Grocery store in Northern Canada to sell homegrown greens
Residents of Yellowknife, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, could be munching on locally-grown greens as soon as next month. The Yellowknife
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Traditional knowledge guiding caribou management plan in Canada’s western Arctic
People in Colville Lake, Northwest Territories, are drawing on traditional knowledge and Indigenous Dene law as they draft a caribou
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Premier of Northern Canadian territory frustrated by slow oil and gas development
Bob McLeod says his “patience is wearing thin” over the slow rate of investment in northern oil and gas. The
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Root problems need to be addressed to fix child and family services in Canada’s Northwest Territories: MLA
The effort to properly care for and protect the Northwest Territories’ most vulnerable citizens is going to fail until larger
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Laptop with health data stolen from Northern Canadian gov was unencrypted
This is the final story on the stolen laptop files. Here’s Part 1 and Part 2. The Northwest Territories government’s
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In 3 communities of the Canadian Arctic, living wage surpasses $23 per hour
Anti-poverty organization Alternatives North released living wage estimates on Wednesday for Yellowknife, Inuvik and Hay River, in Northern Canada. All
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Canadian government announces $3.5M to reduce diesel consumption in the Arctic
The government of Canada has announced $3.5 million in funding to help two Nihtat Corporation projects cut diesel costs and
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Canada invests $5.1M on Arctic mine access road, aerial surveys
The government of Canada and the government of the Northwest Territories announced on Monday they plan to spend nearly $3.4
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Métis Nation in Northern Canada says Ottawa shortchanged them millions in land claim money
The president of the Northwest Territory Métis Nation says a lack of federal money is holding up its land claim
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Communities in Canada’s central Arctic have warmest February since 2006
While most of Canada has been experiencing a colder winter, Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, in the northern part of the Northwest
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Canada’s northern territories among world’s most attractive mining regions for investors, survey says
Canada’s northern territories are among the most attractive jurisdictions in the world to mining companies, according to the latest annual
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Northern Canada: Northwest Territories land and culture programs get $1 million
Programs that connect people in the North with their culture and the land are getting a collective $1 million boost.
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Report saying airline merger would jack up prices in Arctic Canada ‘ignorant’ of northern realities, say Inuit orgs
The Inuit organizations behind two of the major airline companies serving the Canadian Arctic lambasted a report from Canada’s Competition
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Northwest Territories judo team aims high at Canada Winter Games
It’s rare for a territory to medal at the Canada Winter Games. Rarer still is when an athlete enters the
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Canada’s Competition Bureau says Arctic airline merger could bring higher prices, fewer flights
The Competition Bureau says if two Arctic airlines — Canadian North and First Air — merge, it’s likely that prices
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