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MLAs in Canada’s Northwest Territories expect ‘hectic’ sitting ahead of territorial election

12 August 2019 Sidney Cohen, CBC News 0 Comments carbon tax, education, elections, legislation, mining, Northwest Territories, NWT

Northwest Territories MLAs, in Northern Canada, have a jam-packed agenda as they head into their last scheduled sitting before the

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Russian nuclear corporation says 5 staff members died in last week’s “liquid propulsion system” blast

12 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arkhangelsk, defence, disasters, military, nuclear, radiation, Rosatom, White Sea

Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom issued a statement late Friday night about the death of five of its staff. Three others received

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Alaska capital budget vetoes to hit homelessness, addiction treatment

12 August 201912 August 2019 Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, alcohol, budget, drugs, homeless, Mike Dunleavy

The capital budget signed into law Thursday by Governor Mike Dunleavy puts well over $100 million to work around the

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Russian warplanes drill submarine hunt in Norwegian Sea, Norway on edge

12 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments air force, defence, military, military exercises, Northern Fleet, Norwegian Sea

As the Northern Fleet prepares a major naval exercise in the Norwegian Sea, a powerful group of Russian airplanes flew

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Reservoir impoundment puts Atlantic Inuit culture at the “point of no return,” says Indigenous leader

12 August 201912 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments country food, Dwight Ball, hydroelectric, indigenous, Johannes Lampe, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunatsiavut, NunatuKavut Community Council

The president of Nunatsiavut, the Inuit region of the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, says the beginning of

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Norad intercepts two Russian bombers over Beaufort Sea

9 August 2019 CBC News 0 Comments air force, Alaska, Beaufort Sea, bombers, defence, military, NORAD

Norad says it identified and intercepted two Russian bombers over the Beaufort Sea on Thursday. In a news release, the

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Canadian gov grants $1M to promote women in northern politics

8 August 20198 August 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Northwest Territories, Nunavut, NWT, women, Yellowknife

The governments of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, in Northern Canada, will receive more than $1 million from the federal

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Russia deploys missile system in range of Norway’s Arctic radars

8 August 20198 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments defence, Finnmark, military, missiles, Northern Fleet, radar, Sredny Peninsula, Vardø

Exercise shooting with the missiles designed to take out surface targets at a distance of up to 150 kilometres will

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No more budget vetoes, dozens of organizations implore Alaska governor

8 August 20198 August 2019 Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, budget, Mike Dunleavy, unions

A coalition of more than 25 organizations gathered for a press conference Wednesday in Anchorage, southcentral Alaska under the moniker,

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Putin’s Arctic shipping goals mobilizing officials, industry

8 August 20198 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, gas, LNG, Northern Latitudinal Passage, Northern Sea Route, oil, shipping

How much goods can be shipped along Russia’s Arctic route between Europe and Asia? The Ministry of Transport believes shipments

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Alaska gov seeks new study of psychiatric institute privatization

7 August 2019 Kirsten Swann, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, health care, healthcare, mental health

U.S. authorities have restored certifications for the Alaska Psychiatric Institute, and state health officials are now re-evaluating privatizing the state-owned

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Canadian elections: Muskrat Falls inuk protester Beatrice Hunter to seek centre-left NDP nomination for Labrador

6 August 2019 CBC News 0 Comments elections, indigenous, Inuit, Labrador, Muskrat Falls, NDP

Beatrice Hunter, who was jailed for 10 days for refusing to promise to stay away from the Muskrat Falls construction

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Fishers in Canada’s Northwest Territories complain of excessive government control

6 August 2019 Richard Gleeson, CBC News 0 Comments fish, fisheries, Northwest Territories, NWT

Though a new fish processing plant is being built in Hay River, N.W.T., there’s a growing need to rebuild relations

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Russian navy to hold live-fire exercise in Norwegian Sea

6 August 20196 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments defence, military, military exercises, navy, Northern Fleet, Norwegian Sea, Russian Navy

NATO deploys extra maritime patrol aircraft to keep track of a Northern Fleet group of warships currently sailing north for

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Weapons shipped to new garrison in Arctic Russia

5 August 20196 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments defence, military, military bases, navy, Northern Fleet, Tiksi

Ships deliver 175 units of weaponry to the new air defense base in Tiksi. Construction works have been going on