B.C. firm wins design contract for Arctic naval port
WorleyParsons Westmar Ltd. of North Vancouver, B.C., won the contract for the first of a four-phase design project for the naval refueling facility, to be based at the former Nanisivik lead and zinc mine site near Arctic Bay, Nunavut.The first phase covers construction requirements and preliminary design work that will set up the remaining design phases, the Defence Department stated in a news release Thursday.in reference to: "WorleyParsons Westmar Ltd. of North Vancouver, B.C., won the contract for the first of a four-phase design project for the naval refueling facility, to be based at the former Nanisivik lead and

Bevington urges Harper to act in Beaufort Sea dispute
Oil, gas exploration sale could help resolve disagreement: AlaskaA Northwest Territories MP is urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to protect Canada's claim to a disputed area in the Beaufort Sea, where the United States wants to drill for oil and gas.Dennis Bevington, the NDP member for Western Arctic, expressed concern in the Commons this week that the U.S. and Alaskan governments plan to sell oil and gas exploration leases off the northern coasts of Alaska and the Yukon.The 21,000-square-kilometre area — roughly four times the size of Prince Edward Island — is claimed by both Canada and the U.S. as part of a

CBQM: The Biggest Little Radio Station in the North - 'I'm darn proud of it' says Ruth Wright
CBQM (Trailer)Dennis Allen, 2009, 2 min 12 sDennis Allen's feature-length documentary is about Fort McPherson, a Teetl'it Gwich'in community in the Northwest Territories, and its citizen-run radio station. A resilient expression of Aboriginal pride, CBQM serves a far-flung and loyal listenership – and plays the best damn country music in the Mackenzie Delta.'I'm darn proud of it'Andrew RankinNorthern News ServicesPublished Thursday, November 26, 2009

STAY COOL: SnowKing Movie
Trailer for the upcoming feature length documentary "Stay Cool" by COLLECTIVE9. Hailing from the frozen land of Canada's Northwest Territories, the SnowKing builds a massive castle every year that the whole town of Yellowknife parties at. The film will be released in the fall of 2009.

Toward North Corps: Nurturing the Spirit of Inuit Independence while Pre-empting a Movement for Inu
November 26, 2009[excerpt] Toward North Corps: Nurturing the Spirit of Inuit Independence while Pre-empting a Movement for Inuit Secession It's time for a circumpolar North Corps program, modeled on the Peace Corps, to help the Arctic to achieve its full potential By Barry S. Zellen Securing the Northern Front In the years since the nail-biter of a referendum on Québec separation from the rest of Canada held in 1995, Québec and Anglo-Canada have worked hard to patch up their differences, and on November 22, 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Har