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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

European leaders push back on Trump’s comments about a US takeover of Greenland

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 11:26
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Several European leaders pushed back Tuesday on U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments seeking an American takeover of Greenland. The leaders

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

Carney meets with Danish PM as U.S. ramps up talk of taking over Greenland

The Canadian Press
Posted: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 10:16
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says the future of Greenland will be “solely” up to the people of Denmark and Greenland.

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

N.W.T. consistently has Canada’s highest median income — here’s why

Sarah Krymalowski, CBC News @sarkrymalowski
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2026 at 14:23
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Yellowknife economist says that high incomes in N.W.T. come down to high wages Families in the Northwest Territories consistently bring

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Danish PM says Trump’s Greenland threat must be taken seriously; attack by U.S. would end NATO

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2026 at 13:07
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Denmark’s prime minister said on Monday U.S. President Donald Trump must be taken seriously when he says he wants to

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

Only Greenland and Denmark can decide on their own future says Finnish President

Yle News
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2026 at 12:15 — Last Updated: Monday, January 5, 2026 at 12:22
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US President Donald Trump has reiterated his threat to take Greenland from NATO ally Denmark. Finnish President Alexander Stubb says that only

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland says ‘no more fantasies about annexation’ after Trump remarks

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2026 at 10:36
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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen Greenland’s leader  declared “enough is enough,” and Denmark’s allies in Europe affirmed that the Arctic island’s future

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) 

“We want to be Europe’s most integrated region in terms of defence”

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 2, 2026 at 14:00
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“We will work to make the Nordic region the most integrated region in Europe in terms of defence,” said Tore

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Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Low water levels delay plan to bring cell service to popular hunting area near Fort Providence

Sarah Krymalowski, CBC News @sarkrymalowski
Posted: Friday, January 2, 2026 at 12:00
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Fort Providence, N.W.T., is now home to a portable shelter and mobile hotspot that could provide coverage to traditional land

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Business Business (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 

It’s official: First two US icebreakers to be built in Rauma

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 12:00
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Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has signed a contract with the United States Coast Guard to build two medium-sized icebreakers at

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Business Business (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

New company to focus on renewed N.W.T. Courageous Lake gold project

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:52
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Seabridge Gold says it plans to spin out its large but somewhat sidelined Courageous Lake gold project in the Northwest

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) 

Sanctioned Russian cargo carrier makes port call in Norwegian archipelago

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 29, 2025 at 12:21
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The Taimyr is on the sanctions lists of the US and Ukraine because of its involvement in Russian weapon transportation.

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Society 

Nunavut mom thankful after Yellowknife woman offered to pay for son’s airline ticket

CBC News
Posted: Friday, December 26, 2025 at 09:45
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A Nunavut mom is happy to be home for Christmas in Gjoa Haven with her son, after an airline ticketing

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* Newsroom Picks * Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 Norway 

Norway, Russia reach agreement on fisheries

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:47
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After record-long negotiations, the two sides agree on next year’s catch quotas in the Barents Sea. The total quota for

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

Inuvik RCMP charge 2 teenagers after loaded firearm, suspected drugs found in home

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 08:06
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RCMP in Inuvik, N.W.T., say two youth have been arrested after officers found suspected cocaine and a loaded firearm at

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Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Be prepared in case of power outage in extreme cold, say Yukon officials

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 24, 2025 at 09:45
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By Isabel Ruitenbeek As Yukon continues to deal with a prolonged spell of extreme cold, emergency officials are advising people

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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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