Assessing Margot Wallström’s legacy as Swedish foreign minister
Margot Wallström spent some five years as Sweden’s foreign minister and launched the world’s first feminist foreign policy before announcing
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U.S. Justice Department to send millions to rural Alaska law enforcement
The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday how it plans to spend millions of dollars of federal money promised by Attorney
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Blog – Climate change education is not just about science
Tackling climate change requires radical transformations across society – from individual households to national governments, from the language we use
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Ottawa’s new Arctic framework has lofty goals but few details, critics say
The federal government’s new Arctic strategy promises sweeping changes and an ambitious goal of closing several key gaps between people
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Ottawa and Inuit in Atlantic Canada to launch study on protected marine area
A coastal area adjacent to the Torngat Mountains National Park in northern Labrador in Atlantic Canada is under consideration to
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A hot summer across the Arctic, Russian meteorological institute says
June, July and August have never been this warm in the Arctic. Data from Russian and U.S weather institutes show
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After 4 years, Canada’s Liberal government hasn’t released its plan for the Arctic
After four years in power, the Liberal government still hasn’t delivered on a promise of a detailed plan for developing
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Northwestern Canada: Former Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie dies
Former Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie has died. A spokesperson for the Yukon Party confirmed Friday morning that Fentie had died
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MLA worried hydro expansion in Northern Canada is ‘subsidy’ for mining project
A Yellowknife, Northwest Territories MLA is questioning whether a proposed transmission line connecting Whatì, N.W.T., to the Snare Forks hydroelectric
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Record late-August heat in Northern Finland
The Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI said that temperatures in Lapland (north) have never before exceeded 25 degrees Celsius after 27
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HMS Terror’s ‘incredible’ condition may offer new clues to Franklin Expedition mystery
The first systematic exploration of the interior of HMS Terror is offering Parks Canada underwater archeologists the tantalizing prospect that
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Drivers describe ‘hellfire’ on Southcentral Alaska highway Sunday
Marina Brooks was traveling the Sterling Highway from Anchorage to her home in Anchor Point, in Southcentral Alaska, Sunday night
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Heat stress that caused Alaska salmon deaths a sign of things to come, scientist warns
Scientists believe heat stress killed thousands of salmon in an Alaskan river last month. From July 7 to 11, communities
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Sealifted goods, tampons added to Canada’s Nutrition North subsidy program
Nutrition North will begin subsidizing non-perishable food items and products like diapers when they are shipped via sealift to remote
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Major land use agreement to be signed in Yukon, northwestern Canada
It has taken more than 15 years of consultations, protests, court battles and more consultations — and now a final
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