FSB tightens control at Arctic exit route amid border closure rumours
Crowds of young men fleeing from conscription are Tuesday morning heading towards Norway from Murmansk. Controls are intensified at Titovka
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“With military background, I had to make a quick decision”
Vladimir Prokushev (36) believes the majority of those being sent to war have very little motivation to fight against Ukraine.
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Whitehorse now has a passport pickup location, the 1st of its kind in the North
The federal government is now offering 10-day passport pickup in Whitehorse, the first time the service has been offered North of 60.
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COVID-19 hits Nunavut’s continuing care centre in Gjoa Haven
Gjoa Haven’s continuing care centre is suffering from a COVID-19 outbreak. All eight residents and one staff member tested positive for
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More Russian men flee Putin’s call-up decree via northern borders
Both Finland and Norway saw more military-aged Russian men crossing borders this weekend. But still far from the queues reported
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Election Spotlight—Health Care in Nunavik
It was a crisis that made headlines across the country this summer—a health-care worker shortage so acute in Nunavik that
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Election Spotlight: Justice in Nunavik
The dysfunction of the justice system in northern Quebec is increasingly making headlines, with everyone from Nunavik residents, to Inuit
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Repair work begins in some Alaska towns slammed by storm
There’s been significant damage to some roads and homes in parts of western Alaska following last weekend’s devastating coastal storm,
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Air Canada to stop flying from Yellowknife to Edmonton and Calgary
Air Canada has decided to stop flying between Yellowknife and Edmonton and Yellowknife and Calgary. As of Oct. 1, Air
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Russia shows off Arctic military power
Hundreds of Northern Fleet soldiers are killed in Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. Others are sent on exercise to
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Nunavut college students say problems persist with funding program
Some Arctic College students in Nunavut say they want more certainty and communication from the territory’s main student funding program,
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Finland says traffic ‘intensifying’ on border with Russia
Traffic arriving at Finland’s eastern border with Russia “intensified” overnight after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial military mobilisation and
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‘Milestone’ hit as wind turbine arrives in Inuvik, but project now more than $20M over budget
It wasn’t easy delivering a single 3.5-megawatt wind turbine — with blades that at 67 metres span more than the width
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Norway formally scraps Russia visa deal
Higher costs, more papers and longer processing time. From September 22, Russians will find it harder to apply for visa
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Traditional moosehide tanning skills passed on in Whitehorse workshop
Moosehide tanning is one of the fundamental practices of Yukon Indigenous people. They’ve been doing it for thousands of years,
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