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Hunter in Alaska recovering after being mauled by bear and shot amid effort to fend it off

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 15:22
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32-year-old man shot in the leg as he and hunting companion opened fire on bear A hunter in Alaska was

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

Murmansk region of Arctic Russia targeted in drone attack

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 11:54
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Several drones have attacked targets in the far northern Russian region. Videos show a drone that reportedly fly over Vysokii, a

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

Yukon store manager says food subsidy program not keeping up with rising costs

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 10:11
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Old Crow is the only Yukon community eligible to receive the Nutrition North Canada program subsidy Nearly $27 for a

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

Imitation Inuit artifacts are everywhere, but a new treaty is trying to change that

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 09:09
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By Samuel Wat World Intellectual Property Organization passed treaty to protect some traditional knowledge Imitations of Inuit art and artifacts

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norwegian Customs lack overview of attempted smuggling of banned goods to Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 16:02
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While Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland start implementing common requirements and procedures for control over sanctioned goods on move

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Délı̨nę told to prepare in case of evacuation, as wildfire moves closer

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 15:21
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Heavy winds blew a wildfire closer to Délı̨nę, N.W.T., on Sunday, causing the community to issue an evacuation notice on Monday evening. 

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Red skies over Finland as Canadian wildfire smoke arrives

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 14:44
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The most colourful sunset is expected on Tuesday evening. People in Finland may see unusually red glowing sunsets in coming

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Gwich’in Tribal Council members elect new chief

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 11:14
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Preliminary results show Frederick Blake Jr. unseats incumbent Ken Kyikavichik Gwich’in Tribal Council members in the N.W.T. have elected a

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General Norway 

Satellite images reveal worrying scale of Svalbard glaciers loss

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 10:43
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By Elizaveta Vereykina During this summer, the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard has been melting five times faster than normal. “Svalbard

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

Agency managing Victoria Gold’s assets fires mining company’s CEO

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 10:00
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John McConnell let go after meeting with receiver PricewaterhouseCoopers The agency managing the assets of mining company Victoria Gold has

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Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) General 

7 cabins burned by wildfire near N.W.T. and Alberta border

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 19, 2024 at 16:18
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‘Now I have to start all over again,’ one cabin owner says A fire burning close to the N.W.T.-Alberta border

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Lapland faces rainy start but sunny weather later on in week

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 19, 2024 at 16:18
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This week looks quite sunny though there will be rainy days, too, says Eerik Saarikalle, a meteorologist at the Finnish Meteorological

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 General News Society Society (Canada) 

50-plus people sleeping outside in Yellowknife as winter approaches, advocates say

Sarah Krymalowski, CBC News @sarkrymalowski
Posted: Monday, August 19, 2024 at 11:56
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Meetings between NGOs, gov’ts have yielded no solutions so far, says Salvation Army director A tent encampment set up last

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* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 2 General News Russia 

Doomed Arctic LNG platform arrives in Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 19, 2024 at 11:08
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After three weeks of towing across rough Arctic waters, the 640,000 ton heavy production platform arrives in the remote port

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in medical student dreams of offering ‘culturally safe care’

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 19, 2024 at 09:31
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By Asad Chishti  Special internships at Whitehorse and Dawson hospitals gave Jamie Thomas a boost The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation has

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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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