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

Finland braces for temperatures of -25 C in North

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 10:48
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In southern and southwestern Finland, there is almost no snow, and none is expected before the upcoming winter break week.

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

Some internal trade barriers help the N.W.T., premier says amid push to drop them

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 09:38
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By Jocelyn Shepel Premier R.J. Simpson says territory needs to get on board with efforts to streamline trade within Canada

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General 

Board recommends 60-day renewal as Imperial Oil’s water licence approaches expiry

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Monday, February 10, 2025 at 16:10
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Licence now needs approval of Canada’s northern affairs minister The Sahtu Land and Water Board is recommending a water licence for

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Denmark pivots new ship plans from Baltic to Arctic defence

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, February 10, 2025 at 14:59
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Denmark has decided to shift its naval fleet development from Baltic Sea patrol ships to Arctic-capable vessels. The decision, announced

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

Poilievre promises new military base in Nunavut as part of Arctic defence plan

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 10, 2025 at 13:32
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Conservative leader would double size of ranger force, acquire 2 more icebreakers The federal Conservatives have taken the wraps off

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

Lapland tourism marketing under scrutiny as EU tightens greenwashing rules

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 10, 2025 at 11:34
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Lapland tourism campaigns will be forced to abandon exaggerated sustainability claims with a new EU greenwashing directive coming into effect.

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Society Society (Canada) 

Researchers studying cold weather endurance at Yukon Arctic Ultra vexed by extreme cold weather

CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 10, 2025 at 10:02
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Extreme temperatures in this year’s race causing many research subjects to drop out A wave of scratches from the Yukon

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

Remains of all 10 people killed in Alaska plane crash recovered

The Associated Press
Posted: Monday, February 10, 2025 at 09:12
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The remains of all 10 people killed when their small plane crashed into ice on the Bering Sea have been

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

US interest boosts Greenland’s independence bid in talks with Denmark, party says

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Friday, February 7, 2025 at 16:01
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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen Renewed U.S. interest has given a boost to Greenland’s independence movement and strengthened its position in future

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

Inuit Nunangat Policy gets boost with new federal directive

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, February 7, 2025 at 15:36 — Last Updated: Friday, February 7, 2025 at 16:07
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Canada Announces New Directive to Support Inuit Nunangat The Canadian government  introduced a Cabinet Directive on Thursday aimed at improving

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

Damaged nuclear icebreaker is repaired in the ice

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 7, 2025 at 13:44
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Few days after it crashed into a cargo ship, the 50 Let Pobedy continues to escort ships across the icy waters of

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 2 Finland General 

Finnish Lapland records exceptionally warm temperatures on Friday

Yle News
Posted: Friday, February 7, 2025 at 11:20
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The Föhn wind effect pushed temperatures in parts of Lapland to over +6 degrees Celsius on Friday. On Friday, central

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

Concerns in Nunavut as funding set to end for program that supports Inuit children

CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 7, 2025 at 10:34
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By Emma Tranter  Federal government says it’s committed to Inuit Child First Initiative Concerns are growing in Nunavut over the

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Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (USA) USA 

Alaska search ongoing for missing small plane carrying 10 people

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, February 7, 2025 at 09:06
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Officials says search for Cessna Caravan en route to Nome is hampered by weather, visibility An aircraft carrying 10 people

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) Featured • Zone 3 General 

Arctic ice shift: Melting multiyear floes trigger decline in vital pressure ridges

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 16:43
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As Arctic sea ice continues to thin and shrink, an essential feature of its ecosystem—pressure ridges—is becoming increasingly rare, saysa

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
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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