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Iqaluit’s Anglican church has massive bills to pay — it could lose its iconic building as a result

CBC News
Posted: Friday, December 19, 2025 at 11:05
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By TJ Dhir Outstanding property taxes of almost $65,000 could lead to tax auction for the igloo-shaped building St. Jude’s

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Ekati Diamond Mine gets $115M federal loan, avoids bankruptcy

CBC News
Posted: Friday, December 19, 2025 at 10:33
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By Sarah St-Pierre  Ekati’s owner was preparing for bankruptcy if it did not receive the loan, CEO says Ekati Diamond

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Analysis shows climate impacts will increasingly strain Canada’s Arctic defence infrastructure

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 17:29
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Climate change is no longer a distant concern for Canada’s Arctic security. A new analysis from the research centre L’Observatoire

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

China, Russia pulling ahead of NATO in Arctic drone capabilities: report

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 10:07
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Report notes Russian fleet expected to grow by ‘order of magnitude’ in coming years A new study by the Center

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Cyberattack results in information breach at Nunavik health centre

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 15:56
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By Félix Lebel, Francis Tessier-Burns  The Ungava Tulattavik Health Centre says it experienced a cyberattack in November Officials at the Ungava

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Finnish Parliament approves wolf hunting by wide margin

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 10:44
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The Council of Regulatory Impact Analysis had sharply criticised the government’s handling of the wolf-hunting legislation. Finnish Parliament has approved

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Rare instance of polar bear cub being adopted near Churchill verified by scientists

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 09:42
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By Nathan Liewicki   Only the 13th case of cub adoption in the western Hudson Bay area, say researchers Scientists

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Arctic Report Card 2025: Rainfall, record warmth and rapid change

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 14:12
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Higher air temperatures, record precipitation and accelerating environmental change continue to reshape the northern environment, according to the annual Arctic

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Narwhal recently found in Ireland suggests they’re moving into new areas, some experts say

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 09:01
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By TJ Dhir  ‘It’s just mad to know how it ended up there, and why,’ says Niamh Gavin, who found

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

After three decades of Norway, Russia bridge-building comes a plan for detonation

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2025 at 16:02
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Norway bet on a democratic development in Russia and invested heavily in building bridges – both literally and in a

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Yellowknife RCMP arrest, Taser man after police vehicles rammed, officers assaulted

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2025 at 13:38
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Man faces several charges including dangerous operation of a vehicle, assaulting a peace officer with a weapon A 39-year-old man

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Inuvik students learn traditional skills at school-operated bush camp

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2025 at 11:43
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By Dez Loreen  ‘To be able to show our young students how to do this and how the process works

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Nearly all parliamentary groups back formal apology to indigenous Sámi

Yle News
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2025 at 10:02
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Only the Finns Party dismisses the idea of a state apology to the Sámi people, as called for by Prime

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Ulukhaktok school drinking water tests positive for elevated lead; alternate supply arranged

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2025 at 09:01
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The Government of the Northwest Territories issued a public health order for Helen Kalvak School in Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., after testing

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* Featured * Business Business (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General USA 

Lawsuit challenges the approval of an exploratory drilling program in Alaska petroleum reserve

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, December 12, 2025 at 15:57
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Conservation groups and an Iñupiat-aligned group sued Thursday to overturn the recent approval of an exploratory drilling program 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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