Swedish police rule out sabotage angle in derailing accidents
No one with bad intentions were involved when the empty iron ore train heading back to Kiruna from Narvik derailed
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Nunavut women’s association releases poverty report, but advocates want to see action
By Samuel Wat · CBC News · Research details problems with food security, data gaps in the territory Amautiit, a Nunavut Inuit Women’s
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Audit of contaminated sites finds support in N.W.T. and Yukon
Federal minister attributes expensive remediation to responsible cleanup Critics in the Northwest Territories and Yukon are responding to an auditor’s
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Nordic defence ministers highlight readiness for joint operations
Although all members of NATO, the five Nordic countries will continue to strengthen their joint NORDEFCO military cooperation. It was
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Finnish president making first state visit to Sweden, with focus on defence, security
Finnish President Alexander Stubb and his spouse Susanne Innes-Stubb are planning to make a state visit to Sweden later this
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Indigenous infrastructure gap estimated at more than $425B
By Brett Forester · CBC News As the Trudeau government prepares to release this year’s federal budget, Indigenous organizations estimate it would
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Lapland tourism workers mourn dead colleague — “I have never worked in such a bad company”
Ramiro Menaya, a 24-year-old from Spain, spent the last winter season working as a safari guide for the Rovaniemi-based company
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Elected chief of Salt River First Nation wants to end fighting & a chance to lead
By Carla Ulrich · CBC News Toni Heron was suspended less than a month after being elected It’s been a year and
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As climate changes, Sami herders need to feed reindeer as rain creates ice layer
Driving slowly on his snowmobile, reindeer herder Nils Mathis Sara spreads animal feed for hundreds of his reindeer gathered in
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‘A voice for the Arctic’: Fellowship for northern youth wraps up after 9 months
An inaugural fellowship saw 10 young people from across the North come together to share knowledge through cultural exchanges and community-based research.
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N.W.T. Indigenous governments get $15M to deal with 2023 wildfires’ impact
The federal government is giving money to 27 Indigenous governments and organizations in the N.W.T. to help deal with the
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Drug trafficking, gun violence up in Yellowknife, say RCMP
Staff Sgt. Byron Donovan says police don’t know how illegal handguns are getting into the city With two shootings in the last
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President Stubb approves Nato agreements, announces visit to Eastern Finland
President Alexander Stubb has approved Finland’s accession to NATO’s Status of Forces Agreement (Sofa) as well as the Paris Protocol.
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Alaskan soldiers head to Norway for Arctic Shock drill
They call themselves America’s Arctic Angels, the parachuting soldiers with the U.S. Army 11th Airborne Division. Next week, the ultimate
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NATO exercises set to cause traffic jams in northern Finland
The Nordic Response 24 exercise, taking place in Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian Lapland, is set to end this week and
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