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Greenland’s leader hails EU as trusted friend and urges investment in its minerals

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 12:20
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Greenland’s leader on Wednesday thanked the European Union for being “a trusted friend” and urged the 27-nation bloc to invest

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

N.W.T. Council of Leaders tells Ottawa it’s ‘time to build the North’

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 11:09
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By Sarah St-Pierre The N.W.T. Council of Leaders is in Ottawa this week to advance territorial priorities The Northwest Territories

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

N.W.T. concerned about proposed northern Alberta nuclear project

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 09:01
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N.W.T. government says the draft guidelines ignore the transboundary water agreement The N.W.T. government and an Indigenous water advocate say

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General News Sweden 

Swedish glaciers are still melting — but by less than last year

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 15:54
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Sweden’s glaciers are still shrinking, but this year’s melt was much smaller compared to 2024’s record. Glaciologist Nina Kirchner from

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 2 Finland General 

Finland logs third-warmest September in history, as Lapland temp shatters record

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 14:49
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Finland’s Arctic may be best known for snow and Santa, but Lapland made headlines for something entirely different in September

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon Association of Non-Status Indians launches new book documenting its history

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 14:01
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It also explores the Indian Act’s designation of people as status or non-status The Yukon Association of Non-Status Indians (YANSI)

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

2 dead, 5 others injured after fire breaks out at mining camp near Dawson City, Yukon

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 12:01 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 12:53
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The Yukon coroner’s office says it’s investigating the cause of the fire, rules out suspicious activity The Yukon Coroner’s office

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Business Business (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 1 USA 

Trump approves Alaska mining road to boost copper, zinc production

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 11:06
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President Donald Trump on Monday ordered approval of a proposed 211-mile road through an Alaska wilderness to allow mining of

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

Fort Smith growers say new permit rules create barriers for local food producers

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 09:06
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By Carla Ulrich  Farmers say requiring permits to sell fresh produce makes it harder for them to contribute to food

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

Safeguards in place, but still stranded: New details on efforts to free Thamesborg before freeze-up

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2025 at 17:24
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On paper, the European shipping company that sent the Thamesborg cargo vessel through the Northwest Passage did everything right: the

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

Washington moves to secure Arctic rare earths with potential stake in Greenland mine

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2025 at 11:07
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By Vallari Srivastava Shares of Critical Metals surged over 62% on Monday after Reuters reported the U.S. government was in

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 1 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Experts react to N.W.T. rejecting idea of creating separate emergency planning agency

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2025 at 09:52 — Last Updated: Monday, October 6, 2025 at 09:58
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Creating a separate agency is best practice, but the reality of staffing it is a challenge, one expert says Emergency

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Europe should wage information warfare inside Russia says professor

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, October 3, 2025 at 14:39
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Europe should fight Russia’s information war inside Russia. Current measures taken by Western countries, such as fact-checking and sanctions, are

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

Proposed Mackenzie River submersible turbine project advances to next phase

CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 3, 2025 at 13:53
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By Tamara Merritt ·  Ottawa has announced $600K in funding for the data collection phase A project that would generate hydroelectricity

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

Snowshoeing removed from Team N.T. for 2026 AWG, other sports reduced

The Canadian Press
Posted: Friday, October 3, 2025 at 11:29
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Some Northwest Territories sports bodies have had their allocations for the 2026 Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse reduced – and

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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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