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Canada’s GG among keynote speakers at Arctic Circle Assembly

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 15:57
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Canada’s Governor General, Mary Simon, is among the Canadians participating in this year’s Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik. Arctic Circle

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Finland's flag. (Martti Kainulainen / Lehtikuva / AFP)
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No return to pre-war reality when it comes to Arctic cooperation, says Finnish report

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 16:25
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended international Arctic cooperation and there will be “no return to the pre-war reality,” says

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Featured • Zone 2 Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Politics Politics (USA) 

2 Russians seek asylum after reaching remote Alaska island

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, October 7, 2022 at 08:35
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Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing

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Featured • Zone 2 News Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway limits access for Russian fishing trawlers in security push

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 13:08
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Norway said on Thursday it would impose limits on Russian fishing vessels using its ports, in a further tightening of

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Environment (Russia) Featured • Zone 2 Science 

Russia’s North Pole platform starts ice drift towards Greenland Sea

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 09:32
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The new Arctic research station has been moored to a 42 square kilometer big ice floe in remote Arctic waters

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Featured • Zone 2 Society Society (Canada) 

‘I was really homesick’: Some northern students travel far from home for high school

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 3, 2022 at 14:58
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When Angelina Arrowmaker was ready to start high school in 2017, she and her mother packed their bags and flew

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Election Spotlight—Health Care in Nunavik

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 12:18 — Last Updated: Monday, September 26, 2022 at 11:20
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It was a crisis that made headlines across the country this summer—a health-care worker shortage so acute in Nunavik that

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Justice in Nunavik – What the candidates say …

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, September 23, 2022 at 12:17 — Last Updated: Friday, September 23, 2022 at 12:23
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As part of Eye on the Arctic‘s special report on justice in Nunavik, we reached out to all five candidates

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Featured • Zone 2 Society Society (USA) 

Repair work begins in some Alaska towns slammed by storm

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, September 23, 2022 at 09:40
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There’s been significant damage to some roads and homes in parts of western Alaska following last weekend’s devastating coastal storm,

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Featured • Zone 2 News Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway formally scraps Russia visa deal

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 10:08 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 10:13
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Higher costs, more papers and longer processing time. From September 22, Russians will find it harder to apply for visa

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Featured • Zone 2 Science Science (Canada) 

Picture from N.W.T. among winners of international astronomy photography competition

Nicole Mortillaro, CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2022 at 15:49
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Taking photos of our universe is hard work, but the winners and contestants in the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of

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Featured • Zone 2 Politics Politics (Russia) 

Russia conducts military drills in Arctic sea opposite Alaska

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2022 at 10:45
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Russian nuclear-powered submarines fired cruise missiles in the Arctic on Friday as part of military drills designed to test Moscow’s

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Fallen tree responsible for power outage in two N.W.T. communities, power corp says

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 12, 2022 at 12:21 — Last Updated: Monday, September 12, 2022 at 12:23
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Multiple city-wide outages were reported throughout the weekend A tree hit a power line at Snare Hydro, triggering the first

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Blog: Life on an Arctic farm, interrupted only by Norwegian jets

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 15:04
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This summer, I found myself on a farm in the Norwegian Arctic solely in charge of 16 horses, 12 goats,

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Meet the new head of the RCMP’s “G” Division in Canada’s Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 08:54
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Supt. Syd Lecky has spent 26 years with the RCMP in B.C. and he’s a member of Peskotomuhkati First Nation

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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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