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‘Significantly’ more Canadian students enrol in Yukon’s virtual school this year

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 31, 2020 at 11:59 — Last Updated: Monday, August 31, 2020 at 13:03
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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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RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Nearly half of woman in northern Canada experience unwanted sexual behaviour: Statistics Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 09:32 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 09:57
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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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Environment Environment (USA) RCI USA 

Canadian Gwich’in leaders and conservationists suing U.S. over leasing program for Arctic wildlife refuge

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2020 at 18:35
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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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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General RCI 

Canadian Gwich’in leaders renew calls to oppose drilling in Alaska Arctic wildlife refuge

Dave Croft, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 14:02 — Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2020 at 18:35
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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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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Police in Northwestern Canada’s border territory can now ticket people who violate travel restrictions

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2020 at 11:59
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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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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

New body aims to create First Nations school board in Canada’s Yukon territory

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2020 at 11:19
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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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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Canada announces $72M in broadband internet improvements for northern communities

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at 16:35
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Five northern community broadband projects in the Northwest Territories, Yukon and northern Manitoba will share in $72 million of Canadian

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) RCI 

Yukon resident captures ‘first record’ of ghost moth

Philippe Morin, CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 3, 2020 at 11:49 — Last Updated: Monday, August 3, 2020 at 11:54
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A longtime resident of Watson Lake, Yukon, has contributed to the world of science — simply by taking a picture. This

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Canada General RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Campaign launched in northwestern Canada to address impact of COVID-19 on families

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, July 31, 2020 at 15:58
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The government of Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory, along with the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN), have launched a campaign

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Canada General RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Travellers transiting to/from Alaska through Canada will have their cars tagged

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, July 31, 2020 at 15:28
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As of July 31, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has implemented stricter rules for travellers transiting to or from Alaska

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Canada RCI Science Science (Canada) 

Moose on the Mediterranean? Research sheds new light on where moose once roamed

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 12:46
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If you’re trying to survive an ice age — why not decamp to Italy? That’s what moose seem to have done thousands

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Canada’s Green Party leadership candidates debate food security and the North’s economy

Hilary Bird, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 13:35
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The nine candidates vying to replace Elizabeth May as the leader of the Green Party held their fourth leadership debate on Monday

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Northern Canada’s national parks will be a different experience for visitors this year

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 27, 2020 at 16:43 — Last Updated: Monday, July 27, 2020 at 17:24
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Going to any national park across the North is going to look different this year amid the pandemic. In the Western

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) RCI 

Arctic’s beluga whale harvest challenged on multiple fronts in Canada

Walter Strong, CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 24, 2020 at 12:43
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The beluga whale harvest out of Aklavik, in the Northwest Territories, is down but not out. From a high of

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Canadian First Nation waiting to flip the switch on new solar array in Yukon

Mike Rudyk, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 15:50
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Building a solar farm 127 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle is a challenge; building an array of solar panels

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