Alaska governor accepts reduced dividends, upholds most vetoes
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed a bill on Monday that provides permanent fund dividends of $1,600. He vetoed funding to
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Bizarre winter weather in South caused by changes in atmosphere, not sea-ice loss: study
There’s a link between sea-ice loss in the Arctic and frigid winter weather much further south — but it’s not
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Russian navy drill outside Arctic Norway ends, no firing reported
No missiles were launched at any of the four locations in the Norwegian Sea where the Russian Navy announced large-scale
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Canadian, Icelandic universities team up for migration conference
Canada’s University of Manitoba and the University of Iceland’s Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages at will team up later
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Canada’s federal police launches recruitment program aimed at Nunavut Inuit
RCMP’s V Division wants Nunavut Inuit to join the police force. The Mounties, Canada’s federal police, have partnered with Makigiaqta
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Vladimir Putin to visit Helsinki next Wednesday
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Helsinki on 21 August, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö’s office announced on Wednesday. In a
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Canada’s Northwest Territories to overhaul smoking laws, raise minimum age to buy tobacco
The Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, is set to raise minimum age to buy tobacco to 19 as part of
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“Nothing taboo” in upcoming talks with Russia’s Putin, Finnish President Niinistö says
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said on Tuesday that no issue or subject will be considered off the table when he
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Greenlanders stay chill as the world reacts to its heatwave
It’s not the warm days from a summer heat wave over Greenland that stress out Taatsi Pedersen. Rather, it’s how
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Twenty-five Indigenous Sami remains returned by museum are reburied in northern Sweden
Twenty-five skulls from indigenous Sami people were laid to rest Friday at a graveyard in northern Sweden, more than 70
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Canadian gov grants $1M to promote women in northern politics
The governments of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, in Northern Canada, will receive more than $1 million from the federal
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No more budget vetoes, dozens of organizations implore Alaska governor
A coalition of more than 25 organizations gathered for a press conference Wednesday in Anchorage, southcentral Alaska under the moniker,
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Abandoned properties a challenge for rural Sweden
Many properties in rural Sweden are simply abandoned as more people move to the towns and cities. This is becoming
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Nursing shortage at obstetrics unit in Northern Canadian city leads to workplace complaint, appeal
The manager of approximately 90 nurses at Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories is appealing a conduct committee’s decision
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From wolves to ‘idiots’ with backhoes, threats to fibre lines in Northern Canada are many
Residents of Yellowknife, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, are learning how fragile their internet connection can be after suffering two major
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