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Sweden, Norway and Finland cooperating to attract workers to the far north

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, January 30, 2023 at 12:25
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There are significant workforce shortages in northern Sweden, Norway and Finland. Now educational instututions, municipalities and other organisations located in

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Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 2 

Activists block road to logging area in Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, January 30, 2023 at 09:23
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A third week of protest action in a forest harvesting dispute in the Aalistunturi area in west-central Lapland began Sunday

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Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic Winter Games 2023 open with a rockin’ outdoor party at –17 C

April Hudson, CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 30, 2023 at 09:03 — Last Updated: Monday, January 30, 2023 at 09:04
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Black night skies spread above brightly lit arches and crowds of spectators on Sunday night as the teams competing in

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General News Norway 

Fish diversity increasing in northern waters as oceans warm: study

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, January 27, 2023 at 15:36
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The diversity of fish species in northern seas has increased by more than 60 per cent in recent decades due

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Fort McMurray businesses ramping up for Arctic Winter Games

Jamie Malbeuf, CBC News
Posted: Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:47
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Games are set to start on Sunday The 2023 Arctic Winter Games are just a few days away and businesses

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Indigenous youth from across Canada attend clean energy conference in Whitehorse

Leslie Amminson, CBC News
Posted: Friday, January 27, 2023 at 08:56
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Participants getting close look at Indigenous-led projects Young people from all over the country are in Whitehorse this week to

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* Featured * Art and Culture Culture (Norway) General News Norway 

Certification marks help both Sami artisans and consumers, says council

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 15:36
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With more people purchasing Sami handicrafts and arts, the Saami Council says the recent launch of special trademarks will help

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

Yukon hunters want to head to Ottawa to discuss federal gun bill

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 12:24
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‘I’m hopeful we’ll get that opportunity,’ says Eric Schroff of the Yukon Fish and Game Association The Yukon Fish and

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

Norway’s oil minister: “We need new discoveries”

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 08:43
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Despite warnings about climate catastrophe, the Norwegian government prepares the ground for a significant expansion of oil and gas exploration

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

Federal gun bill shows Liberals ‘out of touch’ with Nunavut, says MP

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 16:36 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 16:38
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NDP MP Lori Idlout visited Arctic Bay, Pond Inlet, Grise Fiord this week and heard many questions about bill Nunavut’s

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

Majority of survey respondents vote to end seasonal time change in N.W.T.

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 11:24
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87 per cent of 3,545 respondents prefer a permanent time standard The Northwest Territories is considering whether to end seasonal time

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

Norway hesitates on granting asylum to Russians fleeing army draft

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 09:20
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Russian citizens applying for asylum in Norway was up from 13 in 2021 to 294 in 2022. Should Norway shelter

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How Inuit culture helped unlock power of classical score for Inupiaq violinist

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 16:37 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 16:42
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An Inuk violinist and academic is giving a concert and lecture in Montreal in February with a view to showcasing

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

Population growth in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, prompts call for homeless shelter

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 11:10
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Denise Ford left Rankin Inlet because she didn’t have housing A woman who had to move away from Rankin Inlet,

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

Finnish Border Guard deploys surveillance drones, Norway not

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 08:51
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The border guard is one of few army units in Norway not in possession of drones. With the mid-winter icy escape

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