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* Featured * Featured • Zone 1 Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland’s lawmakers vote to leave land mine treaty; boosts defenses against Russia

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 15:53
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Finland’s parliament voted overwhelmingly to pull out of a major international treaty on antipersonnel land mines Thursday as the Nordic

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

Watchdog urges easing foreign ownership rules in airline industry: report

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 13:13
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By Jenna Benchetrit  Other recommendations aimed at improving aviation policy, air travel access in Canada’s North The Competition Bureau is

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* Featured * Business Business (Denmark/Greenland) Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General 

Greenland gives EU-backed critical metals project permit to mine

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 11:35
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Greenland on Thursday handed a 30-year permit to a European Union-backed project that aims to mine molybdenum, a critical metal

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

N.W.T. utilities board cuts NTPC salary increase, rejects some costs in rate application decision

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 09:49
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By Jocelyn Shepel  Public Utilities Board agrees with some cost items but denies others The N.W.T.’s public utilities board has

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

Iqaluit running out of dog tags after changing rules for killing loose dogs

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 15:59
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Recent amendments to a city bylaw allow staff to kill loose dogs 24 hours after they’re captured The City of

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

Finnish Defence Minister: No surprises in Russia’s base buildup near Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 14:20
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Satellite images obtained by Yle revealed that Russia began extensive construction work last winter in a closed military town, near

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

New New Shipping, Rosatom to build container ships for year-round Arctic sailings

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 12:35
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The Russian-Chinese joint venture expects the first ARC7 class container ship to be commissioned in 2027. As Rosatom commissions more

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

New call centre aims to improve 911 response in Quebec’s northern communities

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 10:20
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By Rachel Watts, Brittany Henriques  Previous approach is ‘not acceptable in 2025,’ says Nunavik police deputy chief More residents in Nunavik

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

Receiver moves to put Yukon’s Eagle mine up for sale

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 08:25
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By Julien Greene  PricewaterhouseCoopers wants to close the sale of the mine by December Victoria Gold’s receiver wants to put the Eagle

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* Featured * Countries Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Kingdom of Denmark chairs key Arctic Council meeting in Tromsø

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 15:51
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It’s far from business as usual at the Arctic Council, but the Kingdom of Denmark, now at the helm, is

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* Featured * Countries Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Denmark willing to invest more in Greenland, Danish PM says

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 14:47
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Denmark is willing to invest more in Greenland and grant the Arctic island greater authority over its foreign policy affairs,

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

Twin Flames singer charged with historical sexual offences

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 13:53
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Sunchild Deer-Okpik, also known as Jaaji Okpik, was a police officer in Nunavik in the 2000s One of the singers

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

$52M Yukon University science building to emphasize Indigenous knowledge

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 10:39
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New facility will be place ‘for different people from different disciplines to come together’ Yukon University’s new $52-million science building

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

U.S. appeals court refuses to vacate Biden approval of Alaska’s Willow oil project

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 09:18
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By Becky Bohrer  The decision comes in a long-running dispute over the project first approved by the Biden administration A

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Iceland News Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Europeans step up Arctic diplomacy amid U.S. and global pressure

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, June 16, 2025 at 15:57
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Amid rising global and U.S. pressure over Arctic affairs, European nations are stepping up their diplomatic efforts in the region.

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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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