Ottawa will fund first Inuit-led university as part of major announcement for Inuit communities
Funding also includes $115M for Inuit Child First Initiative, $27M for tuberculosis eradication Ottawa will provide $50 million to help
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Denmark’s king visits Greenland, showing unity in the face of Trump threats
Denmark’s King Frederik arrived in Nuuk on Wednesday as he embarked on his second visit to Greenland within a year,
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On eve crushing new EU sanctions, Moscow ratifies LNG deal with Beijing
Russian legislators have rubber-stamped a cooperation agreement with China on the Yamal LNG project. Russia’s State Duma has ratified a
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Rovaniemi in Arctic Finland chosen for NATO’s Forward Land Forces HQ
Once established, the Multinational Staff Element will become Nato’s Forward Land Forces’ permanent presence in the region. Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen (NCP)
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Transport company seeks better N.W.T. infrastructure amid road closures, climate crisis
By Saloni Bhugra N.W.T. gov’t says it’s trying to keep up but needs more money from Ottawa After 25 years
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Resource extraction projects, dwindling sea ice power Arctic shipping surge
Arctic ship traffic distances have doubled over the last 12 years as sea ice continues to decline said a new
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Canadian Red Cross to assist in Nunavik’s fight against tuberculosis
By Samuel Wat Nunavik’s health board says support from the Quebec government has been inadequate The Nunavik Regional Board of
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Northern Finland sees surge as ‘coolcation’ trend grows
Recent trends suggest that visitors are increasingly heading towards northern destinations, seeking out so-called ‘coolcations’, according to Visit Finland. Visits
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Yukon gov’t opens up more commercial wood lots, with more on the way
One harvester says changes may come too late to save his business Many of Yukon’s commercial wood harvesters have raised
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Canada bets on ‘Build at Home’ defence strategy to reclaim sovereignty — and revive readiness
Plan aims to award 70% of federal defence contracts to Canadian firms within a decade Canada’s new defence industrial strategy
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Alaska’s ‘Superbowl’ of dog mushing, the Iditarod, set to run its normal northern route
By Ava White The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is less than a month away and set to run on its
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Europeans step up submarine hunting in the North
Norway’s Defence Minister Tore O. Sandvik says ‘a burden-sharing arrangement’ with Germany and the UK related to submarine hunting in
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Finland invests €65m in state firm’s Lapland rare earth elements project
The government characterised Lapland’s Sokli deposit as “one of Europe’s most significant sources of rare earth elements”. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo‘s
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Canada urges NATO to make Arctic Sentry initiative permanent
Initiative co-ordinates all allied activities in the Far North NATO’s newly launched Arctic initiative should become a permanent fixture of
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The UK doubles number of troops in Norway
One day ahead of NATO’s launch of its so-called Arctic Sentry, the UK defence minister announced that the number of
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