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Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 

Heatwave temperatures possible next week

Yle News
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2026 at 09:13
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After several rainy days across Finland, warmer weather is expected to arrive during the coming week, according to Yle meteorologist

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Business Business (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 

Eagle gold mine cleanup costs more than $11M a month, receiver says

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:50
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By Gabrielle Plonka Remediation at the Eagle gold mine is projected to cost $76.5 million this spring and summer, according

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Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Officials say rabies in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, is an ‘active and serious threat’

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:51
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By Samuel Wat Health officials say there’s an “active and serious threat” of rabies in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, with the disease

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Featured • Zone 2 Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon First Nation says it can pump out 250 houses per year — if it gets the timber

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 10:37
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Living in a log cabin, according to Devin Brodhagen, has long been an “ideal” in the Yukon. But the timber

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) 

It remains unclear whether reactors will be fuelled before being towed around Scandinavia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 09:19
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Rosatom is now installing two RITM-200 reactors aboard what will become Russia’s second floating nuclear power plant. The arrival of

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Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Nunavik’s only veterinary clinic is looking for a new funder, or risk closure

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 09:04
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By Samuel Wat Nunavik’s only permanent veterinary clinic in Kuujjuaq, Que., is looking for a new partner to oversee and

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) Politics 

Liberal government dismisses calls for radar site to remain as farmland

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2026 at 15:18
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The federal government is rejecting calls from some residents in southern Ontario to find other spots to set up its

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Business Business (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Norman Wells, N.W.T., businesses prepare for another uncertain barge season

CBC News
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2026 at 14:11
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By Sarah St-Pierre Some Norman Wells, N.W.T., businesses are hoping water rising levels in the Mackenzie River will mean reliable

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Business Business (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 

Sweden halts plans for power cable to Denmark over disagreement with EU funding plan

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2026 at 13:10
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Sweden will put on hold plans for a new power cable to Denmark, Energy Minister ​Ebba Busch said on Friday,

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Society Society (Canada) 

Aurora college seeks to supplement expired funding for child care program

CBC News
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2026 at 10:51
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By Yumna Iftikhar  Aurora College is still working to replace the expired federal funding for its early learning and child

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) Politics Politics (Sweden) 

Two held in Sweden over suspected deliveries of hi-tech gear to Russia

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2026 at 10:16
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Two people have been detained in Sweden on suspicion of helping Russia procure advanced engineering products that could be used

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Society Society (Canada) 

CBC North’s Trail’s End is coming to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

CBC News
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2026 at 10:04
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CBC’s Trail’s End will broadcast live from the Arctic hamlet of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, this week. Host Lawrence Nayally will

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Environment 

Hantavirus cruise ship part of Antarctic tourism boom that some want better regulated

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Friday, May 8, 2026 at 15:18
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Tourism in the Antarctic Peninsula is a niche but booming industry powered by deep-pocketed adventure-seekers traveling thousands of miles to marvel at

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Society Society (Canada) 

‘So much is being allowed to spoil’: Country food in Nunavut faces distribution challenges

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 8, 2026 at 14:10
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By Tharsha Ravichakaravarthy Researchers and hunters say transporting food between communities is difficult, expensive and sometimes unreliable — and it’s

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Yukon issues flood watch advisories for Dawson City, Carmacks

Paul Tukker, CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 8, 2026 at 11:35
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Flood watch advisories have been issued for the Yukon River in the Dawson region, as well as the Nordenskiold River

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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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