Is wind power coming to Helsinki, Finland?
Lumituuli Oy, one of the first Finnish customer-owned wind power producers, has its eyes on the windy city of Helsinki.
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Domestic violence deaths preventable says coroner in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The Chief Coroner of Canada’s Northwest Territories says officials missed opportunities to prevent a woman in the community of Tuktoyaktuk
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Southeast Alaska school district shifts to 4-day school week
Ask most Alaska or Outside grade-school students if they would choose modestly longer school days in exchange for perpetual three-day
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Qikiqtarjuaq fishery shows promise in northern Canada
The Arctic Fishery Alliance’s attempt to establish a turbot fishery in Qikiqtarjuaq, a community of about 500 people in Canada’s
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Russia charges five Greenpeace activists with piracy; more charges expected
Greenpeace said Wednesday that five of its activists who were detained after protesting at a Russian oil platform have
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What’s next after piracy charge for Finnish Greenpeace activist
Markku Kivinen, head of Helsinki University’s specialist Russian and east European Aleksanteri Institute, has cautioned Finnish politicians to use
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Canada: More children sniffing gas says chief of Innu community
Officials in the Innu community of Natuashish, located in the northern region of the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and
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The challenges of growing food in the Arctic
The way barley farmer Bryce Wrigley sees it, farmers in the north are like bacteria. That’s not to disparage the
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Climate change can be deadly to caribou calves says study
The melting of arctic sea ice is indirectly leading to higher mortality among caribou calves, new research suggests. Penn State
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Swedish nuclear reactor re-starts after jellyfish shutdown
A nuclear reactor at the Oskarshamn plant restarted on Wednesday morning, after engineers managed to clear out tonnes of jellyfish.
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Air Greenland to reduce Iqaluit-Nuuk flights in 2014
Flights between Iqaluit, the capital of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, and Greenland’s capital, Nuuk have wrapped up for
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Eczema on the rise in Inuit populations in Greenland and Canada
An allergy doctor in Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, says he’s seeing a spike
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VIEWS: Anchorage, Alaska unsettled over moose shooting
When is it a big deal to shoot a bull moose this time of year in Alaska? Only when it
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Finland lags in seniors’ wellbeing
Unlike its Nordic neighbours, Finland failed to make it to the top ten in a new global index measuring the
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No salvage plans for buildings after mine cleanup in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The federal team tasked with cleaning up the old Giant Mine site on the outskirts of the city of Yellowknife
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