities

Sandra Amba, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 12:10
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Some University of Ottawa students have come up with a fresh idea for sustainable food production, both up North and

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Remote community in Arctic Canada struggles to cope with barge cancellation

Hilary Bird, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 11:20
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The community of Kugluktuk, Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic, received its first freighter flight of goods on Saturday from the

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Communities in Arctic Canada left without supplies after barge service stopped

Jamie Malbeuf, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 09:55
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The Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) government, in Northern Canada, has cancelled barge service for a number of remote Northern communities, leaving

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General News 

Jet fuel shortage disrupts flights in isolated region of Northern Canada

Kaila Jefferd-Moore, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 15:27
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North-Wright Airways Ltd. has had to cancel flights and reschedule others due to a fuel shortage. The airline’s jet fuel

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Ottawa adds 37 more communities to its Nutrition North subsidy program

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 17:35
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The federal government is expanding its food subsidy program for isolated northern communities by adding 37 communities where food prices

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