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Trump, Putin arrive for pivotal Alaska summit that could reshape Ukraine war

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, August 15, 2025 at 15:46
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President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin arrived in Alaska for their pivotal summit Friday that could reshape the war

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Europe and the US stand united ahead of Alaska meeting: Swedish PM

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, August 15, 2025 at 11:47 — Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2025 at 11:58
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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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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Society Society (Canada) 

Inuvik hospital workers decry loss of weekend mental health services, emails show

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 11:59
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N.W.T. health authority says working on weekends is not sustainable for social work team Emails from Inuvik, N.W.T., health-care workers

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 2 General Norway 

Arctic lakes may contribute to global warming more than previously thought

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 11, 2025 at 12:03
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By Elizaveta Vereykina As lakes warm up, they release more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. After studying ten lakes on the Norwegian

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

Reforestation project in N.W.T. presses on,1.5 million trees planted near Behchokǫ̀

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 15:15
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Team paused early on to process death of helicopter pilot who’d been supporting them Roslen Washie, a 25-year-old man from

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway’s Labour government has narrow poll lead ahead of September’s election

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 12:13
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Norway’s ruling Labour Party government and its left-leaning allies are favorites to win next month’s parliamentary election, albeit with a

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

Yukon Water Board approves new 20-year licence for Whitehorse dam

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:44
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Decision was last major hurdle for Yukon Energy to keep operating the contentious facility The Yukon Water Board has approved

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

Tsiigehtchic, N.W.T., has a new chief. Here’s what she’s hoping to accomplish

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at 15:06
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Charlene Blake was elected as the new chief of the Gwichya Gwich’in band council on Monday Charlene Blake, the new

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 Society (Canada) 

Yellowknife’s wastewater is showing signs of 2 new ‘potent’ drugs

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 12:40
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The N.W.T.’s top health official says two new drugs have been detected in Yellowknife’s wastewater — and both could be

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Empty playground in front of school building.
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 2 General Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Society 

Yellowknife school launches land-based junior kindergarten

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 14:08
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By Sarah St-Pierre Gloria Gaudet has been teaching junior kindergarten for two years, and come the fall, she will be doing

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Ocean and houses on shore.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 Society (Canada) 

Man found deceased in water near Paulatuk, N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:47
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A man has been found deceased after a search and rescue effort near Paulatuk, N.W.T. At approximately 10:30 a.m. Monday, Paulatuk RCMP

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A charter plane on final approach to an airport.
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 2 Geopolitics (Norway) Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Norway 

Someone is messing with GPS signals in Svalbard airspace

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 21, 2025 at 12:09
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A Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) warning came soon after pilots detected disturbances in satellite navigation systems in the airspace on

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 General News Society Society (Canada) 

$500 per child grocery fund ending for Inuvialuit families

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 13:23
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By Tamara Merritt  One mother in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., says her family with 5 children will turn to more traditional foods

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

Inuvik’s mayor says new dentist could be on the way

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 13:54
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After more than a year without a dentist, Inuvik is now on track to welcome a resident dentist by late

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 2 General Society Society (Denmark/Greenland) 

Inuit Circumpolar Council granted permanent status at International Maritime Org.

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 16:05
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After almost four years of holding provisional status at the International Maritime Organization, the group representing Inuit across the Arctic

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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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