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Longread – Guardian of the road in Northern Canada

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 14:49 — Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2019 at 11:37
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Mickey Hempler has kept drivers safe on a remote northern winter road for two decades — but he won’t be

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Landslides on island in Arctic Canada up 6,000% since 1984, study finds

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 16:02
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Landslides caused by thawing permafrost on a Canadian Arctic island have increased by over 60 times since 1984, according to

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Northern Canada warming at three times the global rate, report finds

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 10:13
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Canada is, on average, experiencing warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world, with Northern Canada heating

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Debate in Arctic Canada over who should sell traditional crafts

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 29, 2019 at 15:40
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A Facebook post has sparked a debate in Inuvik, Northwest Territories over who should be able to sell traditional crafts

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Land claim loan forgiveness to be reinvested in communities, say Indigenous leaders in Northern Canada

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 14:14
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Northern Indigenous leaders are welcoming the federal budget decision to erase debt incurred from land claims and treaty negotiations with

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Who is the person named ‘Eskimo’ buried in a cemetery in Northern Canada?

Steve Silva, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 13:40
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A few steps off a lane in Yellowknife’s Lakeview Cemetery, in the Northwest Territories, a grave marker with the word

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Métis in Northern Canada doubt they’ll have access to $30M to honour Métis vets

Alex Brockman, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 13:28
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The leaders of the two Métis political organizations in the Northwest Territories say they have doubts portions of the $30

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General News 

Northern Canada: town’s fight to switch power distributors reaches Northwest Territories Supreme Court

Richard Gleeson, CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 25, 2019 at 09:57 — Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2019 at 10:03
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A case that has implications for the cost and distribution of electricity in eight Northwest Territories communities, including the capital

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Environment Environment (USA) General News USA 

Planned drilling in ANWR: U.S. ignoring international caribou agreement, say Indigenous and territorial govs

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 22, 2019 at 14:24
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Canadian and Indigenous governments say the U.S. Bureau of Land Management needs to consult more broadly on its plans to

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Northern Canada: mild temperatures cause winter road closure in Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 14:20 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 14:22
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Deteriorating conditions on the Mackenzie Valley Winter Road have prompted the Northwest Territories government to close the winter highway for

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No federal funding in budget for major highway project in Canada’s Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 10:00
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The federal Liberal’s latest budget does not earmark money specifically for the proposed Mackenzie Valley Highway, but they are open

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Historical high temperatures hit Northern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 11:02 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 10:03
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Unseasonably high temperatures broke records, some in an extreme way in the territories, on Tuesday. As of 4 p.m. MT,

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Federal budget promises $700M for Canada’s North over next decade

Alex Brockman, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 09:48 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 10:37
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The federal government has promised to spend $700 million over the next 10 years for Canada’s North, with money coming

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Growing numbers in need of emergency shelter days after highrise fire in Northern Canada

Kirsten Murphy, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 15:57
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The mayor of Hay River, Northwest Territories, says the number of people looking for emergency shelter after being displaced by

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

‘Spring heat wave’: record temperatures in Canada’s central Arctic

CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 18, 2019 at 09:53
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Record-breaking temperatures are expected to arrive in the Northwest Territories this week. In Yellowknife, the territorial capital, temperatures climbed above

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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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