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

Aging infrastructure partly to blame for increased Nunavut power outages: Energy CEO

CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 6, 2025 at 13:44
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A retired line worker became a local hero after helping restore power in Rankin Inlet on Christmas Day The CEO

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

Bridge north of Whitehorse still a safety concern for local resident, MLA

CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 6, 2025 at 11:30
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By Asad Chishti  Resident says increased tourism and traffic has made the bridge less safe A longtime resident and a

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

Northern Fleet gives priority to faraway voyages

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 6, 2025 at 09:29
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A key part of combat training for the Russian navy’s new frigates in 2025 will be long-distance sailings. In Severomorsk,

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Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 

Frigid weekend ahead, Lapland braces for -35°C

Yle News
Posted: Friday, January 3, 2025 at 15:30
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Finland will experience freezing weather throughout the long weekend leading into Epiphany on Monday. Snow showers are expected mainly in

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Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Aerator that could restore fish in Yellowknife’s Frame Lake turned on

CBC News
Posted: Friday, January 3, 2025 at 11:29
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By Nadeer Hashmi An aerator recently began pumping air into the water of Frame Lake in Yellowknife, and the mining

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

Be it walrus or polar bear, new regulations is clear: Keep longer distance

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 15:01
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More and more expedition cruise ships are sailing into the Arctic with passengers thirsty for posting their own photos of

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Geopolitics (Russia) 

20 percent decline in border traffic YoY

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 09:26
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There were 57,986 crossings at Storskog in 2024, down 20% on a year-over-year (YoY) basis from the 72,173 in 2023,

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Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon firefighters say fire service still lacking support after rescue equipment, truck purchase delayed

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at 15:03
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The association representing Yukon firefighters says the lack of communication and financial support from the territorial government is becoming “frustrating.”

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Politics (Russia) 

Here comes Yakutia, Russia’s newest nuclear icebreaker

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 30, 2024 at 12:31
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The flag-raising ceremony happened at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg on December 28. It took four and a half

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Art Art (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Gwich’in artist finds healing through moccasin making workshop in Yellowknife

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 15:35 — Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 15:38
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A Tetlit Gwich’in artist teaching moccasin making in Yellowknife says showing others her craft is helping with her own mental

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Environment Featured • Zone 3 Society (Canada) 

Advocates want more firefighters at Yellowknife’s airport, meeting international standards

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 11:50
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By Nadeer Hashmi The chair of an airport safety advocacy organization wants to see more firefighters stationed at Yellowknife’s airport. 

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Featured • Zone 3 Science Society (Russia) 

Young mammoth remains discovered in Siberian permafrost after roughly 50,000 years

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 09:50
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Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were discovered in thawing permafrost after

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Featured • Zone 3 Politics Politics (USA) 

‘I think he deserves it’: Trump suggests reverting Denali to Mount McKinley

Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2024 at 09:02
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President-elect Donald Trump is again threatening to revert the name of North America’s tallest peak from Denali to Mount McKinley,

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Culture Culture (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Singing the stories of Labrador: An Inuit choir shares language and culture

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 23, 2024 at 14:06
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By Amanda Gear Every year at Christmas, a choir comes together in St. John’s to celebrate centuries-old traditions and music

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

Feds, Yukon gov’t announce $2.4M to spur heat pump uptake

CBC News
Posted: Friday, December 20, 2024 at 11:46
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By Gabrielle Plonka  Territory aims to build 1,300 smart electric heating systems by 2030 The Yukon government is launching a

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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

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