UPDATED: Rebecca Chartrand appointed minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs
Rebecca Alty named minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, Rebecca Chartrand new minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs New members of Parliament
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Denmark takes over rotating Arctic Council chairship from Norway
Denmark took over the Arctic Council’s two-year rotating chairmanship from Norway on Monday, pledging to work to keep the North
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Call for Arctic Council to include Russian Indigenous groups in exile in working groups
May 12 marks the end of Norway’s two-year chairship of the Arctic Council. A closed virtual meeting between all eight
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Senators, including Alaska’s, sound alarm on cuts impacting Indigenous health care agency
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is among a bipartisan group of senators is demanding that the federal government stop staffing
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Analysis: Is the promise of military icebreakers political theatre or sensible policy?
The large ships would be a show of force, but lack qualities desired in a combat vessel A former top
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Significant progress in China-Russia talks on Arctic shipping:Kremlin
“New logistical hubs are in the making,” Putin said after bilateral talks with Xi. “There is significant progress in issues
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‘You cannot spy against an ally’ after reports of US gathering intel on Greenland: Denmark
Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told The Associated Press “you cannot spy against an ally” after reports that the United
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Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai announces resignation
Territorial election must take place by Nov. 3 In a surprise move Wednesday, Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai announced he’s stepping
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Gwich’in denounce U.S. Greenland rhetoric, call for Arctic cooperation
Gwich’in Council International, representing Gwich’in communities in the United States and Canada, expressed serious concern on Wednesday over ongoing U.S.
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EU reaffirms Greenland’s right to decide its future amid rising Arctic tensions
The European Union threw its full support behind Greenland’s sovereignty at the European Parliament on Tuesday, with High Representative Kaja
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Here’s why Ottawa still covers most of the N.W.T.’s annual budget
By Nadeer Hashmi This year, the territory is receiving about $1.8B through federal funding to cover its $2.5B budget It’s
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Territorial premiers say internal trade talks should consider northern context
By Ashley Joannou Premiers say trade talks should consider modern treaties, need to support territorial economies The premiers of Canada’s
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NATO launches largest live-fire exercise at sea in Europe this year
10 allied nations plus Australia will train air and missile defense operations against unmanned air and surface systems, subsonic, supersonic, and
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Nunavut MP Lori Idlout ‘humbled’ by narrow victory, says NDP hasn’t lost its voice
Idlout said crossing the floor to the Liberals is ‘very difficult’ to consider Nunavut’s NDP MP Lori Idlout, who was
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US private sector delegation heads to Greenland
By Valerie Volcovici A U.S. private sector delegation, led by a former Trump administration official, is set to visit Greenland
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