A northern town tries the staycation – Arctic Tourism and the Pandemic: Ep 3
Prior to the pandemic, Arctic regions and chambers of commerce around the world had increasingly touted tourism as a key
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Iceland’s ‘COVID-19 passport’ offers preview of debate over post-vaccine travel
Canada’s territories say it’s too early to discuss whether vaccinations would reopen travel Iceland recently became the first country in Europe to
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“Situation critical in the North” – Arctic Tourism & and the Pandemic Podcast: Ep 1
Prior to the pandemic, Arctic regions and chambers of commerce around the world had increasingly touted tourism as a key
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Nihtat Gwich’in Council cancels court challenge to wind project near Inuvik in Arctic Canada
Timeline remains unclear on completion of the project which was originally slated for fall 2020 The Nihtat Gwich’in Council has
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Air Canada suspending passenger service to northern city of Yellowknife on Jan. 23
Airline says it’s cutting operations due to ‘stifled demand,’ travel restrictions, quarantine rules Air Canada is suspending passenger service to
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The pandemic, the economy & international policy – Arctic news roundup 2020 with Heather Exner-Pirot
The end of the year is often a time to take stock and here at Eye on the Arctic, we’re no
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Dene Chief in Canada’s Northwest Territories calls on gov’t to act on Alberta’s leaking tailings ponds
New report shows concerns over Alberta tailing ponds leakage date back to 1970s A recent report that documents the leakage of
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Gwich’in Tribal Council supports wind project in Arctic Canada despite Nihtat Gwich’in Council opposition
Grand Chief says Nihtat Gwich’in argument against wind turbine ‘fundamentally flawed’ The Gwich’in Tribal Council wants to see a wind energy
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Canada’s Northwest Territories has some of the most strict gathering and self-isolation restrictions in the country
As the nation’s two largest provinces clamp down on gathering limits amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, the Northwest Territories
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What the Arctic’s transition to a ‘new climate’ looks like
Lawrence Ruben has lived in the Arctic all his life, and is still learning about the changing region. In the
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Water monitoring, suspended by the pandemic, resumes in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Water monitoring has resumed in two sites in the Northwest Territories and two sites in northern Alberta, according to a
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Why this Canadian teen spends hours every week holding up a Black Lives Matter sign
Serena Jenna, 14, opens up a folding chair and pulls a green blanket out of her backpack to protect herself
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Nearly half of woman in northern Canada experience unwanted sexual behaviour: Statistics Canada
Nearly half of woman in Canada’s northern territories, and nearly one third of men, experienced unwanted sexual behaviour in public,
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Canada’s Northwest Territories decide fate of minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment
N.W.T. MLAs will sit Monday in an emergency session of the legislature after a cabinet minister was stripped of her
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New media company puts Canada’s Dene Indigenous narratives first, founder says
As the Wet’suwet’en Nation conflict over a gas pipeline in B.C. unfolded earlier this year, Tyra Moses, an N.W.T. woman with roots in
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