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Housing, affordability, good leadership top concerns for these N.W.T. voters

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:13
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By Carla Ulrich From housing and affordability to fair taxation and global humanitarian concerns — voters in the Northwest Territories

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Society Society (Canada) 

Frozen pipe forces Puvirnituq, Que., residents to go days without water delivery

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:53
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By Samuel Wat Residents in Puvirnituq, Que., are being forced to go days without water being delivered, due to a

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

Trump, taxes & tariffs dominate election debate, leaving Arctic overlooked

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 08:01 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 00:34
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Simultaneous translation in English: Simultaneous translation in Inuktut (Nunavik dialect): Canada’s federal party leaders clashed over Trump, taxes and trade

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General News Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Arctic Economic Council, municipal group, support Denmark’s Arctic Council priorities

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 17:16 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 17:20
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Two Arctic groups are voicing support for the Kingdom of Denmark’s Arctic Council priorities as it prepares to take over

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

Nunavut Quest competitors set off from Pond Inlet

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 15:56
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Dog sled journey from Pond Inlet to Igloolik is expected to take one week Eight mushers started the Nunavut Quest

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

Haines Junction should consider paid fire chief, says report from village staff

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 14:21
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Report suggests hiring full-time chief who doubles as protective services head The Village of Haines Junction in the Yukon could

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

Russian cruiser fires artillery few kilometres from border to Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 12:14
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The 186 meter long warship Marshal Ustinov is shooting artillery on targets at the Rybachii Peninsula as part of an ongoing exercise.

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

Service providers disagree about who should get a subsidy for internet in the North

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 11:29
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By Jocelyn Shepel CRTC currently reviewing submissions and feedback about subsidy announced earlier this year The CRTC says it’s still

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

Food Bank Society of Yukon calls on political parties to reduce food insecurity

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 09:47
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By George Maratos  Almost 2,000 Yukoners accessed the food bank last month; numbers also on rise across nationally The Food

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

Inuit women’s org urges federal leaders to address housing, costs, and violence

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, April 14, 2025 at 15:49
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With Canada in the midst of a federal election, the organization that represents Inuit women in the country is urging

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

Rare recording collection of Sami Joik given UNESCO status

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, April 14, 2025 at 11:42
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Karl Tirén’s collection of over a century old recordings of one the most iconic elements of Sami music, the Joik,

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A file photo of liquefied natural gas reservoirs in the port of Sabetta on the Kara Sea shore line on the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic circle, some 2500 km of Moscow.
* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 General News Russia 

Russia sees stable oil exports and booming gas business by 2050

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, April 14, 2025 at 10:38
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Russia, the world’s second biggest oil exporter and the second largest natural gas producer, sees stable crude production and significant

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

‘I feel pretty badass’: Indigenous women dive into welding at Aurora College

CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 14, 2025 at 09:34
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By Carla Ulrich Red Seal welder leading the course says participants’ growth so far is ‘remarkable’ A new welding workshop

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Denmark sets Arctic Council leadership agenda amid intensifying global Greenland focus

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 11, 2025 at 16:53
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As it prepares to assume the chairmanship of the Arctic Council in May, the Kingdom of Denmark outlined its key

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Finnair schedules more flights to Finnmark

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, April 11, 2025 at 09:50
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The Finnish flag carrier will increase its Helsinki-Ivalo-Kirkenes route to five-times-weekly in summer 2026 and add Alta as a new

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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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