Amid pandemic, amateur radio societies in Northern Canada are seeking new recruits
Amateur radio enthusiast Ron Thompson has made contact with Russia from Yellowknife. He’s also used it to reach his wife
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Arctic Canada: Aklak Air reduces flights to each community, due to ‘significant decrease’ in travel
Aklak Air will reduce the number of scheduled flights to each community it services, because of a “significant decrease in
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Despite COVID-19, Canadian Northerners continue getting food to vulnerable people
Dave Speakman and Ernest Zheke load boxes full of food into the back of the white Food Rescue Yellowknife cargo van. They
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Here’s a list of what’s cancelled or postponed across the Canadian North
On the advice of health officials, numerous events planned for the coming weeks in all three territories are being cancelled or
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Women in Northern Canada travel farthest to access domestic violence shelters
It was the first and only time Ann Kasook attempted to run away. She still feels shaken when she talks
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Stop signs in northern Canadian town to include Indigenous languages
A new multilingual stop sign project in Inuvik, N.W.T., is hoping to highlight the importance of Indigenous language preservation. The community-based
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Finland’s highest vehicle emissions down south, oldest cars up north
Finland’s car population continues to age, even as government considers ways to get motorists to switch to newer, more fuel-efficient or electric
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Another Yukon community lines up for solar power in northwestern Canada
White River First Nation proposing solar farm in Beaver Creek to offset diesel use The community of Beaver Creek, Yukon,
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Northern Swedish airports get compensation for fall in travellers linked to climate change
The government will pay out 67 million SEK to make up for a drop in passengers airports in the north
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Earth’s north magnetic pole is heading for Russia at an unprecedented rate, scientists say
The direction indicated by our compasses, the magnetic north pole, is not fixed, unlike the geographic north. In fact, it
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Canada’s Yukon territory has highest per capita pot sales in country, study says
Yukoners led Canadians in buying the most legal pot per capita from retail stores in the first year of legalization, according to a study released
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Arctic Canada: over 140 businesses left stranded by shutdown of major trucking companies
More than 140 businesses have been left in the lurch by the shutdown of two Tlicho-owned trucking companies. For the
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Canadian FedElxn 2019: 800 candidates, 40,000 tweets…. but only 7 mention Inuit? What gives?
A team of Canadian researchers analyzing candidate tweets on Inuit, Métis and First Nations issues during the current federal election
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Swedish regional airline Nextjet files for bankruptcy, cancels all flights
Sweden’s largest regional airline Nextjet filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday and cancelled all of its flights scheduled from 1 pm
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Northern Sweden to host more Facebook servers
Facebook buys land for its third server hall in the town of Luleå, in Northern Sweden. Facebook already has two
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