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N.W.T. and Alberta ministers meet to talk about undisclosed tailings leak

CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 10, 2023 at 11:28
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By Carla Ulrich · CBC News  ‘We know there are concerns regarding trust and confidence with the whole process,’ says Savage The

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

Crisis-ridden Russian gas industry looks to Arctic for more LNG

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 10, 2023 at 09:06
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Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak assembles energy company leaders for a discussion on how to boost production of liquified natural

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Pilot project launched to improve emergency call service in Nunavik

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 15:55 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 15:59
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A pilot project has been launched in Quebec to improve emergency call service in Nunavik and make it more reliable. 

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* Featured * Business Business (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General USA 

TikTok campaign targets Biden on Alaska’s huge Willow oil plan

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 12:03
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By Mark Thiessen, Isabella O’Malley And Natalia Gutierrez · The Associated Press  #StopWillow campaign has garnered more than 50 million views and

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

“Barents and Arctic cooperation can continue without Russia”: ambassador

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 09:13
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Finland’s Barents Ambassador Jari Vilén is confident that international cooperation in the far northern region must persist on a Nordic

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Defence chief wanted CF-18s to destroy object over Yukon, but fighters were delayed

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 15:49
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By Lee Berthiaume · The Canadian Press Canadian aircraft were still minutes away when the F-22 fired its missile, Wayne Eyre said

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Society Society (Canada) 

Nunavut MLA takes after his father, in the Speaker’s chair

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 11:00
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George Hickes, son of former Manitoba Speaker, filled in as Speaker in Nunavut on Friday Nunavut MLA George Hickes took

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

Norway’s foreign minister on snowmobile patrol along Russian border

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 09:13
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Norway continues to keep border and ports open for Russia in the north. “We are cooperating with individual Russians,” foreign

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

Old icebreakers eye upgrades for Murmansk-Vladivostok tourism

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 16:00
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As international cruise liners pull out of the Russian Arctic amid Ukraine war, a domestic initiative launches month-long voyages along

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Yukon cuts budget for rural land development in half

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 15:11
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Community services minister says budget reflects how much work can actually be done this year The Yukon government has cut

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics 

Arctic Circle Japan Forum winds up in Tokyo

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 14:36
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The Arctic Circle Japan Forum wound up Monday after three days of sessions focused on Asia’s growing role in the

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Huge budget deficit is building up in Russia’s economy

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 09:55
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Moscow’s oil and gas revenues plummeted 46% in January-February. According to the Russian Ministry of Finance, federal budget revenues in

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

National Inuit organization, RCMP start work to prevent human trafficking

Olivia Stefanovich, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 08:58
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‘When Inuit women move south, they are at risk’ — Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada president The national organization representing

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 2 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Society Society (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland needs new approach to preserve welfare state amidst aging population: gov

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, March 6, 2023 at 15:55
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Greenland has launched a new strategy to help navigate the upcoming challenges of maintaining the welfare state amidst an aging

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Coldest day of winter recorded in Utsjoki, Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, March 6, 2023 at 11:25
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Temperatures in the northernmost Finnish municipality plunged as low as -35 degrees. Kevojärvi weather station in Utsjoki, northern Finnish Lapland,

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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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