Canada's North

• Indigenous children facing food security ‘crisis’ in Canada’s North

  High inflation has sent food prices soaring across the country, but nowhere more than in Canada's northernmost communities.

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2023
  
• Northern miners say more federal support needed to deliver critical minerals plan

  The federal government released a strategy last month that aims to increase the responsibly sourced supply of 31 critical minerals.

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2023
  
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• Inflation crisis: Soaring food prices in Canada’s North prompting hunters to find new food sources

  On a recent visit to an Iqaluit food market, Global News found items being sold for up to three times the national average. Locals are working to find new food sources to cope.

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2022
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• Yukon reports 1st death related to coronavirus

  The death of a Watson Lake, Yukon, resident is the first coronavirus-related fatality in Canada's North.

  Canada

  Oct 30, 2020
• Yukon stations officers at B.C., N.W.T. boundaries in bid to reduce coronavirus spread

  The medical health officer says all seven recorded cases of COVID-19 in Yukon are connected to travel outside the territory or to known contacts.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2020
• Coronavirus: Canada urged to make air transport an essential service for Inuit, North

  Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says flights services in the North have already been "drastically reduced'' due to increasingly strict travel restrictions put in place to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2020
• Trudeau meets with Inuit leaders during first visit to Arctic as PM

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Iqaluit for a meeting with Canada's national Inuit organization, part of a two-day visit to the Arctic — his first since the 2015 election campaign.

  Politics

  Feb 9, 2017
• Canada wants answers as Russian rocket set to fall into Arctic waters

  Canada says it wasn't given enough warning and has asked Russia for more information about a rocket stage that is expected to splash down this weekend in environmentally sensitive Arctic waters.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2016
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• Halifax company nabs $15M Arctic offshore patrol ships software contract

  A Halifax-based company has been awarded a $15-million contract to design software for the navy's Arctic offshore patrol ships.

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2016