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Chamber of Commerce in Canada’s Northwest Territories says tourism threatened by COVID-19 border restrictions

Anna Desmarais, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 10:36
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Travel restrictions will likely stay in place during the 2021 tourism season, Dr. Kandola says The N.W.T. Chamber of Commerce

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Canada General RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Health teams ‘working around the clock’ to contain spread of COVID-19 in Arctic Canadian territory of Nunavut, officials say

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Monday, November 23, 2020 at 15:21
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Territory continues lockdown as 4 new COVID-19 cases reported on Monday, dozens over the weekend Nunavut is entering the first

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Environment Environment (USA) 

Alaska group sues to block wolf trapping season on island

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, October 30, 2020 at 10:00
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An Alaska conservation group filed a lawsuit to stop the state from reopening wolf trapping season on Prince of Wales

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Environment Environment (USA) RCI USA 

Alaska village turns to biomass heating for cheaper energy

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 07:00
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Kake wants to build a biomass district heating system to warm its public buildings An Alaska island village plans to

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Northerners hopeful after Canadian throne speech

Richard Gleeson, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 13:33
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The premier of the Northwest Territories says she is generally happy with the federal commitments identified in Wednesday’s throne speech,

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Indigenous, distinction-based health legislation & moving forward on UNDRIP among Canadian government priorities in throne speech

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 17:11
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Northern-specific issues were largely absent from Wednesday’s throne speech in Canada, but moving forward on introducing legislation on the United

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Unlimited internet to come to seven Northern Canadian communities by Nov. 1

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 31, 2020 at 15:48
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The North’s largest telecommunications provider says unlimited internet is coming to seven communities on Nov. 1, according to a press

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Yellowknife coach inducted into Speed Skating Canada Hall of Fame

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 13:00
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A Yellowknife coach who’s dedicated more than 30 years of his life mentoring young speed skaters across the North has

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Canada plans to conduct its first survey in Inuktut

Thomas Rohner, CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2020 at 13:23
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Statistics Canada, which admits to having historical “data gaps” in the North, will conduct its first survey in all four

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Canadian Telecom businesses say recent federal funding solidifies Northwestel monopoly

Anna Desmarais, CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2020 at 13:34
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Smaller players in the Northwest Territories’ telecom industry say the money given to Northwestel to help improve internet speeds only

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Canada RCI Science Science (Canada) 

Greenhouse in Arctic Canada could teach scientists how to grow food in outer space

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 13:17
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The Canadian Space Agency says growing food in the North is similar to growing food in space —  that’s why it’s joined

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Police-related death rate in Northern Quebec 30 times higher than Ontario’s

Thomas Rohner, CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 10, 2020 at 15:53 — Last Updated: Monday, August 10, 2020 at 16:11
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Nunavik has seen more police-related deaths in the last two decades than any of Canada’s three territories, despite having a

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Even amid pandemic, the northern housing market is hotter than ever, say realtors

John Last and Katie Toth, CBC North
Posted: Monday, August 10, 2020 at 12:32
1 Comment

When Vanessa Thorson bought her duplex in Whitehorse’s Takhini neighbourhood in 2015, it cost her just $285,000. Three years later,

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Canada outlines which Indigenous businesses benefit from $5M funding in the North

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 10, 2020 at 11:17 — Last Updated: Monday, August 10, 2020 at 11:31
1 Comment

The federal government has announced how $5 million in federal funding from its regional fund for Indigenous business in the

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Canada to help small airlines deliver essential services to remote northern communities

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 15:43
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The federal government says it will help support small airlines that bring essential services and goods to remote communities. In

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