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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Northern Canadians want caribou calving grounds protected, WWF says

Lynn Desjardins, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 11:25 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:06
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Populations of barren-ground caribou in Canada’s Arctic are plummeting to the point they may never recover, says Brandon Laforest of

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Canada’s Northwest Territories launching 911 emergency service Monday

Sidney Cohen, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 10:07 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 11:26
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Starting on Monday, people in the Northwest Territories, Northern Canada who find themselves in an emergency will be able to

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Northern Canada: We’ve spelled this Indigenous community’s name wrong for decades

Walter Strong, CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 28, 2019 at 15:38 — Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2019 at 08:54
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The Yellowknives Dene First Nation recently emailed a notice asking certain news organizations to begin — please — to correctly spell “Dettah,”

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

New premier of Canada’s Northwest Territories will face big demands for change

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 14:33 — Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 15:24
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At the outset of Thursday’s vote, onlookers could be forgiven for assuming Jackson Lafferty had the advantage in the race

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Here are the six new cabinet members in Canada’s Northwest Territories

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 13:40
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The new premier of the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, has a brand new cabinet. Six MLAs were selected to

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Caroline Cochrane elected premier of Canada’s Northwest Territories

John Last and Sidney Cohen, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 15:09 — Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 13:30
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Caroline Cochrane, MLA for Yellowknife’s Range Lake district, has been elected premier of the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada. Cochrane

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Deline Indigenous gov excluded from meeting with new MLAs in Canada’s Northwest Territories

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 14:40
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Northwest Territories MLAs in the newly-minted 19th Legislative Assembly have yet to govern a day, and leadership in the community

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

Moody’s downgrades rating on $550M bond owed by Northern Canada mines owner

Alex Brockman, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 10:49 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 11:02
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The murky future for two diamond mines in the Northwest Territories has led a major credit ratings agency to doubt

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canadian FedElxn 2019: Liberals hang on to western Arctic, centre-left NDP takes east

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 14:03 — Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 13:31
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The Liberal Party was able to hang on to Canada’s western Arctic in the federal elections on Monday, while the

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

First Nation demands northern gov enforce benefits agreement for oil & gas work

Randi Beers, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 14:51 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:06
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The Acho Dene Koe First Nation says an oil and gas company that has been licensed to do work on

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canadian elections: The unique challenges of running in a northern riding

Herb Mathisen, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 09:50 — Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2019 at 14:05
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Dennis Bevington still wonders if he might have lost an election because Canada dropped a bomb on its own soil.

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

North a low priority in Canada’s federal elections

Alex Brockman, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 10:25
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Lawrence Ruben sighs as he wraps his hands around his coffee mug. He takes his time to think about what

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Canada General Science Science (Canada) 

Indigenous mapping conference in Arctic Canada gives attendees on-the-land skills

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 14:37 — Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2019 at 11:41
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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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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Climate change doc from Arctic Canadian teens to be shown at UN conference

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 14:17 — Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2019 at 13:23
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A group of seven teenagers from Tuktoyaktuk, northwestern Canada, has been invited to show a documentary they made on climate

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Business (Canada) Canada 

Northwestel looking to build fibre line under Great Slave Lake in Northern Canada

Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 13:43
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Northwestel Inc. is looking to build a fibre line under Great Slave Lake, following several telecommunication outages that left Yellowknife

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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