Preschool in east-Arctic Canada wins $1M Arctic Inspiration Prize
A Nunavut preschool is the winner of this year’s $1 million Arctic Inspiration Prize. The winners of five awards worth
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Northern Canadian territory tables mining act requiring benefit agreements with Indigenous govs
The Northwest Territories government, in Canada’s central Arctic, says more accountability on negotiations between industry and Indigenous governments is a
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Canada: Northerners call for return of Arctic search and rescue roundtable
Nearly two years ago, volunteers, military members, and the coast guard met in northern Manitoba (Prairies) for what would be
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Three-year wait for satellite station licences in Arctic Canada could soon be over
Two foreign satellite operators may soon receive an interim licence to operate the receivers they built in Inuvik, Northwest Territories
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Northern Canada: Small deficit projected in Northwest Territories budget
Money in the latest budget that’s allocated to go to five shelters in the Northwest Territories will go a long
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MLAs in Canada’s Northwest Territories criticize new mine benefits agreement
An agreement the Northwest Territories government (Canadian central Arctic) signed at a mining conference in Vancouver, southwest Canada last week
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Canada: Northerners’ hopes of sponsoring family members dashed
Younes Oudghough says he went on the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada website an hour before applications opened Monday in
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Indigenous gov concerned about new proposed mine agreement in Northern Canada
The Tlicho (First Nations) government boycotted the signing of a socio-economic agreement between the Northwest Territories and a company proposing
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Northern Canada: Northwest Territories gov, mining company sign agreement on benefits of proposed mine
A proposed mine in the Northwest Territories (Canada’s central Arctic) is closer to reality after a socio-economic agreement was signed
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Duane Smith re-elected chair of corporation representing Inuit in Canada’s western Arctic
Duane Smith will serve a second term as chair and CEO of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC). “Thank you for
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Dozens of northern leaders attending mining conference on Canada’s West Coast
Dozens of leaders from across the North are in Vancouver, British Columbia this week for one of the country’s largest
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-36 degrees Celsius: just another day in Yellowknife, Northern Canada
With temperatures as low as –36 C in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Environment Canada issued an extreme cold warning on Sunday
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Seven candidates running for chair and CEO of regional corporation representing Canada’s western Inuit
The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) — an organization representing the collective interests of all Inuvialuit, the Inuit in Canada’s western
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Northern Canada: new funds to help fight opioid addiction in Northwest Territories
The federal and Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) governments are teaming up to make it easier for people to access opioid addictions
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‘Fake’ distress call from North cost Canadian Armed Forces $88K in search costs
A week and a half-long search for a missing snowmobiler, which turned out to be based on a false call,
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