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

Arctic energy, security on agenda as Western premiers meet in Yellowknife

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 14:11
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N.W.T. Premier R.J. Simpson says the leaders will discuss a range of issues, including Arctic security Premiers from Western Canada

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

N.W.T. diamond mine closures will hit Indigenous development corps. hard: report

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 12:01
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By Nadeer Hashmi  Analysis finds diamond industry generated $104M for 3 Indigenous development corporations in 2023 With the N.W.T.’s diamond

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

Puvirnituq, Que. school year ends early over water shortage emergency

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 09:02
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By Annabelle Olivier  The school year has come to an early end in Puvirnituq, Que., due to continuing issues regarding

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General Norway 

Seaweed forests spreading, could change ocean chemistry in the Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 15:50 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 16:02
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The Arctic’s greening from a warming climate isn’t just happening on land—it’s unfolding beneath the ocean surface too. There, seaweed

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

Russian strategic bombers carry out scheduled flight over Barents Sea, TASS says

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 13:46
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Two Russian TU-95M strategic bombers carried out a scheduled flight over international waters in the Barents Sea, which borders Norway,

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

Finland will fully fund loss-making regional flights, including Kemi-Tornio in North

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 11:46
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The Finnish government will cover the entire cost of providing flights between Helsinki and five regional airports, Minister of Transport

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

NATO’s new air command center will be built in Bodø, Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 10:27
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It will help increase allied engagement in the High North, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre says. There was celebration in

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

N.W.T. gov’t renews consultation on potential Indigenous procurement policy

Sarah Krymalowski, CBC News @sarkrymalowski
Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 09:02
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Goal is to have the policy in place by the end of 2025, officials tell MLAs After years of consultation,

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An off-white building with a large multi-story glass window. A sign on the building says "THE LAW COURTS." And Canadian flag is out front.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Society (Canada) 

Yukon appeal court dismisses case of Whitehorse man who exploited teen girl

Jackie Hong, CBC News @xjackiehong
Posted: Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:44
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The Yukon Court of Appeal has dismissed the case of a Whitehorse man who sexually exploited a teen girl from

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Lori Idlout, NDP MP for Nunavut, personally knows the challenges facing day school survivors who apply for compensation.
* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Politics 

NDP holds Nunavut after Elections Canada validates results

CBC News
Posted: Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:16
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After a delay due to a blizzard, Elections Canada has validated the results in Nunavut and confirmed NDP incumbent Lori

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A large cloud of smoke.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Society (Canada) 

Fire forces Puvirnituq to declare state of emergency as water shortage continues

CBC News
Posted: Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:42
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By Antoni Nerestant As residents of Puvirnituq, Que., continue to struggle with a worsening water shortage, a fire has prompted the

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

Labrador left behind, Nunatsiavut leader says — calls for Quebec-like air subsidy

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, May 16, 2025 at 15:54
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The Nunatsiavut Government’s First Minister called out Newfoundland and Labrador’s latest air travel deal, saying the $15-million agreement with PAL

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

Yukon Energy applies for 34% power rate hike over next 3 years

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 16, 2025 at 15:09
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Utility proposing $350M in ‘essential’ upgrade work to ensure system keeps functioning The Yukon Energy Corporation is proposing to hike

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General Norway 

Landmark Nikel stacks fall in demolition

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 16, 2025 at 14:00 — Last Updated: Friday, May 16, 2025 at 14:03
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The sulphur dioxide pollution from the chimneys was a thorn in Norwegian-Russian cross-border relations for 30-years. Two of the three

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

Nunavut election result not validated as ballot box held up in cargo by blizzard

The Canadian Press
Posted: Friday, May 16, 2025 at 12:17
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By Nick Murray  Final box from the community of Naujaat has not made it to Iqaluit to be tallied The

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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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