Sami theatre responds to Church of Sweden’s abuse apology in new play
Four years after the Church of Sweden apologized to Sweden’s Sami people, a Sami theatre company is responding to the
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Arctic Norway: “It was the warmest September on record in Tromsø”
By Elizaveta Vereykina Some regions in Arctic Norway have experienced exceptionally warm weather last month compared to observational records stretching back
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N.W.T. gov’t tells power companies to plan to increase use of renewable energy
The directive is for NTPC and Naka to increase the cap on renewable energy from 20 to 30 per cent
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‘A really big loss to the community’: Church in Colville Lake, N.W.T., burns
By Devon Tredinnick Our Lady of the Snows was built in the 1960s and was the community’s only church Our
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Russia trains coastal attack scenario 30 km from border with Norway
Bombardment from fighter aircraft to assist ground troops, artillery, grenades dropped by drones, and storm troopers. Russia’s high north war games
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‘We’re losing our children’: Nunavummiut reflect on triple tragedy in Pond Inlet
By Samuel Wat The community was shaken by a multiple suicides in July WARNING: This story discusses suicide. Verna Strickland
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Canadians in North see U.S. as Arctic threat on par with Russia: survey
Between Russia’s military buildup in the North and China’s growing presence in the Bering Strait near Alaska, it’s no surprise
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Nonprofit coordinating Arctic research in U.S. will shut down as federal funding dries up
By Eric Stone A nonprofit coordinating academic research on the Arctic plans to shut down as its federal funding dries up.
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Food bank usage doubles in Cambridge Bay since end of food voucher program
Feds say gov’t working on longer-term solution, but hamlet struggling to keep up in the meantime The co-ordinator at the
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NATO warships sail into Barents Sea
As of Friday morning, a multi-national group of naval vessels sailed east of North Cape in the Barents Sea. The
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Hot, dry conditions hamper efforts to fight some N.W.T. wildfires
Evacuation notice, not an order, issued on Monday for community of Whatı̀ Hot, dry temperatures and unusual late-season lightning storms in
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Northern Russia troubled by mobile internet shutdowns
By Georgiy Chentemirov Officials pretend that everything is under control, but it is not. People are losing the ability to
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How a solar energy company is trying to lower Arctic communities’ diesel dependency
Green Sun Rising is based in Canada’s southernmost city, Windsor, but has 66 solar installations in the North A solar
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Fort Selkirk, Yukon moose scapula sheds light on First Nations hunting practices
By Tori Fitzpatrick A recent paper highlights the artifact’s physical and spiritual uses Nearly 20 years ago, anthropologist Victoria Castillo
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Europe and the US stand united ahead of Alaska meeting: Swedish PM
US President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on Friday evening Swedish time, to discuss
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