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Online security experts warn against online voting in territorial elections in Northern Canada

Hilary Bird, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 14:59
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Security experts have a message for election officials in the Northwest Territories: don’t use online voting. Officials recently announced online

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Recyclables in Yellowknife, Northern Canada have been dumped in landfill for over a year

Sidney Cohen, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 14:13
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While Yellowknife, Northwest Territories residents have been carefully sorting their recyclables and dropping them off in the city’s large blue

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Russia considers building its own fleet of Arctic cruise ships

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 12:12 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:29
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Murmansk, in northwest Russia, and Barentsburg, on Svalbard, could become vital ports for a new series of Russian medium-sized luxury

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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia’s Rosneft demands tax breaks to build pipeline to Arctic shipping lane: report

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 11:46 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 11:49
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Rosneft makes clear that it can build a 600 km long pipeline to the Arctic Ocean and export millions of

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Large wildfires in Yukon, northwestern Canada threaten highway

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 10:41
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Fire crews are battling a pair of major wildfires on the North Klondike Highway near Dawson City that are creating

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska Legislature fails to override governor’s budget vetoes

Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau
Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 10:17
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The Alaska Legislature failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s state budget vetoes on Wednesday. Without enough lawmakers present to reach

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Round-the-clock ‘bear cam 360’ goes live in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 16:48
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For the first time, you can watch a 360-degree live webcast that puts you in the middle of a community

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska senators worry about funding for scholarships, medical education, rural power cost equalization

Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau
Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 16:16
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State senators in Juneau, Alaska raised alarm on Tuesday about the money swept from state budget accounts into a harder-to-access

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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia aims to make Northern Sea Route world-class shipping lane

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 15:11 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 15:19
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With new super-powerful icebreakers, the Russian Arctic route might be able to compete with the Suez Canal, leader of nuclear

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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia’s floating nuclear power plant gathers worldwide attention as it prepares to be towed in Arctic waters

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 14:32 — Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2019 at 11:51
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Russia’s controversial nuclear barge is ready to travel through the Arctic seas — and observers across the globe are watching.

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Electric and biofuel buses roll into Finnish cities

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 12:10
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Buses running on biogas and electricity are slowly becoming a more common sight in Finland, as transport companies and municipalities

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Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Radiation seeping out from 30-year-old nuclear-sub wreck in Norwegian Sea

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 11:56 — Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2019 at 11:51
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One sample taken from an open ventilation hole of the wrecked Soviet nuclear-powered submarine shows levels of about 800 Becquerel

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Inuit languages declining in Canada’s Nunavut territory, stats show

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 10:30
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Inuit languages declined in Nunavut in the 15 years between 2001 and 2016, according to a Statistics Canada report released

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Seal meat, dinosaurs and friends: Nunavut Day celebrated in Canada’s eastern Arctic

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 10:05
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July 9 is Nunavut Day, and in Iqaluit, people took to the streets to celebrate 26 years since the Nunavut

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canadian Francophone Games could be coming to the North in 2023

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at 16:31 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at 16:51
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The Northwest Territories’ francophone federation hopes to submit a bid to host the 2023 Canadian Francophone Games in Yellowknife, in

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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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