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Russia’s Rosneft gives oil barrel-looking toys to zoo-enclosed polar bears

19 July 201919 July 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments oil, polar bear, Rosneft, Russia

The plastic plaything is aimed to prevent the animals from going nuts in captivity. You might have seen one in

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Rovaniemi, Kuopio and Oulu most lucrative Finnish cities for residential investment

19 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments Finland, Kuopio, Oulo, real estate, Rovaniemi

The most attractive cities for residential real estate investors in Finland are Rovaniemi, Kuopio and Oulu, followed by Turku and

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Ottawa finally delivers on 100-year-old promise to First Nation in northern Canada

19 July 2019 CBC News 0 Comments funding, Hay River, K'atl'odeeche First Nation, Northwest Territories, NWT, Treaty 8

Members of the K’atl’odeeche First Nation (KFN) near Hay River, Northwest Territories, finally saw the Canadian government make good on

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Russia’s Rosneft demands tax breaks to build pipeline to Arctic shipping lane: report

11 July 201911 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, Northern Sea Route, oil, pipelines, Rosneft, taxes, Taymyr peninsula

Rosneft makes clear that it can build a 600 km long pipeline to the Arctic Ocean and export millions of

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Large wildfires in Yukon, northwestern Canada threaten highway

11 July 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Dawson City, forest fires, roads, wildfires, Yukon

Fire crews are battling a pair of major wildfires on the North Klondike Highway near Dawson City that are creating

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Alaska Legislature fails to override governor’s budget vetoes

11 July 2019 Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau 0 Comments Alaska, budget, education, Juneau, legislation, Wasilla

The Alaska Legislature failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s state budget vetoes on Wednesday. Without enough lawmakers present to reach

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Electric and biofuel buses roll into Finnish cities

10 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments biofuels, buses, Electric vehicles, Helsinki, mass transit, transport

Buses running on biogas and electricity are slowly becoming a more common sight in Finland, as transport companies and municipalities

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Radiation seeping out from 30-year-old nuclear-sub wreck in Norwegian Sea

10 July 201912 July 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 1 Comment Bear Island, Komsomlets, Norwegian Sea, nuclear, nuclear submarines, radiation, Russian Navy, Soviet Union, submarines

One sample taken from an open ventilation hole of the wrecked Soviet nuclear-powered submarine shows levels of about 800 Becquerel

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Inuit languages declining in Canada’s Nunavut territory, stats show

10 July 2019 Sara Frizzell, CBC News 0 Comments indigenous, indigenous languages, Inuit, languages, Nunavut

Inuit languages declined in Nunavut in the 15 years between 2001 and 2016, according to a Statistics Canada report released

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Inuit groups in Canada to get over $161M for skills, employment training

9 July 20199 July 2019 Sara Frizzell, CBC News 0 Comments education, employment, indigenous, Inuit

Canada’s Crown Indigenous-Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett was in Iqaluit, Nunavut on Monday where she announced changes to the federal government’s

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Business is good for Russian nickel giant Nornickel

9 July 20199 July 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Kola Peninsula, mining, Norilsk Nickel, Nornickel

Nornickel makes big money and has tripled payouts to its shareholders over the last three years. The annual General Meeting

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Finnish government considers allowing cities to charge congestion fees to slash emissions

9 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments carbon neutral, emissions, POLICY, taxes, traffic, transport

The Finnish government has plans to reduce carbon emissions by allowing urban municipalities to charge road congestion fees, according to

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Police force in Northern Quebec faces officer shortage

9 July 2019 CBC News 0 Comments indigenous, Inuit, Kativik Regional Police Force, Nunavik, police, quebec

The Kativik Regional Police Force (KRPF) is facing a staff shortage after losing more than a dozen officers over the

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Japan scopes out future Arctic research in Cambridge Bay, Northern Canada

8 July 201912 July 2019 Kate Kyle, CBC News 0 Comments Cambridge Bay, climate change, indigenous, Inuit, Japan, Nunavut, sea ice, traditional knowledge

A Japanese research institute is seeking to deepen its collaboration with Canadian scientists and Inuit to further research in the

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Scientists check 30-year-old submarine wreck for radiation in Norwegian Sea

8 July 20198 July 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Bear Island, Komsomolets, Norwegian Sea, nuclear, nuclear submarines, Russian Navy, Soviet Union, submarines

Norwegian and Russian researchers sail joint expedition to the site where the submarine Komsomolets sank in 1989. The unique titanium

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