Canada announces new COVID-19 funding for Inuit communities
The federal government is making an additional $650 million available for Indigenous communities to deal with current COVID-19 needs and
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Delay on gender violence action plan a “disappointment,” says Canadian Inuit women’s org
The organization that represents Inuit women in Canada says its disappointed by the government’s announcement this week that it was
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Norway to expand network of electric car chargers across Arctic
25 charging stations across the county of Troms and Finnmark will make even the remotest corners reachable in cold winter
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Man trying to enter Russia stuck in Finland for over 2 months
A man who became stuck at the Vaalimaa border station between Finland and Russia in mid-March, has now been stranded on the
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COVID-19 amplifying economic stress on First Nations, Inuit and Métis in urban Canada
COVID-19 is increasing the economic stress on Canada’s urban Indigenous population, including Inuit, says a new article from Statistics Canada.
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Inuit in Canada’s western Arctic urged to mark Inuvialuit Day at home or out on the land
Inuit in Canada’s western Arctic are being encouraged to celebrate Inuvialuit Day at home, or out on the land, because
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Arctic Canada: Nunavut extends public health emergency until June 11
Nunavut’s public health emergency is extended until June 11 because of COVID-19. After releasing a reopening plan for the territory on
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Company completes 1st overland fibre-optic cable connecting Alaska to continental U.S.
An Alaska company has completed construction of the first overland fibre-optic cable connecting the state to the continental U.S. The
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Finland joins other Nordic countries in virtual tourism due to pandemic
Finnish tourism destinations are turning to virtual tourism to get around travel restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. The first
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Climate change master’s degree being planned for Ilulissat, Greenland
With global temperature change transforming life in western Greenland, the home-rule government is looking at establishing a climate change master’s
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Sweden seen as major source of COVID-19 in Western Finland region
Vaasa Central Hospital’s infectious diseases chief physician Juha Salonen told Svenska Yle that people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Finland’s western region
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New Barents Sea port and 500 km railway link will connect Asia to Russian Arctic
Russia pushes for more of the global cargo flow to go north. A new year-round port near Indiga in the
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Covid-19 deaths top 4,000 but overall situation in Sweden ‘getting better’
Sweden on Monday saw its Covid-19 death toll pass 4,000, but State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell said that the overall situation in
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Red alert for northern Siberia as heat shocks threaten tundra life
New temperature maps for the endless stretches of Russian Arctic lands bear witness of unprecedented warming. April 2020 follows in
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Inuit gov. in Atlantic Canada gives gas allowances to harvesters under COVID-19 program
The Inuit government in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador will be giving gas allowances to marine harvesters
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