Eye on the Arctic news round-up
A round-up of stories that made headlines across the North this week.
Canada
Local residents and law enforcement look for solutions after a spate of gun crimes directed at police in Canada’s eastern Arctic.
Finland
More critisism is directed at the Talvivaara open pit mine in Sotkamo, eastern Finland for it’s water management.
Greenland
Greenland’s premier Kuupik Kleist visits Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut to discuss economic Arctic development with Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak
Sweden
Authorities find the black boxes from the plane crash in the Swedish Arctic last year that killed five Norwegians.
United States
The Environmental Protection Agency holds hearings in Achorage, Alaska on the controverial Pebble Mine project.
Write to Eilís Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca