Airlines’ new routes from N.W.T. to Ontario can capitalize on int’l tourism: expert
By Jenna Dulewich · CBC News 2 airlines announced direct or same-day flights from Yellowknife to Ontario As airlines announce new connections
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Reindeer herding affected by increased tourism in Swedish mountains
Tourism in Jämtland and Härjedalen has increased hugely in recent years, affecting other activities in the region, including reindeer herding.
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Northwestel says competition is forcing improvements to northern internet
Company already losing customers to Starlink, CRTC hears Northwestel says it’s working to improve internet service across the North —
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Federal workers in the North picket as part of Canada-wide strike
About 600 Public Service Alliance of Canada workers affected in the North Federal public servants across the North were on
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COVID-19 pandemic stalled progress on eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit: officials
By Emily Blake Plan to eliminate TB by 2030 still in place Nunavut’s health minister says the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted
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Mysterious spiral of light spotted in North caused by SpaceX rocket, physicist says
‘He was like, ‘You need to look at this, because I feel like I might be hallucinating.” A mysterious swirl
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Companies look to government for help turning N.W.T. projects into mines
‘We are operating in a very, very difficult capital market regime right now for mining companies’ Mining companies hoping to
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Northern premiers sign federal health deal offering half of what they wanted
Territorial premiers have officially given their blessing for a federal health-care plan that will see a small boost to health
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U.S. downs another aerial ‘object’ as search continues for wreckage in Yukon
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday that teams are working to “find and analyze” an object shot down on Saturday over
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Arctic Inspiration Prize awards over $2.7M to projects ‘by the North, for the North’
Seven projects from across the North have been awarded a total of more than $2.7 million from the Arctic Inspiration
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Bear intestines, fish skins and red carpet runways: The year in sewing
Sewing has always been an essential part of northern culture. It also plays a vital role in the ongoing cultural
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People seeking fertility treatment in the Yukon call for more government support
When Amélia Koeppel started trying to conceive with her partner, she didn’t predict they’d eventually end up with a $30,000
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No money to include the North in next international survey of literacy and numeracy
The previous OECD survey of adult literacy and numeracy included the 3 territories The next international survey of adult literacy
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Researchers observe first Arctic fox den in Finland for over 25 years
The combined population of Arctic foxes across the Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian areas of Lapland may have hit a record
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Warming climate poses challenge to Arctic animals — and those who hunt them
When David Kuptana looked out the window of his home in Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., and across the Beaufort Sea last Friday,
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