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Canadian military says it has tracked, stopped China surveillance in Arctic waters

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 15:56
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The Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces say they’re aware of recent efforts by China to conduct surveillance

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Science 

Antarctic expedition gets up close and personal with a melting glacier

Jaela Bernstien, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 15:20
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When Britney Schmidt piloted a robot down a narrow bore hole to explore the underbelly of the world’s widest glacier,

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Culture Culture (Canada) 

Parka-making course means new coats for kids in need — and lifelong skills for new sewers

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 13:20
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Sewers in Iqaluit put their best work on display Friday afternoon at Nunavut Arctic College in Iqaluit. They were showcasing

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Politics Politics (Russia) 

Putin’s hope for Sarmat missile launch from Plesetsk failed

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11:27
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As Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced Russia suspending participation in the New START treaty, information appears that a long awaited

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Business Business (Canada) 

Canada Revenue Agency’s new tool for simplifying travel deduction puzzles some Northerners

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 08:35
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A new online tool meant to simplify the process of claiming the Northern Residents Travel Deduction is causing more confusion

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries General 

Toronto Arctic360 conference tackles business development, international cooperation 

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 17:48
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TORONTO —  Arctic360, the Canadian northern affairs conference, kicked off Tuesday with this year’s event focused on both business and

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* Featured * Canada Countries General Society Society (Canada) 

Historian Ken Coates to chair YukonU’s Indigenous governance program

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 09:20
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‘Pivotal time’ for the program, says provost A few months from now, Ken Coates is heading home to the Yukon. The historian

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* Featured * Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Russian oil company makes it through Arctic ice to Cape Tanalau

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 08:03
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Ice lies thick on the Yenisey River as nuclear-powered icebreaker “Sibir” escorts a cargo ship to the remote terminal applied

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 General 

So long Milne Inlet: After expansion rejection, Baffinland turns to Steensby rail

CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 20, 2023 at 15:40
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Company now ‘passionately working to secure the financing’ for Steensby railway, president says Baffinland Iron Mines is reviving a plan put

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* Featured * Canada Countries General Society Society (Canada) 

Work visa approved for foreign worker who fought to stay in N.W.T.

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Monday, February 20, 2023 at 14:39
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‘Overwhelming relief, I’d say that’s the biggest feeling,’ says Leesa Myers An N.W.T. immigrant, previously fighting to stay, has now

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

Ottawa Inuit org opens new Food Security Program building

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, February 20, 2023 at 14:00 — Last Updated: Monday, February 20, 2023 at 14:16
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Tungasuvvingat Inuit (TI), a counselling and resource centre for Inuit in Ottawa, opened its new Food Security Program building on Friday,

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* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 2 General Norway 

Last Norwegian businessmen in Murmansk mum on customers

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 20, 2023 at 11:35
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Olen Betong Murmansk AS, a fully Norwegian-owned company, posted a net profit of 5,4 million Norwegian kroner, but Director Atle

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

Indigenous language program showcased at Yukon celebrations

CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 20, 2023 at 09:08
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By Meribeth Deen · CBC News Students from ‘Language Leaders Tomorrow’ program performed in Whitehorse on Thursday Until a few years ago,

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

Sami NGO demands removal of “Far Northern Attire” from Square Enix’s Final Fantasy

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, February 17, 2023 at 16:26
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The NGO that promotes the rights and interests of Sami in Arctic Europe are demanding that Square Enix remove the

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics 

Historic Hans Island agreement with Canada moves from Copenhagen to Greenland

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, February 17, 2023 at 14:08 — Last Updated: Friday, February 17, 2023 at 14:37
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The physical copy of the Hans Island border agreement signed by Canada, Denmark and Greenland in 2022, has been moved

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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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