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Grassroots emergency response support group in West Dawson, Yukon gains association status

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 09:16
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The West Dawson Community Group provides emergency responses during months when services aren’t accessible A grassroots volunteer group that provides

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A machine near a broken power pole in front of a blue building.
* Featured * Environment Featured • Zone 3 General 

Power returned after broken pole causes outage in downtown Iqaluit

CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 13, 2025 at 16:50
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By Sarah St-Pierre  Qulliq Energy Corporation (QEC) has restored power to downtown Iqaluit, repairing the broken pole that caused it,

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The three leaders sit a table with CYFN flag hanging down from it in a downtown Whitehorse banquet hall.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Analysis | Election notebook: Housing and health care up first in Yukon campaign

CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 13, 2025 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Monday, October 13, 2025 at 16:44
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By Chris Windeyer Week one of the Yukon election campaign brought us some big swings from the Yukon Party and

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

Yukon Building Trades Council aims to make training an election issue, president says

CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 10, 2025 at 15:48
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As Yukon prepares for a territorial election, the president of the Yukon Building Trades Council says he’s been talking with

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

Grounded cargo ship successfully refloated in Canadian Arctic: company

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 10, 2025 at 15:22
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A Dutch-flagged ship has successfully been refloated after being stranded in Canada’s Arctic archipelago for over five weeks. “Wagenborg is

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

Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link would strengthen Nunavut’s connection with Canada, proponents say

CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 10, 2025 at 11:54
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By Karen Pauls  When Prime Minister Mark Carney releases his second list of nation-building projects — expected sometime in the

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

Arctic seals, bird species in trouble on latest list of threatened species

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, October 10, 2025 at 10:29
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Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the

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

Premier expects N.W.T. will break ground on $1.65B highway in 2-3 years

CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 10, 2025 at 09:51
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By Sarah St-Pierre  The premier said he feels ‘much more of a focus on the North’ from the federal government

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An image of Whitehorse's hospital.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Parties weigh in on future of Yukon health authority as election nears

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 17:30
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By Gabrielle Plonka The Yukon Party says it won’t commit to launching a territorial health authority if elected, making it

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

Is Norway’s Arctic capital prepared for this year’s wave of winter tourists?

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 13:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 13:35
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By Elizaveta Vereykina With the transition to winter underway, the high tourist season in Tromsø is also approaching. How will

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 Politics Politics (Finland) 

Trump, Finland’s Stubb expected to reach icebreaker deal

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 12:01
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By Steve Holland and Anne Kauranen U.S. President Donald Trump and Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb will meet on Thursday at

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 3 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

NATO’s new Nordic command structure aims to deter Russia

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 10:33
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NATO has now outlined its new command structure in the Nordic region, following Sweden and Finland’s accession, dividing responsibilities for

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

Overloading, unknown protocols caused Iqaluit barge capsize, investigation finds

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 09:37
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Additional safety procedures now created with new gear added to boats A capsized barge that sent a crew member and

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

Alaska policymakers back Trump’s move to restart northern mining project

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 16:05 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 16:15
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Alaska policymakers are welcoming President Donald Trump’s re-approval an industrial road linking the state’s highway system to the mineral-rich Ambler

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

Air Tindi pausing flights between Yellowknife and Whatı

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 13:46
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By Devon Tredinnick  Flight lacked popularity, was costing airline too much, president says A Yellowknife airline has put a pause

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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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