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Business Business (USA) Featured • Zone 3 

First oil from Pikka ‘imminent,’ as developer hails biggest North Slope project in decades

Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2026 at 11:00
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By Wesley Early When the Pikka oil and gas field was discovered in 2013, industry leaders hailed it as the

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Featured • Zone 2 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) 

British carrier deploys north for NATO exercise amid increase in Russian overflights

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2026 at 09:55
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HMS Prince of Wales is carrying helicopters set to play a key role as NATO forces conduct submarine detection training

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Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 

Heatwave temperatures possible next week

Yle News
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2026 at 09:13
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After several rainy days across Finland, warmer weather is expected to arrive during the coming week, according to Yle meteorologist

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Business Business (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 

Eagle gold mine cleanup costs more than $11M a month, receiver says

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:50
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By Gabrielle Plonka Remediation at the Eagle gold mine is projected to cost $76.5 million this spring and summer, according

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Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Officials say rabies in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, is an ‘active and serious threat’

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:51
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By Samuel Wat Health officials say there’s an “active and serious threat” of rabies in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, with the disease

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Featured • Zone 2 Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon First Nation says it can pump out 250 houses per year — if it gets the timber

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 10:37
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Living in a log cabin, according to Devin Brodhagen, has long been an “ideal” in the Yukon. But the timber

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) 

It remains unclear whether reactors will be fuelled before being towed around Scandinavia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 09:19
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Rosatom is now installing two RITM-200 reactors aboard what will become Russia’s second floating nuclear power plant. The arrival of

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Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Nunavik’s only veterinary clinic is looking for a new funder, or risk closure

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 09:04
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By Samuel Wat Nunavik’s only permanent veterinary clinic in Kuujjuaq, Que., is looking for a new partner to oversee and

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* Featured * Canada Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 Newsroom Picks • zone 1 

Plastic Pollution: Ottawa Funds Indigenous Research in the North

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 14:18
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Minister of Environment Julie Dabrusin has announced a $2.4 million investment to study the impact of plastic pollution on Indigenous

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The Greenlandic prime minister speaks in front of an EU flag.
* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland’s leader says U.S. military presence part of talks with Trump’s diplomats

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 10:33 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 11:33
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Greenland’s prime minister said Tuesday that increasing the U.S. military presence in the Arctic territory was ‌part of ongoing negotiations

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A woman speaks.
Canada Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Spending in the North won’t ‘invest in the human rights’ of northerners, NDP argues

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 14:04
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By Devon Tredinnick Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is failing to invest in the human rights of people in Northern

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* Featured * Business (Canada) Canada Featured • Zone 2 Newsroom Picks • zone 2 

Tariffs: $1.5M to Support Yukon Workers

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 09:37 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 10:43
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The federal and territorial governments are injecting $1.5 million over three years to help the Yukon workforce adapt to global

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) Politics 

Liberal government dismisses calls for radar site to remain as farmland

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2026 at 15:18
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The federal government is rejecting calls from some residents in southern Ontario to find other spots to set up its

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Business Business (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Norman Wells, N.W.T., businesses prepare for another uncertain barge season

CBC News
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2026 at 14:11
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By Sarah St-Pierre Some Norman Wells, N.W.T., businesses are hoping water rising levels in the Mackenzie River will mean reliable

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Business Business (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 

Sweden halts plans for power cable to Denmark over disagreement with EU funding plan

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2026 at 13:10
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Sweden will put on hold plans for a new power cable to Denmark, Energy Minister ​Ebba Busch said on Friday,

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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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