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

Denmark’s prime minister goes to Greenland in show of support amid Trump crisis

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Friday, January 23, 2026 at 11:31
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Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen visited Greenland on Friday in a show of support for the Arctic island that U.S.

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 2 General Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics Politics (USA) USA 

New Italy Arctic policy adds U.S. Greenland ambitions to growing Arctic competition narrative

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 16, 2026 at 16:47
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Arctic strategies from Canada to the U.S. to Finland have increasingly flagged Russia and China as drivers of a more

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Heating outage in minus thirty degrees stirs an uproar in Navy hub Severomorsk

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 11:25 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 11:29
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By Denis Zagore Frosty weather in January 2026 exposed the vulnerability of the utility system in Severomorsk, the headquarters city of

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Business Business (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 

Here’s where the Yukon’s Mactung mine project stands, one year after joint Canada-U.S. investment

Nancy Thomson, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 12:00
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A major tungsten deposit near the Yukon-N.W.T. border has been attracting plenty of money and attention in Canada and the

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Featured • Zone 2 Society Society (Canada) 

Here are some of the best sport stories from across the North in 2025

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 10:23
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Athletes, coaches, mentors. Recreation is a big deal for many of us fighting dark, cold winters, and this year there

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Featured • Zone 2 Society Society (Canada) 

Here are some of the N.W.T.’s biggest stories of 2025

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:28 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:03
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Every year, CBC North publishes hundreds of stories online — breaking news, investigative reporting, political coverage, community features, longform storytelling,

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Featured • Zone 2 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) Geopolitics (USA) Newsroom Picks • zone 2 

Sweden critical of Trump’s latest push for Greenland

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, December 29, 2025 at 15:00 — Last Updated: Monday, December 29, 2025 at 15:20
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U.S. President Trump has appointed Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland, who he said would lead the charge in

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A downtown Whitehorse street is seen at sunrise.
* Featured * Canada Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 

Whitehorse not at imminent risk of blackouts, says ATCO Electric Yukon

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:21
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By Gabrielle Plonka The Yukon’s energy provider says Whitehorse is not at imminent risk of blackouts, but with very cold

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* Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 2 Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics Politics (Canada) 

Nunavut’s Family Services minister enters job amid damning reports on her department

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 24, 2025 at 12:14
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By Samuel Wat Even before Gwen Healey Akearok began her new role as Nunavut’s Minister of Family Services, she was

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A group of people in snowsuits. One person is giving a thumbs up.
* Featured * Environment Featured • Zone 2 General 

Extreme cold weather won’t stop some Yukoners from getting their jobs done

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 22, 2025 at 12:02
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On an extremely cold day, many people would prefer to stay home, cozy up under a blanket, and put on

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

Why Sweden’s missing sun is messing with our body clocks — and how morning light can help

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, December 19, 2025 at 13:07
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December has been an unusually dark month in some parts of Sweden. Stockholm and Luleå have seen less than 30

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

Danish intelligence report warns of US military threat under Trump

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, December 12, 2025 at 12:03
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The United States is using its economic power to “assert its will” and threaten military force against friend and foe

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Business Business (USA) Featured • Zone 2 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 2 USA 

Climate change is straining Alaska’s Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 14:53
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Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His

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

Nunavik ends year with record number of TB cases, as officials promise funding announcement to come

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 09:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 09:31
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By Samuel Wat  ‘We need housing, infrastructure, and other social services to all work together in order to fix this’

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

There were 20,000 instances of medical travel in the N.W.T. last year, and officials say many were avoidable

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 14:37
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By Jocelyn Shepel  Public administrator spoke to MLAs at committee meeting Thursday on improving health care Health officials in the

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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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