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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Meet the federal candidates running in Nunavik

CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 11, 2025 at 09:24
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By Samuel Wat Liberals, NDP, Conservatives, Bloc Québécois have announced candidates for the upcoming federal election Canadians will head to

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Arctic Council to hold virtual chairmanship handover from Norway to Denmark on May 12

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 16:00 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 16:02
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The Arctic Council’s chairmanship handover from Norway to Denmark will take place virtually on May 12. In response to an

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Arctic sovereignty, defence on the minds of many Yukon voters

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 10:06
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By Virginie Ann  ‘I’m not really pro-defence, but I know now is the moment,’ says one Whitehorse voter For many Yukon voters,

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Housing, mental health, addictions among priorities in northern Quebec

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 09:01
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By Samuel Wat Voters in northern Quebec say federal support is needed to address the region’s challenges Carbon taxes, military

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

K9 Thunder for Norway’s new Finnmark Brigade

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 11:20
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The Norwegian government intends to buy another 24 self-propelled howitzers for its new brigade currently under development in the far

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Federal campaign ramps up in Yukon as candidates look to reach voters

Jackie Hong, CBC News @xjackiehong
Posted: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 10:11
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The federal election campaign is gradually ramping up in the Yukon, with candidates holding events, knocking on doors, putting up

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Affordability, national sovereignty top of mind for many Yukon voters

CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 7, 2025 at 09:01
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CBC Yukon is asking voters what matters to them in this federal election The federal election is just a few

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 1 General Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Danish leader tells the US ‘you cannot annex another country’ as she visits Greenland

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, April 4, 2025 at 11:27
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Denmark’s prime minister has told the U.S. during a visit to Greenland that “you cannot annex another country,” even with

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Swedish defence working on developing military drone force

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 13:37
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The future use of drones in Sweden’s armed forces is currently being shaped involving up to 200 people at various

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Trump slaps tariffs on Arctic islands with almost no export

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 10:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 13:36
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The uninhabited volcanic island of Jan Mayen and the Svalbard archipelago are among the strangest places Trump has imposed tariffs

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland leaves Ottawa mine ban treaty, citing geopolitical security concerns

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 18:03
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Finland has announced it will withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, an international treaty banning anti-personnel mines, citing the escalating tensions

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* Featured * Countries Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Danish PM pledges to support Greenland against Trump pressure

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 14:07
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By Tom Little and Louise Rasmussen Denmark’s prime minister pledged to support Greenland against U.S. President Donald Trump’s expressions of

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia’s first icebreaking patrol vessel for the Arctic arrives north

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 11:11
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The Ivan Papanin will over the next three months undergo ice tests in the waters around Franz Josef Land.  Built at the

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* Featured * Countries Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Denmark prime minister to visit Greenland as Trump applies pressure

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 10:32
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Denmark’s prime minister will visit semi-autonomous Greenland on Wednesday for talks with the territory’s incoming government, following U.S. President Donald

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

‘Can’t imagine Alaska without Canada’: Resolution would affirm Canadian sovereignty

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 09:41
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America’s 49th state is showing support for the country that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to make its 51st. Republican

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
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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