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THE GLOBE AND MAIL -- In Northern Canada, the census can be a matter of life and death

BY LUKE DECOSTE (FGJ ‘16) - By the time Canadians log onto Statistics Canada’s website in May to fill out the first long-form census in a decade, hundreds of trained census takers will have already covered 40 per cent of Canada’s land mass to collect information in more than 29,000 homes in villages and hunting camps across Northern Canada. READ MORE

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VICE -- Canada Ups Its Arctic Game With Plans to Build Port at the Top of the World

BY LUKE DECOSTE (FGJ ‘16) - After the fishing vessel Saputi struck an iceberg earlier this year in the Davis Strait off Iqaluit, water rushed on board the Canadian ship faster than the ship's pumps could handle. The Danish Navy arrived to help as a Canadian Coast Guard chopper made its way from a base in Greenwood, Nova Scotia — nearly 1,300 miles away. READ MORE