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The Council of the European Union approved a ban on sealskin products in its 27 member nations at a July 27 meeting in Brussels.

The ban is a “response to concerns about the animal welfare aspects of seal hunting practices,” said the council members in a statement on their decision.

The federal government has promised to assert Canada's sovereignty over its resource-rich Arctic lands and waters while it addresses the need for jobs, housing and a clean environment in the North.

Airline averts strike too late to save GN junket.

Representatives from Air Greenland hope to travel to Iqaluit in mid-September to discuss reviving air service between Nunavut and Greenland.

A planned meeting between Air Greenland and officials at the Government of Nunavut had to be scrapped because of the threat of a strike by the airline’s flight attendants.

The federal government has not finalized the creation of a bowhead whale sanctuary off the Baffin Island coast, so Inuit are planning a party next month to nudge the government on the issue.

Two Inuit survivors of the residential school system have been appointed to an Indian Residential School Survivor Committee which will advise and assist the actual commission.

THE WHITE STRIPES have released the title for their upcoming Canadian tour documentary, and posted a trailer on their official website.

The head of the United Nations panel of climate-change experts today said he was encouraged by climate pledges at the recently concluded G-8 summit but was also concerned that “we have very little time” to reach even those general commitments, which still fell short of what was required by science.

Most Nunavummiut don’t get enough to eat, researchers who worked on the Qanuippitali health survey in Nunavut said at last week’s International Congress on Circumpolar Health in Yellowknife.

Most pregnant women in the Baffin region of Nunavut are malnourished and smoke too much, says a Government of Nunavut research study presented at the recent International Congress of Circumpolar Health in Yellowknife.

Interviews and analyses of their blood samples reveal:

In the lead-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December, various stakeholders will hold rallies, conferences and meetings.

What gives you hope for a better planet?

On December 7, 2009, leaders from 192 countries will gather at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark to determine the fate of our planet.

Ten former students of Canada's notorious Indian residential schools have been appointed as advisers to the federal government's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, as it prepares to begin hearing from ex-students across the country.

Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl unveiled the Indian Residential School Survivor Committee on Wednesday in Ottawa.

A Bathurst youth is going on an arctic expedition to learn more about climate change.

Young New Malden adventurer Louise Biddle will make a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Arctic tundra in August, to film a BBC documentary about life on chilly Baffin Island.

Fulfilling an election promise to create a new regional economic development agency for the North, Stephen Harper will visit Canada's Arctic next month.

Mary Simon

President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami