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Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Minimum wage rises to $19.75 in Nunavut

CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 1, 2025 at 15:00
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Minimum wage workers in Nunavut are gettin a pay raise on Monday as the minimum wage in the territory rises

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Art Art and Culture Culture Culture (Sweden) Featured • Zone 2 Newsroom Picks • zone 2 

History maker — Sami artist Katarina Barruk performs at BBC Proms

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, September 1, 2025 at 11:44
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Katarina Barruk made history on Sunday evening as the first Sami artist to perform in concert at the famous BBC

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Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 1 

Fort Providence, N.W.T., evacuation due to fast-moving wildfire expands as emergency personnel ordered out

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 1, 2025 at 10:17
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A fast-moving wildfire that has led to evacuation orders in Fort Providence, N.W.T., was within one kilometre of the hamlet

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Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 1 

Whatı̀ residents evacuating community due to wildfire

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 14:32
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The evacuation of Whatı̀, N.W.T., is proceeding in an orderly fashion by road, according to a Northwest Territories fire information

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Featured • Zone 2 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) 

NATO warships sail into Barents Sea

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 13:36
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As of Friday morning, a multi-national group of naval vessels sailed east of North Cape in the Barents Sea. The

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Officials hope natural barriers hold back wildfire near Whatı̀, N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 11:27
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By Tamara Merritt  Officials in Whatı̀, N.W.T., say conditions over the next day or two will be crucial in determining

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Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 

China receives first Arctic LNG 2 cargo ahead of Putin’s visit, data shows

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 10:45
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China received this week its first liquefied natural gas cargo from a sanctioned Russian project, ship-tracking data from Kpler and

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Society Society (Canada) 

Teens in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, act as local tour guides to raise money for sports

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 09:51
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The tour guides of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, have heard some pretty funny questions. Is it always cold here? Do you

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Security top priority in Oslo’s new High North strategy

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 15:48
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Two Norwegian government ministers came to Kirkenes, northern Norway, to present the country’s new High North strategy. Despite their emphasis

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Canada Countries General Society Society (Canada) 

Canada invests $1.3M into Arctic search and rescue project

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 15:26
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Canada has announced a $1.3 million investment into a new project geared towards making Arctic search and rescue missions faster

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Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Finnish Lapland saw biggest 2024 tourism increase

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 12:13
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Tourism revenue in Finland decreased last year compared to the previous year, according to a study by Visitory, a travel

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

US reaffirms Greenland’s right to self-determination amid political sway allegations

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 11:18
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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen The United States’ top diplomat in Denmark has reaffirmed Greenland’s right to determine its own future, following

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Inuit innovators turn to AI to revitalize Inuktitut

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 09:10
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Iqaluit-based company hopes to make Inuktitut more accessible, but urges caution around data sovereignty The creators behind a new Inuktitut

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Denmark and Greenland apologize for painful legacy of forced Inuit contraception

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 16:03 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 16:09
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Denmark and Greenland on Wednesday officially apologized for their roles in the historic mistreatment of Greenlandic Indigenous girls and women,

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia submarines at sea as U.S. carrier group sails outside northern Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 15:13 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 15:43
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As of August 25, the Yasen-class submarines Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk and Kazan are not present at the Nerpicha base in Zapadnaya Litsa. British media report about

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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