New diamond and gold deposit found in Arctic Canada
A unique diamond and gold deposit has been located near the Arctic coast, about 155 kilometres southeast of Kugluktuk in Nunavut.
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Arctic Canada: Nunavut government asks to lower caribou hunt, which could impact local communities
The Government of Nunavut is asking to lower the annual harvest limits of two declining caribou herds in western Nunavut,
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Police to meet hamlet officials after eased liquor rules spawn protest in Arctic Canadian community
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Nunavut, Arctic Canada say they are planning to meet with Kugluktuk’s mayor and senior
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Nunavut educator Edna Agnes Ekhivalak Elias among appointments to Order of Canada
Gov. Gen. Julie Payette has announced the names of 83 new appointments to the Order of Canada, including actor Donald
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Town in Canadian central Arctic to get hybrid solar-diesel power plant
Kugluktuk, in Canada’s central Arctic, will benefit from a portion of more than $27.8 million in new energy and water
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Barge season in Canada’s Northwest Territories to get ‘early start’
An official with the Northwest Territories’ Marine Transportation Services (MTS) says they will be getting an “early start” to this
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Community in Arctic Canada finding new ways to produce food
Kugluktuk, Nunavut, in Canada’s central Arctic, is finding new ways to provide the community with fresh produce. In April the
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How a community in Northern Canada is adapting to the end of alcohol restrictions
Bob Appatok spends his days and nights on the roads of Kugluktuk, Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, chasing down stray
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Meet the Canadian Inuit community dedicated to ‘buy nothing’
It’s the season to buy, buy, buy — but one woman in a small Nunavut community, in the Canadian Arctic,
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Satellite imagery illuminates ice conditions around communities in Canada’s east-Arctic
Inuit in Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk and Gjoa Haven, in the territory of Nunavut, are getting a clearer picture of sea-ice
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Somebody broke into an Arctic Canadian village’s power plant and shut off the electricity
Canada’s federal police, the RCMP, are looking for whoever broke into a power plant in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, on Monday and
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Canada invests $1.2 million to help solve mystery of dwindling char numbers in Arctic
Canada’s department of Fisheries and Oceans has announced it will give $1,261,890 over 5 years to help solve the mystery of
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Booze restrictions to stay in three Nunavut hamlets
The residents of three hamlets in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut have voted to continue to restrict alcohol in
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Record heat wave bakes Canada’s North
Historically high heat over the past week has led to broken temperature records in all three northern territories but residents
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Environmental review for Nunavut, Canada mining project
MMG’s proposed Izok Corridor mining project near the community of Kugluktuk in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, will undergo
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