Indigenous mapping conference in Arctic Canada gives attendees on-the-land skills
About 75 people from across Canada, and as far as Australia and New Zealand, are in Inuvik, N.W.T., in northwestern
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Northwest Territories
Climate change doc from Arctic Canadian teens to be shown at UN conference
A group of seven teenagers from Tuktoyaktuk, northwestern Canada, has been invited to show a documentary they made on climate
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Northwestel looking to build fibre line under Great Slave Lake in Northern Canada
Northwestel Inc. is looking to build a fibre line under Great Slave Lake, following several telecommunication outages that left Yellowknife
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Taxing carbon in Canada’s diesel-dependent North
People living off-grid in the Northwest Territories witness climate change every day, but in remote communities where power and heat
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Incoming MLAs in Northern Canada have long list of asks for new federal gov
A territorial election campaign in the Northwest Territories produced dozens of grand visions for the North — but it’s a
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Record number of women elected in Northwest Territories, Northern Canada
A record number of women have been elected to the Northwest Territories 19th Legislative Assembly — making it the jurisdiction
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Northern Canada: Northwest Territories elections see many incumbents unseated
In the Northwest Territories communities outside of the capital, only one incumbent fighting for their seat managed re-election in the
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Rare geological formation near Yellowknife, Northern Canada almost gone
What’s 11,000 years old and likely almost all used up? The sandpits by the Yellowknife airport, in Northern Canada. For
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Northern Canada: Election Day in Northwest Territories
It’s election day across the Northwest Territories, and 58 candidates are seeking to represent voters in the territory’s next legislative
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Will Canada’s next government pick up the tab for a major northern highway project?
For six decades, it’s been the biggest project on the territory’s to-do list: a 1,500-kilometre highway from the N.W.T’s southern
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Hybrid-powered electric cruise ship navigates Northwest Passage
A Norwegian company says it has navigated the first hybrid-powered cruise ship through the Northwest Passage using a combination of
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Blog – Canada’s new Arctic policy doesn’t stick the landing
On Tuesday, just hours before the 2019 federal election was called, the Liberals released their long-awaited Arctic and Northern Policy
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Company aims to give the Arctic ‘fibre-like’ internet through satellites
A UK-based telecommunications company is planning to launch hundreds of satellites in an effort to provide worldwide broadband internet service,
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Ottawa’s new Arctic framework has lofty goals but few details, critics say
The federal government’s new Arctic strategy promises sweeping changes and an ambitious goal of closing several key gaps between people
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Northern Canada: Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod not seeking re-election
Premier Bob McLeod has confirmed that he will not be standing for election to the 19th Legislature of the Northwest
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