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Iqaluit housing pressure remains despite fewer working-age residents, says report

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 15:36
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There may have been fewer working-age residents in Iqaluit in 2025, but that didn’t ease the city’s housing squeeze, says

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Travelling court cancels fall criminal trials in two Nunavik communities

Radio-Canada
Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 13:57 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 14:01
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By Ximena Sampson No criminal trials will be held in Puvirnituq or Inukjuak this fall, Radio-Canada has learned.  Four years

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Housing prices keep falling, except in northern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 08:52
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The general decrease in prices did not stimulate the housing market in June or during the second quarter, according to

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Canadian arctic science network awards $9.3M funding to 13 local reserach projects

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 13:24
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A Canadian arctic science network is backing 13 local research projects with $9.3M in funding, it announced on Wednesday. The

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Yukon ‘not greatly affected’ by U.S. duties, Dixon says, as tariffs trump talks with Carney

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 11:59
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By Dana Hatherly  Premiers met with each other and prime minister last week in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Recent news out of

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Chinook salmon in decline, worsened by Bering Sea heatwave a decade ago: study

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 09:19
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By Julia Parrish  NOAA says 2016-2020 heatwave in the Bering Sea hit already suffering population hard Yukon River Chinook salmon

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New Łutselk’e homes, locally managed, cut local housing waitlist down

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 15:54
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By Samanntha Lee  First Nation says it marks a step toward establishing housing department Five new modular duplexes — totalling

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Unusually balmy June comes on tail of Finland’s record spring warmth

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 14:44
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Finland’s Lapland region experienced some out-of-character balmy and wet weather this June, following a warmer-than-usual spring across the country.  Nationwide,

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Federal, territorial gov’ts reach ‘agreement in principle’ to build 560 N.W.T. homes by 2030

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 13:57
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By Devon Tredinnick  Thousands more homes still needed across the territory N.W.T. Housing Minister Lucy Kuptana said on Monday that,

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Northern Lapland bids farewell to summer’s nightless nights

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 11:01 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 14:01
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In Utsjoki, the sun has been continuously above the horizon since the middle of May. The summertime’s nightless nights are

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Travel funding cut to residential school counselling program leaves clients without closure in N.W.T., Nunavut

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 09:32
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By Sarah St-Pierre  Counsellors contracted under a federal program found out travel funding was being cut on Friday Mental health

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Consumer confidence strongest in Helsinki, weakest in eastern and northern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:16
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New figures suggest where you live plays a major role in how optimistic you feel about Finland’s economy. Consumer confidence

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Russia’s Northern Fleet celebrates Navy Day against backdrop of drone threats

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 27, 2026 at 10:54
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In Severomorsk, the headquarters of the Northern Fleet, the 330th anniversary of the Russian Navy was celebrated without a naval

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Yukon’s find-a-health-provider waitlist down by half as territory welcomes new doctors

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 27, 2026 at 09:40
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By Dana Hatherly  The territorial government also created a new licensing path for some internationally trained physicians The Yukon’s waitlist

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Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed
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Some Indigenous leaders call premiers’ meeting positive but inclusion remains an issue

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 24, 2026 at 11:02
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By Brett Forester A ‘missed opportunity’ to include Indigenous Peoples as partners in Confederation, says MNC The leader of 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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