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Dismay in Nunavut as daughter in Inuit identity fraud case goes public with her story

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 27, 2025 at 09:33
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By Juanita Taylor ‘To play the victim in all this, it just is… it’s not right,’ says man whose mother’s

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Roadless Rule repeal will help economically struggling Alaskan communities: senators

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 15:54
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Alaska Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan are throwing their support behind the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s move to repeal

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Cargo ship carrying new vehicles sinks in North Pacific weeks after catching fire

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 10:58
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‘No visible pollution,’ says Alaska-based U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson A cargo ship that had been delivering new vehicles to Mexico

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 2 Finland General News 

Cooler May weather for Finland but spring still warmer overall

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, June 23, 2025 at 14:41
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Finland experienced a warmer-than-average spring overall—until May arrived and with it, dipping temperatures just below the seasonal norm, the Finnish

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

Norway confirms it will spend 5% of GDP on defence

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 20, 2025 at 10:59 — Last Updated: Friday, June 20, 2025 at 11:01
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“We must do more to secure our country and contribute to joint security with our NATO allies,” says Prime Minister

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Receiver moves to put Yukon’s Eagle mine up for sale

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 08:25
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By Julien Greene  PricewaterhouseCoopers wants to close the sale of the mine by December Victoria Gold’s receiver wants to put the Eagle

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Kingdom of Denmark chairs key Arctic Council meeting in Tromsø

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 15:51
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It’s far from business as usual at the Arctic Council, but the Kingdom of Denmark, now at the helm, is

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Denmark willing to invest more in Greenland, Danish PM says

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 14:47
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Denmark is willing to invest more in Greenland and grant the Arctic island greater authority over its foreign policy affairs,

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

Europeans step up Arctic diplomacy amid U.S. and global pressure

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, June 16, 2025 at 15:57
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Amid rising global and U.S. pressure over Arctic affairs, European nations are stepping up their diplomatic efforts in the region.

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Norwegian monarch visits polar Svalbard as interest in Arctic grows

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, June 16, 2025 at 10:37
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Norway’s King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Monday,

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

Families furious over treatment of foster children in Kinngait, Nunavut

CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 16, 2025 at 09:19
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By Samuel Wat  Families, former staff say Nunavut Family Services isn’t meeting the needs of kids in care Some Kinngait

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Denmark/Greenland) 

Blog: Despite housing shortages, Greenland razes colonial apartment blocks

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, June 13, 2025 at 16:37
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Denmark built dystopian skyscrapers in the Arctic. The Government of Greenland is tearing them down. Colorful houses. Monumental icebergs. Sturdy

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Scientists urge global action to prevent industrial activity in Central Arctic Ocean

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 15:56
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A coalition of over 1,000 scientists has taken the occasion of this week’s U.N. Ocean Conference in Nice to call

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Hegseth says the Pentagon has contingency plans to invade Greenland if necessary

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 15:10
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to acknowledge that the Pentagon has developed plans to take over Greenland and Panama by

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

Q+A | Nunavik’s tuberculosis outbreaks result of colonial neglect: professor

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:12
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By Samuel Wat  Natasha MacDonald says Quebec isn’t treating TB in Nunavik with the same urgency as elsewhere in the

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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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