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Health centre in Ross River, Yukon, will be unstaffed for more than a week

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 08:33 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 10:33
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No nurse available in community from July 2 to 10, primary care paramedic will be on hand for emergencies The

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* Featured * Canada Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Evacuation alerts lifted for areas around Dawson City, Yukon

CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 30, 2025 at 10:44
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The alerts were first issued on June 20 as wildfires threatened the area Evacuation alerts have been lifted for areas around

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

Multi-million dollar housing complex in Watson Lake, Yukon, still vacant months

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 30, 2025 at 07:50 — Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2025 at 10:43
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21 applicants are currently on a waiting list for units in the building It’s been a few months since a

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

Dismay in Nunavut as daughter in Inuit identity fraud case goes public with her story

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 27, 2025 at 09:33
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By Juanita Taylor ‘To play the victim in all this, it just is… it’s not right,’ says man whose mother’s

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

Scientists say they’ve proven these Canadian rocks are the oldest on Earth

Emily Chung, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 16:04
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Rocks from northern Quebec formed more than 4 billion years ago, in the Hadean eon In 2008, Canadian researchers led

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

N.W.T. RCMP urge caution with explosives after old prospecting materials found in Hay River home

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 13:18
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Explosives become more volatile and dangerous as they degrade N.W.T. RCMP say they evacuated part of Hay River on Tuesday after

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* Featured * Art and Culture Featured • Zone 3 General Society (Sweden) Sweden 

New residency invites Indigenous artists to northern Sweden

The Canadian Press
Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 10:31 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 10:47
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A culture centre in Sweden is inviting Indigenous artists from northern Canada to participate in a new art residency program.

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

Nunavut declares suicide to be a crisis — again

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 09:08
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By Samuel Wat  Gov’t and NTI declare suicide a crisis — but stop short of calling it a public health

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Roadless Rule repeal will help economically struggling Alaskan communities: senators

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 15:54
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Alaska Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan are throwing their support behind the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s move to repeal

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

Canada promises to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035 in pact with NATO leaders

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 11:44
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By Murray Brewster, Peter Zimonjic  Now there’s pressure on Trump to commit to self-defence clause in exchange for funding boost NATO

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland hails plan for allies to join NATO land forces in North

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 11:24
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Finnish Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen hailed plans on Wednesday for six NATO member states including Britain and France to participate

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Cargo ship carrying new vehicles sinks in North Pacific weeks after catching fire

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 10:58
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‘No visible pollution,’ says Alaska-based U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson A cargo ship that had been delivering new vehicles to Mexico

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics (Canada) 

Anand says the ‘timeline’ is up for debate as NATO pursues higher defence spending

The Canadian Press
Posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 12:09
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Canada is committed to increasing its defence spending but has questions about the “timeline” for hitting a new, higher NATO

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* Featured * Environment Featured • Zone 3 General 

A year after the Eagle mine failure, questions remain about Yukon’s mining future

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 10:03 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 12:03
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‘It goes beyond the Yukon in terms of how we judge whether it’s right to mine or not,’ minister says

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* Featured * Canada Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Flight disruptions, unpredictable highway closures as Yukon fires continue

Cheryl Kawaja, CBC North
Posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 07:11 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 11:51
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Residents in the Dawson City area continue to closely monitor nearby fires as evacuation alerts remain in place for West

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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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