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

Trump’s renewed interest in Greenland lacks respect, says prime minister

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, March 10, 2025 at 10:21 — Last Updated: Monday, March 10, 2025 at 10:23
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U.S. President Donald Trump has not treated Greenlanders with respect since expressing his renewed interest in acquiring the vast, mineral-rich

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

Feds commit $1.5B to fulfill Nunavut Land Claim in historic deal

Sarah Krymalowski, CBC News @sarkrymalowski
Posted: Monday, March 10, 2025 at 09:17
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The new Nunavut Agreement Implementation Contract includes $600M for Inuit employment training The federal government has committed to spend $1.5

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Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Deaths of 3 Dehcho residents have MLAs demanding an investigation

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Friday, March 7, 2025 at 15:35
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Three people from the Dehcho under the age of 50 have died in circumstances that were highly preventable, according to

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Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

MLAs question Aurora College’s plans to close community learning centres, boost online learning

CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 7, 2025 at 15:01
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By Nadeer Hashmi Aurora College’s plans to close 19 community learning centres across the N.W.T. came under fire on Thursday,

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Featured • Zone 2 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) 

While Trump casts doubt on NATO policy, B-52s make first time ever bombs drop over Lapland

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 7, 2025 at 09:48
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This is the first time bombs have been dropped by United States strategic bombers, hitting targets in Rovajärvi firing range,

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A man speaking at a podium inside an aircraft hangar.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics (Canada) 

Feds boost spending on northern military hubs to $2.67B

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 13:49
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The federal government is significantly increasing the amount of money it’s spending to build a network of northern military hubs

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Woman in blazer stands
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Science (Canada) 

Patients on medical travel have nowhere to stay in Yellowknife right now

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 10:13
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The Keskorie medical boarding home in Yellowknife, along with all the city’s hotels, are currently booked up — and that’s leaving

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Giant Mine
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Federal gov’t appoints lawyer to assess impacts of Giant Mine on Indigenous

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 10:04
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The federal government has appointed a ministerial special representative to assess the impacts of Giant Mine near Yellowknife, specifically as

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) Politics Politics (Canada) 

Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and Nunavut gov’t form working group for Arctic sovereignty strategy

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 09:39
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Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and the Nunavut government have announced a working group to develop a strategy for Arctic sovereignty and

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Canada Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Trudeau says Trump’s ‘dumb’ trade war is designed to collapse the Canadian economy

John Paul Tasker, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 13:57
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An unbowed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that Canada will hit back hard at the U.S. after President Donald

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

Trudeau to announce Canada’s response to Trump trade war

John Paul Tasker, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 10:50
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The North American trade war of 2025 has officially begun with Canada hitting back against the U.S. after President Donald

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Business Business (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 

Lapland travel boom

Yle News
Posted: Monday, March 3, 2025 at 09:54
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Finland is entering the third and final week of the school winter holidays, and Ilta-Sanomat carries a piece looking at the flood

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* Featured * Canada Countries General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Ottawa signs $270-million agreement for Inuit-led conservation efforts in Nunavut

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:47
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On Thursday, Ottawa co-signed a $270-million agreement for Inuit-led conservation efforts in Canada’s Arctic, aimed at boosting jobs and opportunities

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

U.S., Russia hold Istanbul talks, Arctic development briefly raised: Kremlin spokesman

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 12:20
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Russian and U.S. teams held six hours of talks in Turkey on Thursday to try to restore normal functioning of

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

Federal government to officially apologize for Dundas Harbour relocations in Nunavut

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 09:53
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Relocations in 1930s and ’40s were early examples of government-directed moves of Inuit A long-awaited apology will be given by

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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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