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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 General 

New study to help assess potential impact of expanding port on Hudson Bay

The Canadian Press
Posted: Friday, February 20, 2026 at 11:43
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The federal government announced another step Thursday toward a potential energy and trade corridor through northern Manitoba and the Arctic.

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

N.W.T. leaders say Ottawa is underfunding Indigenous health-care program by millions

CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 20, 2026 at 09:35
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By Devon Tredinnick  Health minister says Non-Insured Health Benefits funding shortfall was $13 million in 2024/25 year A federal program

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

Northerners want changes to programs across Inuit Nunangat – not just more federal money

CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 20, 2026 at 09:26
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By Samuel Wat Federal gov’t to announce changes to Inuit Child First Initiative in coming weeks Ottawa’s new investments in

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Denmark to buy more F-35 missiles, boost winter readiness

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 16:08
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Denmark will buy additional medium-range air-to-air missiles for its F-35 fighter jets and invest in better Arctic gear for troops,

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

Nuclear icebreaker makes rare midwinter transfer from Arctic to Baltic Sea

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 13:49
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The heavy freeze in the Gulf of Finland makes Russia move two icebreakers, among them the nuclear-powered Sibir, from Arctic waters.

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

Meet some of the people working to bring back the Yukon Quest in 2027

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 10:59
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By Tori Fitzpatrick  The iconic sled dog race was cancelled last month after a tumultuous few years When veteran musher

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Ottawa will fund first Inuit-led university as part of major announcement for Inuit communities

Olivia Stefanovich, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 09:10
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Funding also includes $115M for Inuit Child First Initiative, $27M for tuberculosis eradication Ottawa will provide $50 million to help

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Denmark’s king visits Greenland, showing unity in the face of Trump threats

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 15:52 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 16:46
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Denmark’s King Frederik arrived in Nuuk on Wednesday as he embarked on his second visit to Greenland within a year,

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* Featured * Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

On eve crushing new EU sanctions, Moscow ratifies LNG deal with Beijing

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 13:39
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Russian legislators have rubber-stamped a cooperation agreement with China on the Yamal LNG project. Russia’s State Duma has ratified a

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

Rovaniemi in Arctic Finland chosen for NATO’s Forward Land Forces HQ

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 12:21
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Once established, the Multinational Staff Element will become Nato’s Forward Land Forces’ permanent presence in the region. Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen (NCP)

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

Transport company seeks better N.W.T. infrastructure amid road closures, climate crisis

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 10:54
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By Saloni Bhugra N.W.T. gov’t says it’s trying to keep up but needs more money from Ottawa After 25 years

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

Resource extraction projects, dwindling sea ice power Arctic shipping surge

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:44
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Arctic ship traffic distances have doubled over the last 12 years as sea ice continues to decline said a new

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

Canadian Red Cross to assist in Nunavik’s fight against tuberculosis

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:10
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By Samuel Wat  Nunavik’s health board says support from the Quebec government has been inadequate The Nunavik Regional Board of

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* Featured * Business Business (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Northern Finland sees surge as ‘coolcation’ trend grows

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 09:17
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Recent trends suggest that visitors are increasingly heading towards northern destinations, seeking out so-called ‘coolcations’, according to Visit Finland. Visits

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

Yukon gov’t opens up more commercial wood lots, with more on the way

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 16, 2026 at 16:02
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One harvester says changes may come too late to save his business Many of Yukon’s commercial wood harvesters have raised

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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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