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* Featured * Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 

N.W.T. development corp. looks to rebrand in face of ‘reputational challenges’

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 16:08
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N.W.T. MLAs are reviewing some proposed changes to the territory’s Business Development and Investment Corporation (BDIC), including a possible name change. 

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 News Politics (Canada) 

N.W.T. MLAs get glimpse of future remediation work, and question how northerners will benefit

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 17:26
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What will life look like in the Northwest Territories, after the mines? There are more than 500 sites in the

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Nunavut flips stance on caribou protection again, now supports development ban on calving grounds

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 16:19
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The government of Nunavut has once again flipped its position on resource development on caribou calving grounds. In a submission

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) Society (Canada) 

Iqaluit condo residents without water or sewage services for weeks

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 11:44
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Some people living in Iqaluit’s Brown Row condo units haven’t had water or sewage services for several weeks. It was

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Housing a key priority for Nunavut politicians ahead of federal budget

CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 27, 2023 at 16:17
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Nunavut’s premier, member of Parliament and senator are all hoping that the upcoming federal budget will include money to address

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* Featured * Business (USA) Countries Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 3 USA 

ConocoPhillips details Alaska gas leak cause, remedies at hearing

The Associated Press
Posted: Monday, March 27, 2023 at 10:07
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ConocoPhillips, which last week received U.S. government approval for the massive Willow oil drilling project in Alaska, detailed reasons for a natural

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics (Canada) 

Hunters in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, still waiting for decision on exporting polar bear hides

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 09:58
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Hunters in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, are still waiting to hear the final word on when they can resume exporting polar bear hides

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Federal government spending $6.6M on caribou conservation in Nunavut

CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 17, 2023 at 09:55
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The federal government is investing $6.6 million over four years to aid the Nunavut government’s research and monitoring of 13 caribou herds

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries General Newsroom Picks • zone 3 

Canada needs new approach to meet Arctic challenges, conference hears

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 19:54
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If Canada wants to tackle the triple threat of climate change, Russian aggression, and the Arctic infrastructure deficit, it must

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada’s deal for F-35 jets to help reinforce northern security: defence minister

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 15:57
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Defence Minister Anita Anand announced on Monday that Canada would acquire 88 new F-35 fighter jets, saying they would play

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

‘Indian boarding home’ survivors in the North eligible to receive thousands of dollars in compensation

CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 9, 2023 at 11:00 — Last Updated: Monday, January 9, 2023 at 14:17
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Indigenous northerners who were housed in private boarding homes to attend public schools in the latter half of the 20th

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Nunavik: Demands for health network to be put under trusteeship

Julie Marceau, Radio-Canada @julie_marceau
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 18:23 — Last Updated: Monday, November 21, 2022 at 08:24
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“We’re not sinking: we’re sunk.” A worker shortage, coupled with poor management of the Nunavik health care system, is creating

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Blog: ‘Nor night nor day no rest’ – Arctic diplomacy divided (and united)

Marc Lanteigne
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 16:35
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As the conflict in Ukraine continues, its political, economic and strategic effects have flowed outwards to adjacent regions and beyond.

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Geopolitics News Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Canada needs a ‘more consistent’ presence in North to bolster security, Inuit leader says

Christian Paas-Lang, CBC Radio
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 12:19
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A prominent Inuvialuit leader said Canada must build up a more consistent presence in the Arctic if the country is

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) News Politics Sweden 

NATO membership decision draws closer as Finnish and Swedish leaders meet

Linnéa Wannefors, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 10:21 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 10:24
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Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin met with Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson in Stockholm Wednesday to discuss defense and security policy,

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