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Sweden wants to rebuild its “total defence” system

16 July 2019 Liv Lewitschnik, Radio Sweden 0 Comments defence, military, security, Sweden, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency

All people over the age of 16 living in Sweden can be called upon to assist in times of crisis

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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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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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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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Swedish Centre Party promises tax break for rural northerners

5 July 20195 July 2019 Radio Sweden 0 Comments Annie Lööf, Centre Party, Northern Sweden, rural, taxes

Sweden’s Centre Party leader Annie Lööf says she wants to address the tax imbalance facing people living in the north

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Russian secret sub to be repaired and put back in service

4 July 20195 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments disasters, everomorsk, Northern Fleet, nuclear, Russian Navy, submarines

The fire started in the battery compartment, but did not affect the reactor, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reports to Vladimir

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Wildfire in Anchorage, Alaska forces rapid response

3 July 20193 July 2019 Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, forest fires, heat, summer, weather, wildfires

A fast-moving wildland fire erupted in east Anchorage Tuesday afternoon. What officials are calling the Campbell Park Fire was first

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Finnish EU presidency to work on stronger Arctic policy, climate change mitigation

2 July 20195 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 1 Comment Antti Rinne, Arctic policy, climate change, European Union, POLICY

Mitigation of climate change must be at the heart of our Arctic policy, the Finnish government says as it takes

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Russia’s floating nuclear power plant gets 10-year operating license, new paint job

1 July 201928 June 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Akademik Lomonosov, energy, floating nuclear power plant, nuclear, nuclear power, Pevek

The Akademik Lomonosov will be towed from Murmansk to Pevek, in Russia’s eastern Arctic, in August when the sea ice

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Land-claim talks: Dehcho First Nations, in Northern Canada, put land issues on backburner

28 June 2019 Alex Brockman, CBC News 0 Comments Dehcho, First Nations, indigenous, land claims, Northwest Territories, NWT

The Dehcho First Nations in the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, are using new negotiating tactics in their decades-old land

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Ottawa must raise funding for climate science or risk falling behind, scientists say

27 June 201928 June 2019 Ryan Patrick Jones, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, global warming, POLICY, research

Inadequate government funding for climate research in Canada is causing highly-qualified climate scientists to leave the country, says a new

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Blog – U.S. ups rhetoric in Arctic, but not its game

26 June 201928 June 2019 Mia Bennett 0 Comments Alaska, China, Cold War, defence, military

American rhetoric is turning up the temperature in the Arctic while not even really putting its money where its mouth

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New satellites to boost communications in Arctic Norway

25 June 201925 June 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments communications, Internet, satellites, space, telecommunications

The Nordic country cooperates with the U.S and other allies over the development of a new broadband communication network in

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