Russia accuses Norway of militarizing Svalbard Arctic islands
Russia accused Norway of militarizing the Svalbard archipelago and said on Friday it had summoned the Norwegian ambassador to Moscow
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EPR program recycling services to start this year in the Yukon
By Tori Fitzpatrick Extended Producer Responsibility program meant to shift cost of recycling to producers of those materials The Yukon
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Beluga Summit brings together hunters and researchers in Inuvik, N.W.T.
By Dez Loreen ‘The data that we bring to the table, with traditional knowledge and Western science, is top-notch’ Hunters,
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Drugs and handgun seized after luxury vehicle stopped on Sahtu winter road, say RCMP
Bust described by RCMP superintendent as a ‘significant disruption’ to the drug trade Two men from Alberta are facing a
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Arctic Finland sees unseasonably mild winter this February
Finland’s Arctic Lapland region experienced an astonishingly mild winter through the month of February with the average temperature roughly 7
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Greenland’s election winners push back against Trump’s wish to control island
Greenland’s likely new prime minister on Wednesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to take control of the island, saying
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2 dead after 4-member hunting party struck by blizzard in Nunavik, say police
Quaqtaq mayor says survival of young woman and her daughter is miraculous Two people from Quaqtaq in northern Quebec are
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$100K cut from N.W.T. family violence shelters restored in territorial budget
Money for public housing also added to budget that will be voted on Thursday The Government of the Northwest Territories
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A look at how the Canadian military is training for potential conflicts in the North
By Natalia Weichsel A swarm of troops dressed in white and wearing snowshoes glide across a frozen valley. Suddenly they
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Putin’s dealmaker with Trump calls for joint action in the Arctic
“The Arctic is too important for Cold War-style politics,” says Kirill Dmitriev, the influential businessman and government official that plays
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Residents anxious about drug-related crime in N.W.T.’s South Slave region
By Nadeer Hashmi ‘Quit hiding these people in our communities … let the police know,’ urges Fort Smith mayor Residents
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U.S. shows strength on the one-year anniversary of Sweden’s accession to NATO
While the U.S. was absent from the Paris meeting where 30 army chiefs from across the alliance met on Tuesday,
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Feds backtrack on characterizing northern military spending as new
Department now says it switched from one type of accounting to another Funding characterized by the federal government as a
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Greenland’s Demokraatit wins parliamentary election amid Trump threat
More than 40,000 people were eligible to cast ballots in Tuesday’s vote Greenland’s pro-business opposition Demokraatit party, which favours a slow
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Q&A: Lawyer tapped to study Giant Mine legacy comes with no ‘preconceived notions’
Yellowknives Dene First Nation welcomes Murray Rankin’s appointment, hopes for resolution The lawyer and former British Columbia politician recently appointed
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