Premier in Arctic Canada to push Ottawa for more military and icebreakers in the North
Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod is laying out a vision for the North’s future that includes an increased military presence
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Territorial governments in Arctic Canada plan more rigorous caribou management
Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq and N.W.T. Environment Minister Robert C. McLeod met with officials and hunters in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, earlier
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Naturopath from Northern Canada publishes book challenging assumptions around Indigenous medicine
A Yellowknife, Northwest Territories naturopathic doctor and Indigenous health advocate is hoping to help build bridges between traditional and western
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PMs from Canada’s central, eastern Arctic share conservative counterparts’ frustration with Ottawa
Two of Canada’s territorial premiers say they share the frustrations of the growing consensus of conservative premiers who oppose Prime
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Doctor shortage hits town of Hay River, Northern Canada
The town of Hay River, N.W.T., is scrambling to fill a month-long shortage of doctors and nurse practitioners after two
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Gonorrhea, syphilis rates skyrocket in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The N.W.T. chief public health officer is issuing a public health advisory after seeing a dramatic rise in the rates
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Northerners not ready to cash in on massive mine cleanup in Arctic Canada, report says
The $1-billion cleanup of Giant Mine will be one of the largest economic projects in Canada’s Northwest Territories (central Arctic),
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New stamp honours first pilot to land in area of Yellowknife, Northern Canada
C.H. (Punch) Dickins once boasted to Maclean’s Magazine, “put your pencil on any point on the map of Canada and
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Tourism, film industry, language programming in Canada’s Northwest Territories get $2.7M boost
The federal government has announced $2.7 million for nine projects in the Northwest Territories that are meant to help the
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Indigenous women across Canada come forward with accounts of forced sterilization, says lawyer
A proposed class action lawsuit alleging the coerced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada is turning up reports from more
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Report critical of federal infrastructure spending in Northern Canada
A report from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer questions the value of a key federal government attempt to
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Diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories wants to dump waste into its pits
The Diavik Diamond Mine, in the Northwest Territories, wants to radically change the way it deals with mine waste at
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Women’s groups in Northern Canada get $1.6M for gender equality
Four groups working to improve the lives of women and girls in the Northwest Territories, in Canada’s central Arctic, will
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The garbage polar bears get into is getting into them
Aluminum foil. Car keys. Candy wrappers. Half a towel. If there was a Canada Food Guide for bears, none of
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Youth in Arctic Canadian town take aim at grocery store’s plastic use
Youth in Inuvik, Northwest Territories are putting pressure on to ban plastic, and at least one store owner is listening.
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