Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Eye on the Arctic

Eye on the Arctic

Issues affecting circumpolar nations

  • Countries
    • Canada
    • Denmark/Greenland
    • Finland
    • Iceland
    • Norway
    • Russia
    • Sweden
    • USA
  • Categories
    • Environment
    • Politics
    • Society
    • Science
    • Business
    • Art and Culture
  • Longforms
  • Video Reports
  • Regard sur l’Arctique

News

* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 2 

Iqaluit housing pressure remains despite fewer working-age residents, says report

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 15:36
0 Comments

There may have been fewer working-age residents in Iqaluit in 2025, but that didn’t ease the city’s housing squeeze, says

Read more
* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News 

Unusually balmy June comes on tail of Finland’s record spring warmth

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 14:44
0 Comments

Finland’s Lapland region experienced some out-of-character balmy and wet weather this June, following a warmer-than-usual spring across the country.  Nationwide,

Read more
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Northern Lapland bids farewell to summer’s nightless nights

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 11:01 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 14:01
0 Comments

In Utsjoki, the sun has been continuously above the horizon since the middle of May. The summertime’s nightless nights are

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

Travel funding cut to residential school counselling program leaves clients without closure in N.W.T., Nunavut

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 09:32
0 Comments

By Sarah St-Pierre  Counsellors contracted under a federal program found out travel funding was being cut on Friday Mental health

Read more
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia’s Northern Fleet celebrates Navy Day against backdrop of drone threats

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 27, 2026 at 10:54
0 Comments

In Severomorsk, the headquarters of the Northern Fleet, the 330th anniversary of the Russian Navy was celebrated without a naval

Read more
* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General News Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Oleg Tinkov’s La Datcha among luxury yachts sailing around Svalbard

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 11:50
0 Comments

The Russian billionaire’s private icebreaker yacht, equipped with two helicopters and a three-seat submersible, is spending this summer in the

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

Premier will consider resigning if Yukon goes over debt cap, but commits to avoiding that

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 11:28
0 Comments

By Dana Hatherly  Yukon government wants feds to increase borrowing limit from $1.2 billion to $3 billion Premier Currie Dixon

Read more
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Canada) 

Meeting at a ‘turbulent’ time: Inuit Circumpolar Council gathers for general assembly in Iqaluit

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 09:47
0 Comments

By Kate Kyle  Inuit sovereignty, unity and self-determination will be key priorities Inuit from across the Arctic are coming together

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

Back burning planned to head off wildfire near Wrigley, N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 11:17
0 Comments

By Jessica Davey-Quantick The fire that forced the evacuation of Wrigley moved closer to the community on Sunday night The

Read more
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 2 

Gahcho Kué mine co-owner delisting from TSX signals financial distress, expert says

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 17, 2026 at 09:26
0 Comments

‘It’s a challenging time these days in the diamond sector,’ says mining finance professor Mountain Province Diamonds, the company that

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

N.W.T.’s Ekati mine set to shut down as it enters receivership

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 09:12
0 Comments

By Yumna Iftikhar  No buyers stepped forward after mining company filed for creditor protection The Ekati Diamond Mine in the

Read more
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Business (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 

Town of Inuvik to fight natural gas rate hike

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 10, 2026 at 13:32
0 Comments

Kaila Jefferd-Moore · CBC News The Town of Inuvik will formally oppose a rate hike announced by Inuvik Gas Ltd. on Monday. 

Read more
* Featured * Canada Environment Featured • Zone 1 News Science 

Underwater images reveal 1st look at Quest, the final ship of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 12:11 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 12:57
0 Comments

Peter Cowan · CBC News  Antarctic explorer’s ship that sank in 1962 tangled in fishing nets some 400 metres below the Labrador

Read more
Canada Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 1 News 

‘Missed the mark’: N.W.T advocates react to Carney’s departure from earlier climate plan

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 6, 2026 at 16:07
0 Comments

Northern climate advocates say Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to delay Canada’s climate targets ignores the immediate realities facing the

Read more
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 1 News 

Q&A: Why this expert says 2 Arctic megaprojects are ‘lower-hanging fruit’

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 3, 2026 at 13:03 — Last Updated: Friday, July 3, 2026 at 13:06
0 Comments

Chris Windeyer · CBC News Referring N.W.T. projects to the Major Projects Office may not be as big a deal as it

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →

Feature

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

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Also on RCI (Chinese)

体验加拿大之北极光下 • Experiencing Canada

Also on RCI (Spanish)

Nunavut in spanish

Also on CBC

CBC North
RCI • Radio Canada International
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

RCI

  • FRANÇAIS
  • ENGLISH
  • ESPAÑOL
  • 中文
  • العربية

Follow us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • RCI | Facebook
  • RCI | Twitter

Resources

  • RADIO-CANADA
    • Conditions d’utilisation
    • Ombudsman
  • CBC
    • Impact and Accountability
    • Ombudsperson
Copyright © 2026 Eye on the Arctic. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColourMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.