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In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth
Tasiilaq :: Greenland | 1 day ago
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Greenland — Gert Ignatiussen returns to this fjord-front Inuit town with the spoils of his hunting trip...With nimble handwork, his wife Bartholine cuts them up on the porch of their wood-frame home, saving the best meat for dinner. Ignatiussen throws...
Tags: Greenland, hunted trips, Tasiilaq, Environment, Eskimos, Indigenous peoples of North America, Culture of Greenland, Hunter-gatherers, Inuit, Seal hunting
Bid to rename Arctic shipping route hits rough seas
Ottawa :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility A bid to formally rename the country's Arctic shipping route the "Canadian Northwest Passage" — initially headed for clear sailing through the House of Commons — has hit rough seas and may be dead in the water amid Opposition concerns that Inuit leaders...
Tags: Daryl Kramp, northwest passage, Canada, Ottawa, Aboriginal peoples in Canadian territories, Indigenous peoples of North America, Politics, Hunter-gatherers, Aboriginal peoples in Quebec, Nunavut, Arctic Ocean, Inuit, Inuktitut
Report: Canadian north not ready for melt
Ottawa :: Canada | 3 days ago
Credibility People living in Canada's far north aren't prepared for what global warming will do to their homes and infrastructure, a federal agency warned the government. The independent National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy report to Parliament...
Tags: climate change, Northwest Territories, Canadian North, National Round Table, Canada, global warming, Ottawa, Environment, Permafrost, Disaster Accident, Physical geography, Geomorphology, Arctic, Pedology, Influenza, Nunavut, Iqaluit, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Stephen Harper, Action on climate change, Weather, Adaptation to global warming in Australia, Carbon finance, Snow, Yellowknife, Climate, Adaptation to global warming, Nunavut Court of Justice, Scientific opinion on climate change, Inuit, Dennis Fentie
Venue of Cambridge Bay murder trial to be debated
Toronto :: Canada | 3 days ago
Credibility A Northwest Territories man who has died of complications from the H1N1 influenza virus did not get vaccinated for it, territorial health officials confirm. The Nunavut Court of Justice will hear an application in March from Chris Bishop, who is accused...
Tags: Canada, Toronto, Eskimos, Aboriginal peoples in Canadian territories, Indigenous peoples of North America, Hunter-gatherers, Aboriginal peoples in Quebec, Inuit, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Northwest Territories
Canadians know surprisingly little about the Inuit: poll
Ontario :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Canadians raised to celebrate the "true North strong and free" know surprisingly little about the Inuit who inhabit the country's northern frontier, a new poll has revealed. Despite increased attention in recent years to Canada's North because of melting...
Tags: Atlantic Canada, Inuit, correct answers, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Aboriginal peoples in Canadian territories, Indigenous peoples of North America, Eskimos, Hunter-gatherers, Aboriginal peoples in Quebec, Mary Simon
2010 declared Year of the Inuit
Toronto :: Canada | 3 days ago
Credibility The head of Canada's Inuit organization, Mary Simon, wants to draw national attention to Inuit culture and issues next year, which has been declared the Year of the Inuit. A fugitive from Deline, N.W.T., has been using a social networking website to...
Tags: Canada, Toronto, Yukon, Paul Okalik, Inuit, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Liard River
Whitehorse tries anti-vandalism surveillance
Whitehorse :: Canada | 8 days ago
Credibility Hay River, N.W.T., comes as residents in that community continue to confront the drug trade. The City of Whitehorse is expanding its video surveillance system to tighten security at public facilities most vulnerable to vandalism. Nunavut's Inuit land...
Tags: Canada, Whitehorse, Eskimos, Inuit, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Business Finance, Disaster Accident
Baffin Bay polar bear hunt quota faces new delay
Nuuk :: Greenland | 10 days ago
Credibility An announcement on how many polar bears can be hunted in Nunavut's Baffin Bay region is still weeks away, following a month-long extension. The Nunavut Wildlife Management Board has granted the 30-day extension to Environment Minister Daniel Shewchuk,...
Tags: polar bears, Baffin Bay, Daniel Shewchuk, Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, Greenland, bears populations, Nuuk, Polar bear, Inuit, Scott Inlet, Baffin Island, Arctic Ocean, Nunavut, Environment
Earth Matters
Nuuk :: Greenland | 11 days ago
Credibility We all know the ice caps are melting, but who gets control of the gas, oil and minerals emerging from underneath all that water? Alun Anderson, author of a new book, ‘After the Ice’, seeks to find out He is a calm man, but his message is one of alarm.
Tags: Alun Anderson, says anderson, Greenland, New Arctic, bigger picture, polar bears, climate changing, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Nuuk, Hunter-gatherers, Indigenous peoples of North America, Arctic, Inuit, Aboriginal peoples in Canadian territories, Aboriginal peoples in Quebec, Eskimos, Environment
Esprit Orchestra meets Koerner Hall – glorious
Toronto :: Canada | 11 days ago
Credibility E sprit Orchestra At Koerner Hall in Toronto on Sunday Toronto's Esprit Orchestra took a chance on Sunday night by decamping from their usual digs at the St. Lawrence Centre for Koerner Hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Tags: Alexina Louie, Koerner Hall, Toronto, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, dog sled, Canada, Hunter-gatherers, Indigenous peoples of North America, Inuit, Nunavik, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Aboriginal peoples in Canadian territories, Aboriginal peoples in Quebec, Entertainment Culture
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