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German, Norwegian officials urge Canada to join ‘familiar family’ in buying new submarines

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 09:22 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 09:25
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Officials pitch working with long-standing traditional NATO allies for military buildup Senior German and Norwegian defence officials say they’re confident

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U.S. Interior to scrap Arctic oil rule following Alaska outcry

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 16:18
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Alaska’s congressional delegation applauded the U.S. Interior Department’s decision to roll back a 2024 rule that restricted oil and gas

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Drone attack on Russian warplanes, including in Arctic, serious blow to strategic arsenal

The Canadian Press
Posted: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 13:13
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A surprise Ukrainian drone attack that targeted several Russian air bases hosting nuclear-capable strategic bombers was unprecedented in its scope

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Whitehorse hospital opens $33M mental health unit

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 11:46
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By Gabrielle Plonka  New wing contains 8 private bedrooms, communal kitchen, private outdoor smoking area, and healing room The Whitehorse

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Cruise ship season begins at Svalbard

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 10:06 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 10:08
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Crowds of passengers disembarked and outnumbered local residents in the centre of Longyearbyen on Saturday.   Not long after the Norwegian Star docked

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N.W.T. gov’t rejects call to declare state of emergency in Norman Wells

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 09:01
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Gov’t says rising costs for residents don’t meet territory’s definition of an emergency The Government of the Northwest Territories says

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Iceland ramps up flood, avalanche defence projects after major budget boost

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, June 2, 2025 at 16:17
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A major budget boost will allow Iceland to ramp up its national flood and avalanche protection initiatives, with the government

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No breakthrough in Ukraine-Russia peace talks after Arctic, Siberia and far east attack

The Associated Press
Posted: Monday, June 2, 2025 at 12:28
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Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met Monday in Turkey for their second round of direct peace talks in just over

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Trump officials to travel to Arctic Alaska to explore state’s resource potential

Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, June 2, 2025 at 10:34
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Three high-level Trump administration officials are touring Alaska this week, to make good on a day one promise from the

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Teaching Tom Cruise about sealskin: Inuit star in new Mission Impossible movie

CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 2, 2025 at 09:30
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Lucy Tulugarjuk reflects on her role and the future of Inuit in cinema A couple of years ago, Lucy Tulugarjuk got

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Blog: In a rebordered Barents region, Kirkenes Conference takes place

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 15:40 — Last Updated: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 15:42
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Never would I have thought I’d use my Russian rudimentary language skills to chat to a Ukrainian refugee displaced to

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Sambaa K’e, N.W.T., on alert for possible evacuation as wildfires burn nearby

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 14:59 — Last Updated: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 15:00
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3 fires burning south of the community Sambaa K’e, N.W.T., has issued an evacuation alert due to wildfires burning nearby.

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First fully electric garbage truck in Arctic Norway

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 13:51 — Last Updated: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 13:55
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By Elizaveta Vereykina “It’s more expensive to buy this car, but it’s much cheaper to drive”, recycling point manager says. “I

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Whitehorse hospital making improvements after equipment sterilization problems

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 11:41
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Newly released report makes more than a hundred recommendations to improve hospital systems Water and steam quality are to blame

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Banned by EU, welcome in Kirkenes

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 10:32
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Only few days after Vitalii Orlov’s company Norebo was put on EU’s sanctions list, two of his trawlers made port

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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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