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Nunavut Premier John Main
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 Politics (Canada) 

More money for health, community infrastructure in Nunavut’s $3.7B budget

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 10:29 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 11:33
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By Chris Windeyer and Paul Tukker Nunavut Premier and Finance Minister John Main tabled the largest budget in the territory’s

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Rebecca Chartrand in Parliament
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Society 

Housing : Ottawa Invests Over $67 Million in Northern and Manitoba Communities

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, May 25, 2026 at 16:02
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The federal government is ramping up its efforts in Manitoba’s northern and rural regions. Canada’s Minister of Northern Affairs and

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

Cruise ship visitors increasingly going to Pond Inlet, fewer to Iqaluit

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, May 25, 2026 at 11:04 — Last Updated: Monday, May 25, 2026 at 11:28
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The number of cruise ship visitors to Pond Inlet has grown exponentially since 2022, while many fewer are coming to

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Ships in the water
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia : Yuri is watching

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:20
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The Russian Northern Fleet’s intelligence-gathering vessel Yuri Ivanov is loitering in the Norwegian Sea as NATO conducts its anti-submarine warfare

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An aerial view of wildfire smoke.
* Featured * Canada Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Yellowknife better prepared to safely evacuate unhoused population, say advocates

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:10
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Un texte de Yumna Iftikhar Advocates say Yellowknife is better prepared to help its unhoused population evacuate if there is

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A person sitting in front of a computer
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Society (Canada) 

Data of around 1,700 people potentially compromised in Canvas data breach

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:01 — Last Updated: Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:19
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By John Last The data of around 1,700 N.W.T. teachers, educational staff, government employees, program participants and contractors may have

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 1 Politics (Canada) 

Ottawa Invests $55 Million in Arctic Infrastructure

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 16:35
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The federal government is providing over $55 million in funding for two major projects in Nunavut. Sourced from the Spring

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RCMP officers in downtown Yellowknife, pictured on May 19, 2026.
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Expect more police presence in downtown Yellowknife this summer: RCMP

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 10:43
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Un texte de Devon Tredinnick Yellowknife residents can expect to see more police officers patrolling the city’s downtown core this

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Norway 

Bird flu found in polar bear in Europe for first time, on Svalbard

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:20
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By Reuters Bird flu has been detected in a dead polar bear in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago, the first time

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Chloe stands with her father, mother and younger brother.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 Society (Canada) 

Fort Good Hope mother says medical bureaucracy increased stress

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 11:11
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By Yumna Iftikhar Chloe Dixon laughs before saying she likes being in Toronto but misses her home in Fort Good

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Inuk woman sitting
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Society 

Lead found in water at Iqaluit’s only Inuktitut daycare

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 09:57 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 11:02
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By Bianca McKeown The water in Mariam Imaq’s kitchen runs clear now, but it didn’t always.  “Imagine like acrylic paint,

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Nunavut: Green light for construction at Hope Bay gold mine

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 15:27
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The federal government and senior executives from Agnico Eagle have officially broken ground on the redevelopment of the Hope Bay

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An Elections Yukon sign outside the office in downtown Whitehorse on May 15, 2026.
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Watchdog dubs Yukon’s political party finance system worst in Canada

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 12:22
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By Dana Hatherly A democracy watchdog dubs the Yukon as the “worst” in the country when it comes to its

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Ottawa injects $957.8M into small craft harbours

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, May 18, 2026 at 15:53 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 10:44
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The federal government has announced a $957.8-million investment over five years to modernize the Small Craft Harbours Program. Sourced from

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The Greenlandic prime minister speaks in front of an EU flag.
* Featured * Countries Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 2 Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland’s prime minister tells Trump’s envoy self-determination can’t be negotiated

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, May 18, 2026 at 10:48 — Last Updated: Monday, May 18, 2026 at 15:53
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Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Monday that he had a respectful and positive meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump

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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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