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Culture Culture (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Residents say farewell — for now — to Hay River library and staff

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 1, 2026 at 13:44
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By Jocelyn Shepel For over two years now, Jeff Ashby has been bringing in his record player, on occasion, to

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Society Society (Canada) 

Colville Lake calls for more policing, considers local safety program to counter drugs

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 1, 2026 at 10:18
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By Tamara Merritt Leaders in Colville Lake are calling on the RCMP to increase their visits to the community due

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Environment Featured • Zone 3 News Newsroom Picks • zone 3 

Report confirms heat records in Europe and Arctic, but war-fuelled energy crisis boosts renewables and embattled climate

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, May 1, 2026 at 09:53 — Last Updated: Friday, May 1, 2026 at 13:20
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As the European State of the Climate Report confirms Europe is the fastest-warming continent and the Arctic the fastest warming

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Featured • Zone 2 Society Society (Canada) 

Black-Inuk woman traces history of Black settlers in the North in pursuit of answers to racial divisions today

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 1, 2026 at 09:29
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By Samuel Wat Jaelyn Jarrett remembers moving from Nain, N.L., to Ontario as an eight-year-old when she started being called

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Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Prepare for another challenging wildfire season, N.W.T. fire officials say

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 12:39
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By Heather Kitching Fire officials in the Northwest Territories are warning people to prepare for another challenging wildfire season due

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Business Business (Canada) News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 

Hibernation season is over in Dawson City, Yukon, as businesses, town prepare to welcome tourists this summer

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 11:55 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 11:57
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There is still plenty of snow on the ground in Dawson City, Yukon, but it hasn’t stopped the town from

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A mine.
Business Business (Canada) 

First Nation of Nacho Nyäk Dun neutral on possible gold mine sale, slams Yukon gov’t handling of process

Chris Windeyer, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 11:19
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The First Nation of Nacho Nyäk Dun says it has no opinion about the possible sale of the mothballed Eagle

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* Featured * Canada Countries General Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon Quest sled dog race returning in 2027, organizers say

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 16:15
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The Yukon Quest sled dog race is set to make a comeback next year, organizers say, after the iconic race

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General 

Naujaat hunters want to halt the Baffinland’s railway and port project

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 11:56
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Arviq HTO, Naujaat’s hunters and trapper’s organization, wants the federal government to halt the Steensby railway project so it can

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Finland) 

Lapland college launches wilderness guide training in English

Yle News
Posted: Monday, April 27, 2026 at 14:49
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Lappia Vocational College is launching the first-ever English-language training course for wilderness and nature guides in Finnish Lapland. The professional

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Nunavik joins Indigenous push for banishment of traffickers

CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 27, 2026 at 14:18
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Leaders in Nunavik are exploring the idea of banishment as a way to stop the flow of drugs and alcohol

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Politics Politics (Russia) 

Shadow tanker that broke Cuba fuel blockade loads Arctic crude in Murmansk

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 27, 2026 at 13:44
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Ship tracking data shows that the 250-metre-long tanker on 27 April crossed the Norwegian–Russian maritime boundary and proceeded towards Kola

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A building is seen with flags outside and a sculpture.
Featured • Zone 3 General Society 

Nunavut RCMP now investigating August death as homicide

CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 24, 2026 at 16:02
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Nunavut RCMP now say they’re treating the death of a man in Iqaluit last August as a homicide. Mosesie ‘Levi’

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A man smiling on the camera
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics 

Spike in shipping costs to Nunavut via Churchill, Man., operator says

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 10:06 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 13:04
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By Samuel Wat The Nunavut government’s exclusive maritime carrier is bumping up shipping costs for the upcoming sealift season —

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Two bridges, one under construction, seen from the air.
* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Politics 

Yukon government axes engineer on Nisutlin Bay Bridge replacement project

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 10:27
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The Yukon government has axed the engineer on the Nisutlin Bay Bridge replacement, with the highways minister saying “different expertise”

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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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