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Arctic Canadian community of Arviat reports 4 new cases of COVID-19

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 13:37
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Four new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Arviat, Nunavut, on Thursday, along with six recoveries, according to a government

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Iceland relaxes some COVID-19 restrictions as downward infection trend holds

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 15:41
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With domestic COVID-19 infections continuing on the downturn, Iceland started relaxing some public health restrictions on Wednesday. “We are in

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Alaska borough plans to bid to host 2024 Arctic Winter Games

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 13:44
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The state has hosted the games six times, most recently in 2014 Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Borough plans to submit a bid

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To stop violence against Inuit women in Canada, ‘we need to heal generations,’ says survivor

CBC Radio
Posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 08:58
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A Labrador woman who lost both of her parents in a murder-suicide when she was a child says more must

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Survey data sheds light on Indigenous languages, traditional activities across Canada’s North

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Monday, February 22, 2021 at 14:24
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Aboriginal Peoples Survey regularly queries thousands of Indigenous people across Canada Less than one in 10 Indigenous Yukoners can speak or

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Dogsled race in arctic Norway cancelled over COVID-19 fears

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 22, 2021 at 11:05
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Europe’s longest dogsled race was supposed to mark its 40th anniversary, but the coronavirus pandemic forced the event to be

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How Inuit village in Atlantic Canada is handling presumptive COVID-19 case

CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:54 — Last Updated: Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:55
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Resident encouraging empathy, kindness while small Labrador community moves forward with testing When Caroline Rideout first heard news that there

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Iceland institutes new COVID-19 border measures

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:31
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Iceland’s new border measures came into effect Friday, which requires all passengers to provide a negative COVID-19 PCR test that

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Negative COVID-19 test no longer required to enter Alaska

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 11:36
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Alaska has had 54,282 total resident cases of the virus, and 280 Alaskans have died Alaska will no longer require travellers

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Swedes caught in Norway border limbo

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 10:14
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Thousands of Swedes who work in Norwegian industry are unable to get to work, or to get unemployment benefit. The

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Norway’s new Arctic SAR-base will have helicopters in joint operation with Svalbard

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 12, 2021 at 10:49
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Search- and Rescue (SAR) capacities in the European Arctic will be strengthened as the Norwegian Government on Friday announced Tromsø

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Inuit region of Atlantic Canada to start getting second COVID-19 doses this week

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 09:45
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Nunatsiavut, the Inuit self-governing in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, will start administering the second doses of

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Iceland’s ‘COVID-19 passport’ offers preview of debate over post-vaccine travel

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 09:31
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Canada’s territories say it’s too early to discuss whether vaccinations would reopen travel Iceland recently became the first country in Europe to

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Yukon’s off-road vehicle legislation on right path, say advocates

Philippe Morin, CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 5, 2021 at 11:59
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A variety of conservation, tourism and outdoor recreation groups in Yukon gathered at a roundtable meeting this week to offer

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Nornickel must pay €1.62 billion for its huge oil spill in Arctic tundra

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 5, 2021 at 10:46 — Last Updated: Friday, February 5, 2021 at 10:47
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More than 21,000 tons of diesel oil spilled into rivers, lakes and vulnerable wetlands. Now, the company has to pay

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