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U.S. appeals court refuses to vacate Biden approval of Alaska’s Willow oil project

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 09:18
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By Becky Bohrer  The decision comes in a long-running dispute over the project first approved by the Biden administration A

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

Europeans step up Arctic diplomacy amid U.S. and global pressure

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, June 16, 2025 at 15:57
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Amid rising global and U.S. pressure over Arctic affairs, European nations are stepping up their diplomatic efforts in the region.

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

Macron visits Greenland show European support for Arctic island coveted by Trump

The Associated Press
Posted: Monday, June 16, 2025 at 13:18
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French President Emmanuel Macron warned that Greenland is “not to be sold” nor “to be taken” in a key visit

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

Norwegian monarch visits polar Svalbard as interest in Arctic grows

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, June 16, 2025 at 10:37
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Norway’s King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Monday,

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

Families furious over treatment of foster children in Kinngait, Nunavut

CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 16, 2025 at 09:19
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By Samuel Wat  Families, former staff say Nunavut Family Services isn’t meeting the needs of kids in care Some Kinngait

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Denmark/Greenland) 

Blog: Despite housing shortages, Greenland razes colonial apartment blocks

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, June 13, 2025 at 16:37
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Denmark built dystopian skyscrapers in the Arctic. The Government of Greenland is tearing them down. Colorful houses. Monumental icebergs. Sturdy

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

Canadian Ranger rifles in the Arctic need replacements, don’t work in the cold

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 13, 2025 at 14:59
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By Emma Tranter  Department of National Defence says replacements will cost $8-10M Rifles issued to the Canadian Rangers in Canada’s

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

Mental health, education top of mind for new National Inuit Youth Council president

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 13, 2025 at 13:52
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Gwen Natsiq, 21, is from Iqaluit and will serve a 2-year term as council president The National Inuit Youth Council’s

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

Sweden says before NATO summit they will spend 5% of GDP on defence

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, June 13, 2025 at 11:42
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Less than two weeks before a NATO summit, Sweden and the Netherlands said Friday that they intend to increase defense

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

Yukon Chamber of Commerce closing shop, calling it a ‘refresh’

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 13, 2025 at 10:13
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‘The motion was, ‘yes, let’s dissolve,’ and the ancillary was, ‘and let’s get back to the original intent’ The Yukon

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

N.W.T. barge season could still be a possibility, despite low water levels

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 13, 2025 at 09:17
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By Nadeer Hashmi  If water levels hold, coast guard should be able to put out necessary buoys The N.W.T. government

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 2 

Scientists urge global action to prevent industrial activity in Central Arctic Ocean

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 15:56
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A coalition of over 1,000 scientists has taken the occasion of this week’s U.N. Ocean Conference in Nice to call

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

Denmark approves US military bases on Danish soil as Trump eyes Greenland

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:39 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:40
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Denmark’s Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to allow U.S. military bases on Danish soil, a move that comes as

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

Q+A | Nunavik’s tuberculosis outbreaks result of colonial neglect: professor

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:12
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By Samuel Wat  Natasha MacDonald says Quebec isn’t treating TB in Nunavik with the same urgency as elsewhere in the

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

Weight of traditional knowledge discussed Diavik’s water licence public hearing

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:11 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:12
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Mine says putting traditional knowledge in water licence conditions will remove flexibility A handful of Indigenous governments want to see

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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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