Mental health, affordability, climate change among priorities for young Nunavut voters
‘We need to support leaders who are honest, transparent, and willing to work for the people’ A number of young
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Grounded cargo ship successfully refloated in Canadian Arctic: company
A Dutch-flagged ship has successfully been refloated after being stranded in Canada’s Arctic archipelago for over five weeks. “Wagenborg is
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Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link would strengthen Nunavut’s connection with Canada, proponents say
By Karen Pauls When Prime Minister Mark Carney releases his second list of nation-building projects — expected sometime in the
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NATO’s new Nordic command structure aims to deter Russia
NATO has now outlined its new command structure in the Nordic region, following Sweden and Finland’s accession, dividing responsibilities for
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Swedish glaciers are still melting — but by less than last year
Sweden’s glaciers are still shrinking, but this year’s melt was much smaller compared to 2024’s record. Glaciologist Nina Kirchner from
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Yukon Association of Non-Status Indians launches new book documenting its history
It also explores the Indian Act’s designation of people as status or non-status The Yukon Association of Non-Status Indians (YANSI)
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Safeguards in place, but still stranded: New details on efforts to free Thamesborg before freeze-up
On paper, the European shipping company that sent the Thamesborg cargo vessel through the Northwest Passage did everything right: the
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Experts react to N.W.T. rejecting idea of creating separate emergency planning agency
Creating a separate agency is best practice, but the reality of staffing it is a challenge, one expert says Emergency
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Finland pushes EU drone wall as northern countries’ security investments expand
As Arctic states continue to expand surveillance across the polar region, Europe’s northern flank is preparing its own response, with
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Yukon gov’t reviewing quartz licences, guidelines for mine waste management
By Gabrielle Plonka Officials say they’re following recommendations from independent review of Eagle mine failure The Yukon government says it
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Cambridge Bay’s population has outgrown its sewer, water services
Aopak Bella Angulalik’s home in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, runs out of water as often as every other day. On weekends the
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Blog—Arctic Security Conference: “We are already at war in the Arctic”
The work of Arctic conferences, as niche as they are, should be to reject rather than reproduce megalomaniacal discourses. At
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Eight Swedish glaciers melted away: ‘It’s a very clear sign’
High-resolution satellite images show that eight glaciers in Sweden have melted away between 2023 and late summer 2024. The glaciers
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German canoeist surprised to learn he was missing in the N.W.T.
By Tamara Merritt Inuvik RCMP declared Carsten Iwers missing, but he’d been in Yellowknife for days Carsten Iwers says he
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Transport Canada reduced to on-call Arctic summer surveillance: documents
Department faces aging aircraft, overtime limits and a lack of surveillance drones Transport Canada scaled back its summertime surveillance of
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