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Two local men work at the fuel storage site at the proposed Kiggavik uranium mine, near Baker Lake, Nunavut. (The Canadian Press)A round-up of stories making headlines across the North.

Canada

Mining was very much in the news this week. Nunavut, a territory in Canada’s eastern Arctic, signed a deal with a mining company to develop a trades curriculum. Also in Nunavut, a gold mine will hire wranglers to help round up workers who are missing their shifts.

Finland

Finland asks Russia to explain the detention of a Finnish environmental researcher.

Norway

Norway’s Standing committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence urges a new and modernized border checkpoint with Russia to be in place by 2013.

Russia

Russia’s nuclear icebreaker Rossiya heads North.

Sweden

In Arctic Sweden, architects from all over the world will be invited to Kiruna to share ideas  on rebuilding the city centre.

United States (Alaska)

Oil and gas news made headlines this week. The oil tax battle continues in the state. Meanwhile, an Australian firm is planning to acquire a second oil rig to speed up production at it’s Alaskan operations.

Write to Eilís Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

Eilís Quinn is an award-winning journalist and manages Radio Canada International’s Eye on the Arctic news cooperation project. Eilís has reported from the Arctic regions of all eight circumpolar countries and has produced numerous documentary and multimedia series about climate change and the issues facing Indigenous peoples in the North.

Her investigative report "Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change," about the murder of Robert Adams, a 19-year-old Inuk man from Arctic Quebec, received the silver medal for “Best Investigative Article or Series” at the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The project also received an honourable mention for excellence in reporting on trauma at the 2019 Dart Awards in New York City.

Her report “The Arctic Railway: Building a future or destroying a culture?” on the impact a multi-billion euro infrastructure project would have on Indigenous communities in Arctic Europe was a finalist at the 2019 Canadian Association of Journalists award in the online investigative category.

Her multimedia project on the health challenges in the Canadian Arctic, "Bridging the Divide," was a finalist at the 2012 Webby Awards.

Her work on climate change in the Arctic has also been featured on the TV science program Découverte, as well as Le Téléjournal, the French-Language CBC’s flagship news cast.

Eilís has worked for media organizations in Canada and the United States and as a TV host for the Discovery/BBC Worldwide series "Best in China."

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