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Rovaniemi airport in Arctic Finland to get major expansion as passenger numbers surge

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 16:12
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Rovaniemi Airport in Arctic Finland will get a major upgrade with a €3 million expansion to accommodate the surging number

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N.W.T. government announces relief for ailing diamond mines

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 11:50
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Measures include ramping up local diamond valuations, temporary property tax relief The Northwest Territories government has announced several new policies

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A file photo of liquefied natural gas reservoirs in the port of Sabetta on the Kara Sea shore line on the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic circle, some 2500 km of Moscow.
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Russia sees stable oil exports and booming gas business by 2050

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, April 14, 2025 at 10:38
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Russia, the world’s second biggest oil exporter and the second largest natural gas producer, sees stable crude production and significant

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Greenland ‘Freedom City?’ Rich donors push Trump for a tech hub up north

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 14:17
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By Rachael Levy, Alexandra Ulmer As the Trump administration intensifies efforts to acquire Greenland from Denmark or take it by

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Trump administration says Alaska gas line investment could ward off tariffs

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 10:18
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If countries want to keep the Trump administration from imposing tariffs on their exports to the United States, Treasury Secretary

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N.W.T. Chamber of Mines suggests tax relief for territory’s struggling diamond mines

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 09:02
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2 N.W.T. cabinet ministers met with mine owners last week to discuss the financial challenges The executive director of the

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Lithium company exploring N.W.T. hopes to refine material in Canada, not China

CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 4, 2025 at 14:51
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By Jocelyn Shepel  Canada can’t refine the mineral from hard rock right now but companies are looking to change that

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Yukon takes aim at Elon Musk’s companies with U.S.-tariff retaliatory measures

CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 4, 2025 at 10:41
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Territory scraps rebates for Tesla products, quits X, and looks to cancel Starlink accounts The Yukon government is targeting Elon Musk’s

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Low diamond prices raise risk of early closure of N.W.T. mines, experts say

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 4, 2025 at 09:35
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All three N.W.T. diamond mines reported millions of dollars of losses in 2024 All of the N.W.T.’s diamond mines are reporting

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Yukon’s labour supply can’t meet existing demand, report shows

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 09:23
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By Cali McTavish  New report highlights opportunities and bottlenecks in Yukon’s economy A new report from the Conference Board of

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EU’s raw materials plan an attack on Indigenous land and culture, says Saami Council

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 15:54
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The European Commission’s recent approval of 47 strategic projects aimed at mining and processing raw minerals, has been condemned as

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Victoria Gold receiver asks Yukon gov’t for another cash injection, raising total cost to $220M

Jackie Hong, CBC News @xjackiehong
Posted: Friday, March 28, 2025 at 13:37
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If approved, increase would be the second time receivership’s total cost has more than doubled The cost of the Victoria

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Biden admin lacked authority to cancel Alaska refuge oil and gas leases: judge

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 10:39 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 10:41
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By Becky Bohrer  Judge says terms of a 2017 tax law suggested leases could only be cancelled by court order

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Russia sees scope for international investors in Arctic

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 11:42
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Russia sees scope for international investors, including from the Global South, to help develop its Arctic region, a senior official

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U.S. tariffs threatening Indigenous tourism rebound in North

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, March 21, 2025 at 16:43 — Last Updated: Monday, March 24, 2025 at 10:05
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U.S. tariffs are threatening the Indigenous tourism rebound in northern Canada, just as the industry was starting to emerge from

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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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