Norway buys 54 Leopards for protection of the North
After a long period of consideration, Norway has decided to buy new tanks. A total of 54 Leopard 2 tanks
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Meet some of the 2,000 volunteers making the Arctic Winter Games possible
The Arctic Winter Games is an event that hosts over 2,000 coaches, players and spectators. Almost as many volunteers are lending
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Warmest January in Norway’s northeast
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute has a set of classifications when presenting climate statistics. For January, Northern Norway is marked “Warm”
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Another AWG win for knuckle-hop champ Chris Stipdonk — but no record this time
Mere feet away from breaking the all-time Arctic Winter Games record in the gruelling knuckle hop, Team N.W.T.’s Chris Stipdonk hit
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Finland sees “exceptionally” mild January
The month of January was unusually and exceptionally mild in many parts of Finland, according to data published by the
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Yukon officials aim for ‘transformational change’ in social housing system
Yukon housing officials were before a legislative committee on Tuesday vowing to fix problems that have vexed the social housing system
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BLM proposes allowing ConocoPhillips to drill most of its Arctic Willow project
The Bureau of Land Management announced Wednesday that it is inclined to allow ConocoPhillips to develop Willow, the company’s proposal
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No timeline for Iqaluit water crisis review, but minister commits to public release
Nunavut’s health minister says one of the primary goals of a third-party review of the Iqaluit water crisis is to restore
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Lonely Lavrov invites Arctic colleagues to Siberia, but no one will come
It was late last fall Sergey Lavrov sent the official invitation for the bi-annual ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council.
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As Yukon plans shift to new recycling model, businesses wonder what it means for them
As the Yukon moves toward implementing a new model to deal with recycling, the territory’s Chamber of Commerce says business owners have questions
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Ahead of deployment in Ukraine, Russian Arctic troops shoot missiles near border to Norway and Finland
Live fire training this week takes place at the Shary shooting range near Pechenga, the main base of the 200th
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For some, the Arctic Winter Games is a matter of family pride
Krista Kitekudlak, who’s competing in Arctic Sports at the Arctic Winter Games, said she’s already achieved her objective. “Being here is my
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Staffing shortage forces postponement of 150 elective surgeries at Whitehorse hospital
Dozens of Yukoners preparing for surgery at Whitehorse General Hospital have had their plans delayed. The Yukon Hospital Corporation announced last
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Sweden, Norway and Finland cooperating to attract workers to the far north
There are significant workforce shortages in northern Sweden, Norway and Finland. Now educational instututions, municipalities and other organisations located in
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Activists block road to logging area in Lapland
A third week of protest action in a forest harvesting dispute in the Aalistunturi area in west-central Lapland began Sunday
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