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Chinese company’s deal to buy Arctic gold mine facing national security review in Canada

The Canadian Press
Posted: Friday, October 16, 2020 at 16:03 — Last Updated: Friday, October 16, 2020 at 16:08
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TMAC Resources Inc. says the federal cabinet has ordered a national security review of the proposed sale of the Canadian

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Environment Environment (Canada) RCI 

George River caribou survey shows slight uptick in eastern Canada but hunting ban remains in place

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 16, 2020 at 11:32
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The most recent survey of the George River caribou herd in the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec

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General RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic Canadian territory of Nunavut extends its public health emergency for two more weeks

CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 16, 2020 at 10:01
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The Nunavut government has extended its public health emergency for another two weeks until just about the end of October.

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Canada’s PM says COVID-19 pandemic amplified housing, connectivity gaps in territories

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 12:54
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Trudeau says the pandemic has exposed ‘the depths’ of issues faced by northerners In an exclusive interview with CBC North’s The

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Johannes Lampe re-elected as president in Inuit region of Atlantic Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 16:14 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 16:21
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Johannes Lampe was re-elected this month as president of Nunatsiavut, the Inuit region of the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland

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A new feeding program is contributing to an increased arctic fox population in Sweden. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) RCI Sweden 

Sweden not doing enough to protect biodiversity, new report shows

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 09:24 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 16:16
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The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has published a report with suggestions on how the government can step up its efforts to

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General RCI 

Year-long, international Arctic science expedition comes to an end

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 10:22
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A year-long international Arctic science expedition came to an end on Monday as the German research icebreaker Polarstern returned to

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Canada General RCI Society Society (Canada) 

What’s in a name? How a government project forced surnames on Inuit in Canada

Katherine Barton, CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 12, 2020 at 12:30
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With Project Surname, Inuit had to choose and register family names, which were not common in their culture After a

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RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Resident of Inuit region of Arctic Quebec tests positive for COVID-19 in South

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 9, 2020 at 12:12 — Last Updated: Friday, October 9, 2020 at 12:20
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A resident of Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, has tested positive for COVID-19 in the South, the region’s

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RCI Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Russia approves e-visa for Nordic citizens from February 2021

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, October 9, 2020 at 08:58
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Entry to Russia will be much easier as e-visas for tourism, business, humanitarian and guest visits will be issued online

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Inuit region of Arctic Quebec to start double testing travellers for COVID-19

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 16:10 — Last Updated: Friday, October 9, 2020 at 14:55
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The regional health board in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, will require travellers from the South to be

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General Iceland RCI Society Society (Iceland) 

Iceland to continue double screening for COVID-19 until December 1

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 16:08
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With an increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Iceland over the last two weeks, Iceland has moved to prolong its

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Canada General RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Canada’s Northwest Territories has some of the most strict gathering and self-isolation restrictions in the country

Hilary Bird, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 13:58
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As the nation’s two largest provinces clamp down on gathering limits amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, the Northwest Territories

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Environment Environment (USA) RCI USA 

Indigenous wildfire knowledge to be key part of new Arctic Council project

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 09:49 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 16:09
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With wildfires intensifying around the North, an Arctic Council project is underway to better coordinate response among circumpolar countries as

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General RCI 

RBC latest bank that will not directly fund drilling projects in Alaskan Arctic refuge

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 08:48
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The Royal Bank of Canada recently joined more than 24 major financial institutions that will not fund resource development 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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