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NNSL Arts and Entertainment Stories
Students and staff at Tuugaalik High School place a high value on the school’s annual land-and-boat trips, which are part of the approach to the blending of culture and academic learning that Tuugaalik is well-known for.
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Residents of Cape Dorset gathered on Sept. 5 to partake in the grand opening of the Kenojuak Cultural Centre and Print Shop.
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Friends, after a great summer in my hometown of Radilih Koe, Fort Good Hope, it’s good to be back to school, now just beginning my fourth year of Indigenous PhD studies.
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A large crowd came out in support of the fifth annual Suicide Prevention Walk in Rankin Inlet on Aug. 28.
The annual event is held in memory of Terence Tootoo.
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The Rising Youth program is empowering young people to lead their own community initiatives by offering micro-grants until March 2020.
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There’s a lot of excitement surrounding the grand opening of the Kenojuak Cultural Centre and Print Shop, and Louisa Parr is at the centre of it all.
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Thebacha/Fort Smith
The South Slave Friendship Festival – which ran for 24 years up to 2012 – has returned to Fort Smith.
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Jimmy Rankin – a Celtic and country music star in Canada – will perform in Hay River this fall.
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There is no plan to extend access to the Mifegymiso abortion pill beyond larger communities, say territorial officials.
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Three months of Embassy of Imagination programming brought about imaginative flair from the scores of youth who participated in the Quviana parade in Cape Dorset on August 4. The artistic and cultural lessons culminated in the parade, which is named for the Inuktitut word for “fun” or “joyous.”
It was a tale of two days at the 12th annual Old Town Ramble and Ride, as the weather changed over the long weekend.
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Sgt. Roger Hitkolok plans to lead seven other Kugluktuk Rangers on a boat trip to Victoria Island this week to help track activity in the Northwest Passage.
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Old Town’s marquee street party is back this weekend with art shows, musical performances, tours and pancakes (among other eatable delights).
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With First Air and Canadian North proposing to merge and alarmed by some recommendations in the GN’s Airline Procurement Strategy, Iqaluit city council has passed two resolutions encouraging more airline competition.
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The sixth annual Ptarmicon saw a record turnout as the festival turned the third floor of the Chateau Nova Hotel into a destination for ‘nerd and geek culture’.
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Liidlii Kue/Fort Simpson
There were a few extra eyes on the banks of the Mackenzie River July 20.
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In my years of covering music festivals throughout Western Canada, I have learned to look beyond the main stage and behind the allure of the marquis performers for some true creative treats.
And I found just that at the small CBC Aurora Stage early afternoon last Sunday at Folk on the Rocks.
A local author is writing a children’s book based on a story about a fox that stole her boot last year.
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The typical start-up origin story begins in a California garage.
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Ever since Ippiksaut Friesen started learning how to do traditional Inuit tattoos a year ago, she has travelled around Canada to share her practice with people.
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The 38th edition of Folk on the Rocks has come and gone after the festival wrapped after a weekend that organizers have characterized as “seamless.”
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With the wet weather we’ve experienced in recent weeks, you would think a better idea would be making rubber boots.
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No time like the present to see what you have coming down the hatch in terms of the future when it comes to tennis.
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The Folk on the Rocks lineup will be equal parts North and South this year.
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The 2018 Folk on the Rocks festival will feature a lineup that not only includes female performers, but puts an emphasis on having both women and transgender artists play a leading role in the act.
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You may think snowshoe making isn’t at the top peoples’ minds in the dead of summer but the Aboriginal Sports Circle of the NWT thought it would be a perfect time.
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Read Moreby Daniel McNeely, MLA for the Sahtu region
In response to ‘Road to Ruin’ (News/North – July 9).
Long before the concept of a road into the Slave Geological Province and long before the idea of the Whati Road, was the Great Slave to Great Bear Road. This road was part of the original Roads to Resources Program that was initiated by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker back in the 1950’s.
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A mother-daughter duo have added a little more colour to the city with their ‘YK Rocks’ initiative.
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A packed Yellowknife courtroom erupted in cheers and cries last week as a Supreme Court justice found Denecho King guilty of second-degree murder and aggravated assault for a 2014 sword attack that claimed the life of one man and seriously injured another.
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