An open door to reconciliation: inside Ottawa’s new Indigenous Peoples building
Inside the ornate former U.S. embassy across from the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, a set of plain tools sits in
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POLITICS
City of Yellowknife, Northern Canada proposing to spend 31% more than 5 years ago
At a committee meeting this week, Yellowknife city councillors, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, will begin officially discussing the city’s draft
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Swedish municipalities to cooperate in fighting future wildfires
It is hoped over fifty municipalities in central Sweden will work together to fight forest fires. After the huge fires
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Arctic Canada: Proposed bill won’t uphold Inuit language rights in Nunavut, education board says
A Nunavut, Arctic Canada education group is calling out a “huge inequality” between language groups in Nunavut’s current education act,
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Russia releases Norwegian ex-border inspector in 3-way spy swap involving Lithuania
Ex-border inspector Frode Berg is now on his way home to Kirkenes, Arctic Norway after 23 months in FSB’s notorious
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Estonia to apply for observer status within Arctic Council
The Estonian government announced on Thursday that it will formally apply for an observer status within the Arctic Council in
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Northwestern Canada: Yukon gov pressed for details on expropriations for highway upgrades
The Yukon Party is pressing the government for details on any planned expropriation of property to make way for Alaska
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Design of Alaska Highway upgrades in Whitehorse, Northern Canada displayed
Whitehorse, northwestern Canada residents saw Tuesday evening the nearly finished design of upgrades to a section of the Alaska Highway
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Finnish gov agrees to formation of Sámi Truth and Reconciliation Commission
After years of negotiations and planning in the Sámi Parliament, the Finnish government has agreed to the formation of a
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Longread – Why a Soviet-built polar cruise vessel left Atlantic Canada as a derelict ghost ship
Glenn Mackey boarded the MV Lyubov Orlova in St. John’s Harbour in Newfoundland, Atlantic Canada, on July 2, 2010, expecting
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Job growth to slow down, Finland’s labour ministry predicts
Employment growth will nearly come to a halt between 2020 and 2021, according to the latest labour market forecast published
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Delivery date for Canada’s first Arctic patrol ship pushed back again
The delivery date for the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) built at the Irving Shipbuilding facility in Halifax
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Russia shuts down Arctic Indigenous rights group
Director of the group, Rodion Sulyandziga, says Russia’s goal with the shutdown is to keep indigenous peoples outside any international,
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U.S., Norwegian aircraft fly mission over Barents Sea
Three U.S. B-52 strategic bombers; P8 maritime patrol aircraft, tankers and a RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft were flying over the Barents
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Cabinet, deputy assignments in Canada’s Northwest Territories send mixed messages
There’s no question that Caroline Cochrane, the new premier of the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, wants to appear as
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