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Canadian exhibition showcases miniature carvings by Inuit artists

29 July 2019 8 h 22 min — 29 July 2019 10 h 56 min Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, Government of Nunavut Fine Arts Collection, Jocelyn Piirainen, Manitoba, Nunavut, WAG, Winnipeg Art Gallery

Large carvings are amongst the most iconic works produced by Inuit artists, but a new Canadian exhibition is casting a

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Inuit describe ‘bittersweet’ experience at burial sites of lost loved ones in Southern Canada

18 July 2019 14 h 02 min — 19 July 2019 11 h 44 min CBC News 0 Comments Inuit, Manitoba, Nanilavut program, Sanatorium, tuberculosis

Inuit families travel to Southern Canada to discover their relatives are in unmarked graves. For Simon Nattaq, it was a

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Canada: Inuit elder has waited months in southern city for access to home dialysis

10 April 2019 12 h 22 min — 10 April 2019 14 h 28 min Kristin Annable and Jillian Taylor, CBC News 0 Comments health, health care, healthcare, indigenous, Inuit, Manitoba, Nunavut, Peter Kattuk

A Nunavut (eastern Arctic) elder and former MLA with kidney failure says he feels like he’s being held hostage in

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Interactive Canadian ebook seeks to make Arctic climate science accessible

3 December 2018 15 h 26 min — 7 December 2018 13 h 21 min Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Churchill, Manitoba, research, Science, sea ice, University of Manitoba

An interactive ebook focused on research in Canada’s Hudson Bay area, and its wider connection to the Arctic, has been

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

2 November 2018 9 h 45 min Cameron MacIntosh, CBC News 0 Comments Churchill, isolated communities, Justin Trudeau, Manitoba, ports, rail, shipping, transport

Residents of Churchill have taken to the streets to celebrate after the federal government announced full passenger and freight rail

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Archives – Dealing with problem polar bears in the Canadian Arctic

19 October 2018 16 h 23 min CBC Archives 0 Comments bears, Churchill, conservation, environment, history, Manitoba, polar bears, wildlife

By the time the ice forms on Hudson Bay to take polar bears to the seal-rich feeding grounds to the

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Long-awaited repairs to begin on rail link to northern Canadian village

4 September 2018 11 h 15 min — 4 September 2018 11 h 22 min CBC News 0 Comments Churchill, First Nations, indigenous, Infrastructure, Manitoba, Omnitrax, rail, transport

Repairs on a vital rail link to northern Manitoba (north-central Canada) are set to begin immediately, the federal government said

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Canadian museum gets $15 million for Inuit Art Centre

2 August 2016 18 h 43 min Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, indigenous, Manitoba, Melanie Joly, WAG, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Art Gallery

The Canadian government will contribute $15-million dollars towards the construction of an Inuit Art Centre at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG)

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Closure of Canada’s only deep-water Arctic port ‘shocking’

27 July 2016 18 h 08 min — 19 March 2018 11 h 10 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Churchill, climate, Manitoba, Niki Ashton, Omnitrax, politics, Russia

The chorus of concern over the sudden closure of Canada’s only deep-water Arctic port continues to grow as politicians, trade

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Manitoba wants protection for Hudson Bay belugas

11 January 2016 14 h 16 min — 19 March 2018 11 h 33 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments beluga whales, Churchill River, Hudson Bay, Manitoba

Canada’s western province of Manitoba wants the federal government to preserve vital habitat for the world’s largest population of beluga

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Arctic route path to Canada-Russia reconciliation?

31 December 2015 14 h 47 min — 5 January 2016 16 h 37 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Churchill, Manitoba, Murmansk, Russia, shipping

Canada’s relations with Russia have been in a deep freeze over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its support for pro-Russian

Chief Arlen Dumas of the Mathias Colomb First Nation, (pictured above) told CBC News he does not accept the lodge owner's apology saying it " ...is not an apology for anything — it’s a list of excuses and defences." (CBC)

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Lodge owner in northern Canada apologizes for racist slur in brochure

29 May 2014 15 h 34 min Lynn Desjardins, Radio Canada International 0 Comments aboriginal, First Nations, fishing, Manitoba, tourism, tourists

“Holy cow, how could I be so stupid,” said lodge owner Brent Fleck after his planning guide warning guests to

In an effort to bring awareness to climate change, conservation group Polar Bears International has teamed up with Google Street View to capture the impact on polar bears in Churchill, Man. (Google Street View)

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Google Street View maps polar bear country in Canada

27 February 2014 11 h 56 min Emily Chung, CBC News 0 Comments Churchill, Manitoba

You can now pay a virtual visit to wild polar bears on the tundra via Google Street View. The stunning

Some of the land parcels in question (in blue) border Manitoba and Saskatchewan. (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada)

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Land dispute causes development ban in southern Nunavut, Canada

3 July 2013 9 h 00 min CBC News 0 Comments Dene, Inuit, Manitoba, resources, Saskatchewan

The federal government has prohibited development on several parcels of Crown land in the southern region of Canada’s eastern Arctic