Friday, May 23, 2025
Eye on the Arctic

Eye on the Arctic

Issues affecting circumpolar nations

  • Countries
    • Canada
    • Denmark/Greenland
    • Finland
    • Iceland
    • Norway
    • Russia
    • Sweden
    • USA
  • Categories
    • Environment
    • Politics
    • Society
    • Science
    • Business
    • Art and Culture
  • Longforms
  • Video Reports
  • Regard sur l’Arctique

Featured • Zone 3

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

Russia demonstrates long-range strike with new Yasen-M submarine

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 23, 2025 at 11:06 — Last Updated: Friday, May 23, 2025 at 11:11
0 Comments

Russia’s newest Yasen-M class submarine on Thursday launched a cruise missile that reached a target about 500 kilometres away. The

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

Northern premiers show openness to removing trade barriers with western provinces

Sidney Cohen, CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 23, 2025 at 10:28
0 Comments

At Western premiers’ summit, provincial premiers invite territories to join western trade bloc Territorial premiers are signalling openness to removing

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

Temporary pipe installed in Puvirnituq, Que., amid water emergency

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 23, 2025 at 09:40
0 Comments

By Samuel Wat  Kativik Regional Government says other villages are in need of pipe repairs Water is starting to flow

Read more
* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General 

Clouds may be skewing Arctic warming predictions, says study

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 16:00 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 16:01
0 Comments

A new study is shedding light on why it’s so difficult to predict Arctic warming—and suggests that cloud formations might

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

Norway eases self-imposed restrictions on NATO training

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 14:13
0 Comments

As Nordic top military commanders teamed up along Norway’s border with Russia, the Government in Oslo announced adjustments to allied

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

Yukon Civil Emergency Measures Act legal challenge fails for 2nd time

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 11:13
0 Comments

By Gabrielle Plonka Yukon judge upholds arguments made in the initial dismissal in 2023 The Yukon Court of Appeal has

Read more
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Brussels imposes sanctions on Murmansk fishery industry

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 10:31
0 Comments

By Denis Zagore The EC Council accuses two major fishery companies in Murmansk of espionage and ‘activities that can facilitate future

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

Nunavut premier looks back on gov’t achievements as MLAs return for spring sitting

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 09:21
0 Comments

This will be the second last sitting before the October territorial election Nunavut’s premier says he is looking back on

Read more
* Featured * Business Business (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News 

Sámi introduce certification to promote ethical tourism in Arctic Finland

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 15:46 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 15:54
0 Comments

The draft of a new certification system was presented Wednesday at the Indigenous Peoples Conference in Inari, Finland that the

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

Arctic energy, security on agenda as Western premiers meet in Yellowknife

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 14:11
0 Comments

N.W.T. Premier R.J. Simpson says the leaders will discuss a range of issues, including Arctic security Premiers from Western Canada

Read more
* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General 

N.W.T. diamond mine closures will hit Indigenous development corps. hard: report

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 12:01
0 Comments

By Nadeer Hashmi  Analysis finds diamond industry generated $104M for 3 Indigenous development corporations in 2023 With the N.W.T.’s diamond

Read more
(iStock)
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

More sanctioned ‘shadow tankers’ along Norwegian Arctic coast

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 10:22
0 Comments

Several of the tankers listed on the EU’s new 17th sanctions package against Russia are sailing along the northern coasts

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

Puvirnituq, Que. school year ends early over water shortage emergency

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 09:02
0 Comments

By Annabelle Olivier  The school year has come to an early end in Puvirnituq, Que., due to continuing issues regarding

Read more
* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General Norway 

Seaweed forests spreading, could change ocean chemistry in the Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 15:50 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 16:02
0 Comments

The Arctic’s greening from a warming climate isn’t just happening on land—it’s unfolding beneath the ocean surface too. There, seaweed

Read more
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russian strategic bombers carry out scheduled flight over Barents Sea, TASS says

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 13:46
0 Comments

Two Russian TU-95M strategic bombers carried out a scheduled flight over international waters in the Barents Sea, which borders Norway,

Read more
  • ← Previous

Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
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

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Also on RCI (Chinese)

体验加拿大之北极光下 • Experiencing Canada

Also on RCI (Spanish)

Nunavut in spanish

Also on CBC

CBC North
RCI • Radio Canada International
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

RCI

  • FRANÇAIS
  • ENGLISH
  • ESPAÑOL
  • 中文
  • العربية

Follow us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • RCI | Facebook
  • RCI | Twitter

Resources

  • RADIO-CANADA
    • Conditions d’utilisation
    • Ombudsman
  • CBC
    • Impact and Accountability
    • Ombudsperson
Copyright © 2025 Eye on the Arctic. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColourMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.