The Canadian Coast Guard ship Terry Fox breaks ice ahead of the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent during a scientific mission charting Canada’s Arctic continental shelf in 2015. The Inuit Circumpolar Council is the first Indigenous Peoples organization to receive permanent consultative status at the world’s shipping regulatory agency — the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization. (Handout photo)
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International Maritime Organization assembly approves decision to give Inuit Circumpolar Council permanent consultative status
Inuit now have a guaranteed voice in forming Arctic shipping policy.
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Residents, businesses losing 15-cent deposits without return system, while litter accumulates
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ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᕕᖓ ᒪᑐᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕕᕗᐊᕆᒥ, ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᖃᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᒥ
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Why many Nunavummiut swear by their local sources
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World Wildlife Fund Canada looks at how caribou are affected by lack of roadmap for development
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Research centre opened in February, co-managed by university and Qikiqtani Inuit Association
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ᐃᒪᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔫᑉ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᖓ ᑐᕌᕋᓱᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓇᖏᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒨᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᑯᒪᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓄᑦ
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Inuit organization, partners hold event celebrating Sinaa agreement in Iqaluit
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ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓ ᐃᒪᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓯᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᖏᑦ ᒑᓯᑐᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓱᓕ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ
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Resident describes Halloween fright as animal arrives after kids were done trick-or-treating
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Changes are having an impact on fragile Arctic eco-system
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Switch to hybrid or electric vehicles from gas-powered still in the works
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Criminality ‘not suspected’ RCMP say; coroner also investigating
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Two community members found after day-long search
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Team headed out early Wednesday; icy, snowy conditions may be a factor
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The sea mammals can’t hunt for themselves, could spread disease
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Fate of 30 whales remains unclear after Ottawa denied export permit and financial support, leaving amusement park to warning of possible euthanasia.
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A vehicle drives by the waterfront Friday morning during a storm surge that brought tides as high as they could be without covering the road. Environment Canada issued a storm surge alert on Thursday, warning of higher-than-normal tide waters and possible flooding of ground level spaces on Friday morning. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
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Higher-than-normal tide levels expected between 8 a.m. and noon Friday
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Jason Etok calls for whales to be released into Arctic water to save them from financially troubled amusement park
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Royal Wagenborg cargo ship still grounded in Franklin Strait; No timeline for work to be complete
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Canadian Museum of Nature exhibit features interactive displays, Inuit knowledge-sharing in a modern context
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Royal Wagenborg cargo ship ran aground Sept. 6, remains stranded in Franklin Strait
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ᐆᓯᐊᓂᒃ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᓐ ᐃᓱᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᑖᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐆᒧᖓ ᕼᐆᑉᔅ ᐊᑦᕚᓐᔅ ᐸᐃ ᐅᔭᕋᒃᐅᕐᕕᒃᒧᑦ
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Dutch ship Thamesborg was making its way through passage with load of carbon blocks for delivery to Quebec