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Inuvik service suspension part of broader crisis in maternal healthcare, top ob-gyn says

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 15:01
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By Niles Niemuth Advocate sees role for midwives to play in fixing N.W.T.’s fragile system Labour and delivery services have

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

Best road is one that gets built, N.W.T. minister says of new route to connect Nunavut and N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 11:54
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By Devon Tredinnick  New route balances caribou protection with economic potential, finance minister says While a new proposed route for

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Iceland News Politics Politics (Iceland) 

EU sees Iceland vote as potential boost for enlargement optics

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 13:44
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By Lili Bayer and Stine Jacobsen European Union officials are hoping a referendum in Iceland on whether to restart membership

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

Kivalliq Summer Games returns after 12 years

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 11:50 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 12:00
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Bianca McKeown · CBC News After a 12 year hiatus, the Kivalliq Summer Games returned this past weekend to Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut. The event had athletes

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* Featured * Canada News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics (Canada) 

Nunavut’s Family Services pledges changes to keep children in care, in the territory

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:54 — Last Updated: Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:57
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Sending children and youth in care out of the territory has become a common occurrence in Nunavut, but the territorial

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

Russian soldier crosses into Arctic Norway after defecting from Ukraine war

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2026 at 12:13
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By Thomas Nilsen & Olesia Krivtsova A Russian soldier in his late 20s who fought in the war against Ukraine crossed the border

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

Record warmth, regional contrasts, mark 2025 in Canada’s Arctic: report

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 15:55
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Canada’s Arctic Archipelago saw some record-high temperatures in winter 2025, even as parts of north-central Canada were colder than average

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

4 years after fire, Fort Chipewyan’s Roman Catholic community seeks a new gathering place

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 10:41
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By Yumna Iftikhar The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Roman Catholic Church burned down in 2022 Four years after a

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Construction delayed on $350M deepsea port in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 10:59
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By Arty Sarkisian  One community leader questions whether long-awaited project will ever be built Qikqitarjuaq has been advocating for a

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Canada, U.S. shadow Chinese research ships in the Arctic as concern grows over Snow Dragons’ presence

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 10, 2026 at 09:25
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Some fear Chinese icebreakers are deploying devices to track submarines, map subsea cable networks Both Canada and the U.S. have

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

Feds to clean up old Arctic weather station contaminated by asbestos, lead

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 7, 2026 at 15:31 — Last Updated: Friday, August 7, 2026 at 15:32
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By Arty Sarkisian Experts hope its contamination is a warning for future development The site of Isachsen is a snapshot

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

Norwegian diplomats again skip ceremony honouring victims of Stalin’s terror

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 7, 2026 at 09:15
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By Thomas Nilsen, Georgii Chentemirov For the second consecutive year, Norway’s diplomatic missions in Russia have stayed away from the country’s most

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Arctic high on agenda at Denmark, Faroe Islands meeting

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 15:55
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The Danish defence minister and the Faroese foreign minister may differ on their characterizations of a recent meeting in the

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

Arctic Winter Games to return in 2028 after all, this time in Alaska

Paul Tukker, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 10:20
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Officials said earlier that the next games wouldn’t happen until 2029 Just months after organizers of the Arctic Winter Games

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

U.S. Coast Guard Operation Frontier Sentinel already underway when Chinese ships arrvied in Bering Sea

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:47 — Last Updated: Friday, July 31, 2026 at 15:38
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The U.S. Coast Guard’s Operation Frontier Sentinel was already in progress when two Chinese vessels entered the U.S. exclusive economic

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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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