Radiation worries but few details following rocket blast in northwest Russia
Russian authorities confirm mysterious brief radiation spike a few hours after the missile engine blast, but the source of release
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Twenty-five Indigenous Sami remains returned by museum are reburied in northern Sweden
Twenty-five skulls from indigenous Sami people were laid to rest Friday at a graveyard in northern Sweden, more than 70
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Design contract awarded for long-term care facilities in Nunavut, Northern Canada
Nunavut is moving closer to getting 156 new long-term care beds in the territory. The government of Nunavut awarded the
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Canadian gov grants $1M to promote women in northern politics
The governments of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, in Northern Canada, will receive more than $1 million from the federal
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Northern Canada remembers René Fumoleau’s love and dedication to the Dene
Antoine Mountain can still remember René Fumoleau peering over his shoulder while he typed up the rough draft of one
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Greenpeace Russia calls for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires
Greenpeace Russia is calling for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires, saying the smoke is having consequences everywhere from big
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Russia deploys missile system in range of Norway’s Arctic radars
Exercise shooting with the missiles designed to take out surface targets at a distance of up to 150 kilometres will
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Judge ignored Indigenous sentencing report while giving Inuk man open-ended sentence, appeals court rules
A trial judge unfairly ignored an Inuk man’s abusive and violent upbringing when slapping him with an indeterminate prison sentence
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No more budget vetoes, dozens of organizations implore Alaska governor
A coalition of more than 25 organizations gathered for a press conference Wednesday in Anchorage, southcentral Alaska under the moniker,
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Putin’s Arctic shipping goals mobilizing officials, industry
How much goods can be shipped along Russia’s Arctic route between Europe and Asia? The Ministry of Transport believes shipments
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Alaska gov seeks new study of psychiatric institute privatization
U.S. authorities have restored certifications for the Alaska Psychiatric Institute, and state health officials are now re-evaluating privatizing the state-owned
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Two dead in plane crash in Yukon, northwestern Canada
Two people who died in a plane crash in the Yukon on Tuesday have been identified. Shawn Thomas Kitchen, 24,
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Abandoned properties a challenge for rural Sweden
Many properties in rural Sweden are simply abandoned as more people move to the towns and cities. This is becoming
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Moscow supports Vostok Coal’s expansion into protected Arctic tundra
Company Vostok Coal has been been fined several hundred million rubles for illegal mining in Russia’s Taymyr Peninsula, but still
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Nursing shortage at obstetrics unit in Northern Canadian city leads to workplace complaint, appeal
The manager of approximately 90 nurses at Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories is appealing a conduct committee’s decision
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