Russian soldier crosses into Arctic Norway after defecting from Ukraine war
By Thomas Nilsen & Olesia Krivtsova A Russian soldier in his late 20s who fought in the war against Ukraine crossed the border
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Politics
Gwich’in Tribal Council postpones annual general assembly
By Devon Tredinnick Council says more time needed to finalize financial documents The Gwich’in Tribal Council has postponed its annual
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In Yellowknife, feds announce $3M for volunteer search and rescue across Canada
By Julia Parrish Ottawa says $1 million per year will support about 10,000 volunteers on search and rescue teams across
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Putin says Russia will start seizing EU vessels if bloc goes after Russian ships
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia will respond in kind if European countries start to seize Russian
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Construction delayed on $350M deepsea port in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut
By Arty Sarkisian One community leader questions whether long-awaited project will ever be built Qikqitarjuaq has been advocating for a
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Canada, U.S. shadow Chinese research ships in the Arctic as concern grows over Snow Dragons’ presence
Some fear Chinese icebreakers are deploying devices to track submarines, map subsea cable networks Both Canada and the U.S. have
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Canadian military surveys Arctic airstrips, infrastructure in Operation NANOOK exercise
Canada has launched Operation NANOOK-QIMAAVIVUT, an Arctic defence exercise designed to test the military’s ability to move people and equipment
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Norwegian diplomats again skip ceremony honouring victims of Stalin’s terror
By Thomas Nilsen, Georgii Chentemirov For the second consecutive year, Norway’s diplomatic missions in Russia have stayed away from the country’s most
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Arctic high on agenda at Denmark, Faroe Islands meeting
The Danish defence minister and the Faroese foreign minister may differ on their characterizations of a recent meeting in the
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Ottawa awards Telesat $2.3B Arctic military satellite contract
A Canadian telecommunications firm has signed a deal with the federal government worth $2.3 billion to provide high-speed satellite communications
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Northern Fleet conducts multiple missile launches near Norway in the Barents Sea
The Russian Navy has carried out a large-scale live-fire exercise simulating the defence of the Kola Peninsula against a seaborne
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U.S. Coast Guard Operation Frontier Sentinel already underway when Chinese ships arrvied in Bering Sea
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Operation Frontier Sentinel was already in progress when two Chinese vessels entered the U.S. exclusive economic
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Ottawa says construction on Mackenzie Valley Highway can’t start until wildfires are under control
By Devon Tredinnick Prime Minister Mark Carney previously said construction would begin this summer Wildfires in the Northwest Territories are
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Yukon ‘not greatly affected’ by U.S. duties, Dixon says, as tariffs trump talks with Carney
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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Federal, territorial gov’ts reach ‘agreement in principle’ to build 560 N.W.T. homes by 2030
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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