Russian counter-sanctions on EU are part of new normal, Swedish expert says
Russia slapped sanctions on eight officials from EU countries last week – including one from Sweden. The action bars Åsa
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National housing non-profit calls Canadian budget ‘missed opportunity’ for northern housing
It could have been a ‘fantastic opportunity’ to address northern housing over next 10-20 years: CHRA director A national housing
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Lapland among regions to be bit by snowstorm in Finland
Eastern and central Finland may receive more than 20cm of snow, even 30cm in some areas. Eastern Finland is bracing
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Community in Canada’s Northwest Territories updates flood evacuation plans
Village says plans are subject to change, but they provide options The Village of Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, updated community
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Yellowknife, Canada has 20 active cases of COVID-19, no community transmission so far
7 probable cases, more than 1,000 close contacts related to outbreak at school There are now 20 active and seven
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1st court date for southern couple accused of sneaking into northern Canadian community for vaccines
Rod and Ekaterina Baker did not appear in person A Vancouver couple accused of flouting Yukon’s COVID-19 rules and travelling to
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Iceland extends COVID-19 restrictions by one week
Iceland’s Ministry of Health is extending some domestic COVID-19 restrictions by one week, but says the country is on the
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Except for military towns, Russian North sees sharp decline in population
The region of Murmansk in 2020 had a more than 1,1 percent drop in its population. But several of the
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Arctic Canadian city of Iqaluit declares local state of emergency after COVID-19 community transmission detected
Bylaw officers will be enforcing Nunavut government’s lockdown rules The City of Iqaluit declared a local state of emergency Monday
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Murmansk railway line must be completed, say Russian officials
As construction of the Murmansk Transport Hub had come to a full halt, top federal officials assembled for a talk
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Shared smoking breaks, broken rules: What led to Nunavut, Canada’s first COVID-19 cases?
Broken isolation rules, shared cigarettes and fear of extended isolation periods are some of the findings in a report that
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Russia’s FM spokesperson calls Norway’s military deal with U.S. “provocative”
Oslo follows a deliberate and destructive line towards aggravating tensions in the Euro-Arctic region, and destroying Russian-Norwegian relations, the spokeswomen
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Nunavut officials confirm community spread as COVID-19 hits Iqaluit jails, medical boarding home in Arctic Canada
All four people who tested positive are now isolated in a unit in Baffin Correctional Centre Nunavut’s chief public health
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April 22 landslide in northern Quebec second largest in 150 years, say experts
Experts from the provincial government are expected in northern Quebec next week to survey the April 22 landslide that officials
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Wind turbines on their way to Russia’s western Arctic
Seventeen shipments with turbine components will be sent to far northern region as construction of Russia’s first Arctic wind power
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