3 Nunavut communities still have ongoing tuberculosis outbreaks
Pangnirtung, Pond Inlet and Naujaat still fighting outbreak Three Nunavut communities still have ongoing tuberculosis outbreaks — one of which
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Pond Inlet pipeline problems may have begun months before large spill detected
By Samuel Wat · CBC News · 7,000 litres of diesel leaked out of a damaged pipe last month Problems with a pipeline that
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Nunavut declares tuberculosis outbreak in Pond Inlet
Nunavut’s chief public health officer has declared an outbreak of tuberculosis in Pond Inlet. Five people in the north Baffin
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Inuit, environmental groups call for stronger measures to reduce underwater noise
Hunters from Pond Inlet, Nunavut. — known as Mittimatalik in Inuktitut — have said they’re seeing fewer narwhal in areas
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Warming waters could force Arctic whales further north, research suggests
Big changes could lie ahead for the ranges of whales like narwhals, bowheads and belugas that rely on cold water and sea ice,
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Nunavut communities weigh in on production increase at Arctic mine
Arctic Bay, Pond Inlet register support for temporary increase again this year at mine Baffinland Iron Mines’ request to boost
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Arctic Canada: COVID-19 continues to spread in Nunavut with 40 new cases
Nunavut’s chief public health officer (CPHO) announced 40 new active cases across the territory, including one in Pond Inlet. There
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Pond Inlet woman’s intervention shakes up hearings on Baffinland mine expansion in Arctic Canada
Anita Uuttuvak accused Baffinland of unfairness in its attempt to force acceptance of more development A Pond Inlet, Nunavut, woman
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Arctic Canadian territory of Nunavut to start vaccinating youth aged 12-17 on June 15
Clyde River, Pangnirtung, and Pond Inlet will hold the first mass clinics Youth in Nunavut will be able to receive
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Arctic Canada : Nunavut reports 1st case of COVID-19 in Pond Inlet
Nunavut has reported its first case of COVID-19 in the community of Pond Inlet, according to Nunavut’s Chief Public Health Officer
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Inuit family in Arctic Canada suing federal police for killing their son
The family of a man killed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) say the Mounties’ failure to invest in
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Sperm whales in Canadian High Arctic sign of shifting ecosystem, says scientist
Two sperm whales spotted near Pond Inlet, Nunavut, are a sign of underlying shifts in the High Arctic ecosystem, according
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Southern nurse won’t return to Northern Canada after alleged break and enter
A nurse from Nova Scotia (southeastern Canada) says she won’t return to the North after an alleged attempted break and
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Canadian Arctic park runs igloo building workshop
Igloos, the dome-like structures built out of blocks of packed snow, have become one of the most iconic images of
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Arctic rocks yield answers to billion-year-old mystery
A billion-year-old fossilized algae found in sediment rock deposits in the Canadian Arctic is believed to be the oldest known
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