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Canada’s Auditor General gives northern territory of Nunavut failing grade in supporting student career goals

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 15:29
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The office of the Auditor General of Canada has found that Nunavut isn’t doing enough to help teens and adults

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Have Alaska’s federal lawmakers read the Mueller report?

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 14:32
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The Mueller Report has been available for seven weeks now. You can buy it in paperback. You can read it

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Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

Major step towards a Europe-Asia Arctic cable link

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 13:54 — Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 14:37
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Japanese and Nordic partners team up with Russia’s telecom giant MegaFon taking the proposed Arctic fiber optic project a major

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Arctic Canada: Proposed changes to Nunavut education act would phase in Inuktitut over 20 years

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 10:55 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 14:20
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The government of Nunavut is planning to push the deadline for bilingual Inuktitut-English education for Grade 12 students, 20 years

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska’s senator Murkowski ‘not inclined’ to back Trump on Mexico tariff

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 10:02 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 14:20
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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she and most of her Republican colleagues are not happy with President Trump’s plan to

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Antti Rinne sworn in as Finland’s PM

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 09:35 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 12:03
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SDP chair Antti Rinne, 56, was sworn in as Finland’s 75th prime minister on Thursday afternoon. Rinne, whose Social Democratic

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Youth pledge to plant 100 million trees at climate summit in Helsinki

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 14:54
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A week-long World Summit of Students for Climate (WSSC) concluded in Helsinki on Wednesday with the declaration of a Climate

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) Politics Sweden 

Swedish soldiers take part in Finnish naval exercise

Erika Gabrielsson, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 14:27
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400 Swedish soldiers are taking part this week in a naval battle exercise in Finland, as part of an ever

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Wet weather in Canada’s Northwest Territories helps free up firefighters for Alberta wildfires

Priscilla Hwang, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 14:04 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 14:07
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Cool and wet weather in the Northwest Territories has helped free up local fire crews to fight wildfires in northern

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Green Party leader named Finland’s Foreign Minister

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 11:45 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 09:36
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Finland gets new coalition government with three ministers from the Green Party and a political platform saying the country aims

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada’s Northwest Territories to launch 911 emergency service in November

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 10:53
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The Northwest Territories’ long-promised 911 service will be functional starting in November, says the territory’s minister of municipal and community

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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Moscow’s new energy doctrine warns against green shift

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 10:20 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 09:36
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International efforts against climate change are alright, but only as long as they do not encroach on the country’s oil

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska bill to fund full, $3,000 permanent fund dividend narrowly fails

Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau
Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 09:53
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A bill to fund Alaska’s permanent fund dividends of roughly $3,000 failed narrowly in the state Senate on Tuesday. Supporters

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Was it a tornado? Meteorologists stumped by severe weather event in Canada’s Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 16:34
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Environment Canada still can’t say for sure what happened in Fort Smith, N.W.T. Sunday night. High winds and severe rains

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canadian PM says deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls amount to ‘genocide’

Catharine Tunney, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 14:08
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government accepts that the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls across

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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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