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Mother in northern Canadian village calls for change after baby waits days for medical care

Jamie Malbeuf, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 16:07
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A mother from Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) wants the health-care system in Wrigley to change after it took days to

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Canadian military to build multi-million dollar facility in Northern city

CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 24, 2018 at 16:41
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Canada’s Department of National Defence [DND] is planning on spending over $50 million to build a 7,600 square metre facility

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Indigenous man in Northern Canada waiting for territorial government to waive name change fees

Priscilla Hwang, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 14:25
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The Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) government is delaying waiving fees for Indigenous people that want to legally change their names back

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Gwich’in council in Arctic Canada strikes out on its own self-government negotiations

Alex Brockman, CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 17, 2018 at 16:54
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The Gwich’in Tribal Council is changing its approach to ongoing self-government negotiations with the federal and Northwest Territories governments. The

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Senate committee visits Arctic town, hears about development challenges in Canada’s North

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 16:32
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In the 12 years that Inuvik’s mayor has been part of council, he says no group of senators has ever

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Is Asian desert dust warming the Arctic’s sea surface and confusing satellites?

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 11:48 — Last Updated: Friday, September 14, 2018 at 11:44
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Large amounts of dust from Asian deserts could be contributing to the warming of Arctic sea surfaces, but satellites are

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Canada’s crime rates and severity highest in northern territories

CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 10, 2018 at 16:43
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Across the North, all three of Canada’s territories had the highest crime rates and crime severity in the country last

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Small community in Arctic Canada disappointed by cruise ship cancellations, says mayor

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 12:10 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 09:42
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The cancellation of two luxury cruise ships that were supposed to land in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), this week is

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Infant mortality rate in Canada’s Nunavut three times national average: report

Kirsten Fenn, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 10:18 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 10:22
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A new report released Tuesday that raises concerns about the well-being of children in Canada shows Nunavut (east-Arctic) continues to

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Opposition party adopts resolution to give Canada’s North 100% of northern resource royalties

Kirsten Fenn, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 09:54
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Delegates at the Conservative Party’s national convention in Halifax (Canadian east coast) on Saturday voted overwhelmingly in favour of adopting

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Norman Yakeleya elected new chief of Northern Canada’s Dene Nation

Priscilla Hwang, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 11:12
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Norman Yakeleya is the new Dene national chief. Hundreds of delegates from across the Northwest Territories and beyond cast their

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Canadian study shows wildfires speeding up permafrost thaw

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 16:38 — Last Updated: Friday, August 24, 2018 at 13:56
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As wildfires are growing larger across northern Canada a new study suggests they’re causing permafrost to thaw faster. The study

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First Nation in Northern Canada begins new era as decades-long chief steps down

Priscilla Hwang, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 10:19
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It will be a historical turning point for the Dene Nation today, as delegates from across and outside the Northwest

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

World Wildlife Fund raises alarm about harmful ‘grey water’ in Canada’s Arctic

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 17, 2018 at 14:17 — Last Updated: Friday, August 17, 2018 at 14:24
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World Wildlife Fund Canada fears a new report it commissioned suggests that untreated “grey water” dumped in Canadian Arctic waters could double by

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Natan Obed re-elected as president of Canadian Inuit organization

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 13:51 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 13:52
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Natan Obed has been re-elected as president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. The vote was held during the group’s annual general meeting Thursday

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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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