Issues affecting circumpolar nations
Canada’s environment minister says significant concerns remain over proposed development plans in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWWR) and how
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Indigenous leaders are applauding TD Bank’s announcement that the financial institution will no longer finance oil and gas related activity
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Human Rights Watch criticizes ‘inadequate’ government response to issue, calls for stronger climate targets The federal government is not doing
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The Royal Bank of Canada recently joined more than 24 major financial institutions that will not fund resource development in the
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The Liard First Nation’s language department is being recognized by Canada’s premiers for decades of work done to promote and
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Representatives of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun and Ottawa’s Carleton University signed a memorandum of understanding to work together
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The Yukon government has again extended its state of emergency, saying it’s necessary to be able to respond to the evolving
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Bob Cameron calls it a “treasure trove” of Yukon aviation history. The small, unassuming building in Carcross was once the
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Six-year-olds sit in a circle of tree stumps, watching their teacher write on a whiteboard in the forest. Teachers carry bear spray and walkie-talkies.
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Yukon’s virtual school program says “significantly” more families are choosing at-home schooling this year due to COVID-19. “There has been quite an influx
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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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A Gwich’in organization created to protect nearly 20 million acres of sacred, traditional land in Alaska, along with 12 other
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Gwich’in leaders in Yukon and the Northwest Territories are calling on opponents of oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife
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Yukon RCMP can now ticket visitors who violate the territory’s coronavirus-related travel restrictions. In a news release on Thursday, police say
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First Nations leaders in Yukon say a newly-created directorate will help them exert more control over the education of Indigenous students in the
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