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Norway, Russia set differences aside for WWII commemorations in Kirkenes

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 28, 2019 at 10:11 — Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2019 at 12:09
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Norway’s king and prime minister met Russia’s Sergey Lavrov by a memorial devoted to Soviet liberation of Norwegian border town

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Art Art (Canada) Canada Culture General 

Photos show Torngat Mountains in Canada’s eastern Arctic as you’ve never seen them before

Lindsay Bird, CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 15:10
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He’s shot former U.S. presidents, Hollywood stars and candid portraits from Haiti to Hawaii. But now acclaimed photographer David Howells

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General Norway Society Society (Norway) 

UN sustainable development goals translated into North Saami

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 15:01
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The United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) have now been translated into the North Saami language, the most widely spoken

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

New premier of Canada’s Northwest Territories will face big demands for change

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 14:33 — Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 15:24
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At the outset of Thursday’s vote, onlookers could be forgiven for assuming Jackson Lafferty had the advantage in the race

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Here are the six new cabinet members in Canada’s Northwest Territories

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 13:40
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The new premier of the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, has a brand new cabinet. Six MLAs were selected to

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

MLAs in Canada’s Yukon territory debate electoral reform process as former clerk rebukes gov

Nancy Thomson, CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 13:16
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In northwestern Canada, Yukon MLAs have begun to debate a motion establishing an all-party committee on electoral reform, following a

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A file photo of liquefied natural gas reservoirs in the port of Sabetta on the Kara Sea shore line on the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic circle, some 2500 km of Moscow.
Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

Novatek touts Arctic LNG projects at Norwegian conference, declines media questions

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 11:19
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A top company leader speaks warmly about international energy cooperation in the Arctic, but keeps journalists in the cold. Bjørn

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canadian eastern Arctic: Nunavut-Greenland fibre cable to cost $80M more than planned

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 10:43
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The GN’s plan to boost internet in the Qikiqtaaluk region, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, through an undersea fibre link between

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada names diplomat with strong Arctic background as ambassador to Russia

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 10:15 — Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 13:31
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The appointment of a career diplomat with strong background in Arctic affairs but also deep knowledge of Eastern Europe and

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Why a giant sinkhole appeared at a mining site in Arctic Sweden

Frank Radosevich, Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 15:48 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 15:53
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A large sinkhole appeared on Wednesday about half a kilometer from the edge of a nearby town but company officials

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Caroline Cochrane elected premier of Canada’s Northwest Territories

John Last and Sidney Cohen, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 15:09 — Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 13:30
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Caroline Cochrane, MLA for Yellowknife’s Range Lake district, has been elected premier of the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada. Cochrane

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Finnish residents among world’s worst CO2 emitters by air travel, stats show

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 14:02 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 15:23
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People resident in Finland cause more carbon dioxide emissions by flying than those resident in any other country in the world except

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

MLAs in Canada’s Nunavut territory delay approving housing corp’s draft budget

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 11:56
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In the legislature Monday, MLAs chose to delay approval of the Nunavut government’s proposed 2020-2021 capital estimates for its housing

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Environment (Russia) General Russia Science 

Russian Navy maps large area of Arctic seabed

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 11:25 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 11:28
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Research vessels operated by Russia’s Northern Fleet have this summer mapped several thousand square kilometers of the Arctic shelf. A

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Mother from Arctic Canada wants investigation after medical travel debacle

Kate Kyle, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 10:08
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A mother from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, in Arctic Canada, says she was recently forced to choose between attending a medical

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
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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