Second shipment of fish via Russia’s Northern Sea Route cancelled
Sailing fish from the Far East via the Northern Sea Route to St. Petersburg on board the nuclear-powered container vessel
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Donald Trump backs Alaska governor on Twitter amid recall effort
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to support Gov. Mike Dunleavy. The president helped raise funds to oppose
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Time to end Western sanctions against Russia, Arctic Norwegian leader says
It’s time for Norway to abolish sanctions against Russia and instead introduce similar measures against the USA, Finnmark County Council
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Northern Canada: New health centre in Cape Dorset could hold those on suicide watch, inquest hears
Cape Dorset’s new health centre will be the first in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut to have a room
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Northern Canadian writers tackle the roiling world of Arctic horror
Ghosts, cannibals and animals that may not be what they seem — a Canadian anthology has brought together some of
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Northern Canadians want caribou calving grounds protected, WWF says
Populations of barren-ground caribou in Canada’s Arctic are plummeting to the point they may never recover, says Brandon Laforest of
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Canada’s Northwest Territories launching 911 emergency service Monday
Starting on Monday, people in the Northwest Territories, Northern Canada who find themselves in an emergency will be able to
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Should Finland adopt a flight tax to reduce emissions?
Is flying too cheap? That’s what one group of activists argues as they campaign for Finland to introduce a tax
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Researcher seeks to improve immigrant employment in Northern Finland
Nafisa Yeasmin, a Doctor of Social Sciences at the University of Lapland, was named Academic of the Year 2019 by
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Russian subs honing stealth skills in major North Atlantic drill: Norwegian intel
At least eight nuclear-powered submarines sailed out from their homeports on the Kola Peninsula in northwest Russia last week, the
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Government to attempt another ice bridge at Dawson City, northwestern Canada after failing last two winters
The Yukon government, in northwestern Canada, is going to give it another shot. Plans are being made to try again
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Kenny Bell is Iqaluit’s new mayor as municipal elections held across Canada’s Nunavut territory
Mayors and councillors were elected across Nunavut on the same day for the first time on Monday, as communities went
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Northern Canada: We’ve spelled this Indigenous community’s name wrong for decades
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation recently emailed a notice asking certain news organizations to begin — please — to correctly spell “Dettah,”
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Swedish industry group asks government’s help in shifting away from fossil fuels
A group of corporations and other organisations has just handed over a list of political proposals they want carried out
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U.S. senator from Alaska joins measure denouncing House’s Trump impeachment inquiry
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) is co-sponsoring a resolution that bashes the House for its impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
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