Here is a sample of aerial drone imagery from the aerial drone mapping project in Gjoa Haven. Petersen Bay is on the left side of image, and the community’s new hamlet office is near the lower right. (Image courtesy of the Government of Nunavut/ArcticUAV)
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The aerial drone mapping project has received $1.1 million for the 2023 fiscal year
Thawing permafrost across the North can wreak havoc on communities but the GN hopes a new aerial mapping project might help avoid the problem.
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A collection of 40,000 pictures of the Tasiapik Valley help determine conditions ripe for disaster
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Total allowable harvest of 170 was reached, says Environment Department
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Temporary closure due to safety concerns while metal-crushing work happens, city says
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Wolf overpopulation puts dwindling caribou herds at risk, says Environment Department
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GN’s pilot project will see oil shipped south from Arviat, Cambridge Bay and Pond Inlet
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Issues like water pipe routes, which neighbours will convert to piped water, size of reservoir all remain undecided
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The journal Nature predicts ice could disappear in late summer by 2030s
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Increase in reported cases of orcas interacting with boats off coast of Spain and Portugal puzzles researchers
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Few cases so far in northern Canada but more could show up as birds migrate north
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Ottawa provides $400,000 to make hamlet more eco-friendly, improve safety
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ᑖᒪᔅ ᕼᐃᐊᑕᓛᖅ ᐊᓕᑲᓱᐊ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖓᓄᑦ ᐅᑎᕐᓂᖓ ‘ᖁᕕᐊᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᖅ ᐃᓱᓕᖢᓂ,’ ᒪᐃᔭ ᐅᖃᕐᑐᖅ
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ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᖃᕐᕕᒃᓴᖅ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᒡᕕᐅᑉ ᐃᓂᖓᓂ; ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓱᒃᐳᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᖃᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᕙᑎᒧᑦ
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Thomas Hiatalaaq Alikaswa’s return home a ‘good way to end the week,’ mayor says
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City passes motion to have Apex water pumping station fixed for spring melt
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ᑲᑎᖢᑎᒃ 350-ᓂ ᑐᒃᑐᒐᓱᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᑎᑭᑕᐅᕗᖅ; ᐱᓇᓱᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᓂ ᓱᕋᐃᓐᓇᕐᑐᖅ
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Facility to be built near fishing spot; residents fear potential impact on environment
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Residents can drop metal off now; businesses, commercial customers can dispose of metal starting May 9
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NunatuKavut Community Council member says push for renewable energy fast-tracking mining permits on Indigenous land
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Total allowable harvest of 350 caribou reached, additional harvesting is violation of Nunavut Wildlife Act
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Adventure guide Renée-Claude Bastien used a drone to snap this photo during the Nurrait Jeunes Karibus expedition in Ivujivik, which took place from April 14 to 19. The Nunavik-based youth program organizes several on-the-land activities for young people across the region. According to Hugo Dufresne, the organization’s general manager, this past winter was the first since before the COVID-19-pandemic that Jeunes Karibus was able to organize major on-the-land experiences. (Photo courtesy of Renée-Claude Bastien)
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Ban in place until end of calving season, organization says
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City says amount already there causing safety hazard for staff, visitors
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Dustin Patar honoured for image he captured on the Milne Ice Shelf