Norway committed to keeping Arctic Council as leading forum on North says ambassador
OTTAWA—Norway says it’s committed to ensuring the Arctic Council remains the leading forum for northern issues despite the ongoing disintegration
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Red Dress Day observed in Canada for missing and murdered Indigenous women
Red Dress Day was observed in Canada on May 5, in remembrance of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and
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Researchers identify gene variant responsible for inherited lung disease in Inuit
Canadian researchers have identified a gene variant they believe could be contributing to the high rates of inherited lung disease
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NATO anti-submarine warfare exercise underway in North Atlantic
Several NATO countries, including Canada, are currently participating in an anti-submarine warfare exercise in the North Atlantic. “Exercise Dynamic Mongoose
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Political, military luminaries call on Ottawa to stop backsliding on national defence
Letter says ‘business as usual’ won’t be enough to cope with a more dangerous world More than 60 of this
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Syllabic eye charts: Doctors’ groundbreaking approach for Indigenous patients
Inuit in northern Quebec are now able to take vision tests using the Inuktitut writing system, after two Montreal doctors
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Northerners should be at the table for NORAD discussions, says Nunavut premier
As U.S. President Joe Biden prepares to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa, Nunavut’s premier says he’ll be
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Hunters in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, still waiting for decision on exporting polar bear hides
Hunters in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, are still waiting to hear the final word on when they can resume exporting polar bear hides
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NATO talks between Finland, Sweden and Turkey on right path, says Secretary-General
NATO talks between Finland, Sweden and Turkey wound up in Brussels on Thursday with promises to meet again before the
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Marin “disappointed” in failure of Sámi Parliament Act reform
One of the governing parties, the Centre, joined the opposition in torpedoing the bill, which would have given indigenous people
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Ties in North American Arctic stronger than ever, says Canada
Despite the rupture in Arctic cooperation with Russia’s since its invasion of Ukraine a year ago, Canada’s relationship with the
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Russian shoppers take Norway’s Schengen shortcut to Arctic Finland
Finland closed the Russian border due to the attack on Ukraine last year, but that has not reduced the flow
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Arctic oil-driller Gazprom Neft creates its own private military company
Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on February 4 signed the order allowing Gazprom Neft to establish a private military company. The existence
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Just how significant is the discovery of rare earth metals in Arctic Sweden?
Last week the Swedish government-owned mining company LKAB announced the discovery of the largest quantity of rare earth metals in
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Blog: The black, the Blue and the Green— Norway’s energy dilemmas
Less than two years ago, speculation was swirling around the possibility of a dramatic shift in Norwegian energy policy, as the fossil fuel-rich
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