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Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada's eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. (The Canadian Press)

Blog: The Canadian Arctic Council Ministerial – What to expect

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 15:36 — Last Updated: Friday, May 20, 2016 at 12:46
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As current Chair of the Arctic Council, Canada will host the biannual Ministerial meeting in Iqaluit, April 24-25, before handing

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Feature Interview: Fighting domestic violence in remote northern communities

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, April 13, 2015 at 21:02 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:52
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Victims of domestic violence face numerous challenges no matter where they live in Canada. But for Inuit women living in

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Expert: Nordic ministers’ article unwisely provoked Russia

Yle News
Posted: Monday, April 13, 2015 at 18:55 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 14:40
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Markku Kivinen, Director of the Aleksanteri Institute, the expert academic body in Finland on all things Russian, says the five

Greg Giannulis, owner of Mike's Quality meats in Eagle River, shows reindeer steaks he has frozen for sale. Giannulis has been purchasing and processing reindeer meat from Savoonga. (Marc Lester/ADN)

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Alaska community gets into reindeer meat market

Suzanna Caldwell, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Monday, April 13, 2015 at 16:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 14:40
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Lifelong Savoonga resident Richmond Toolie couldn’t wait to talk about the reindeer herd he manages. But there was a catch Wednesday:

Sergei Lavrov is Russia's Foreign Minister. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Russia concerned by Finland, Sweden moves towards closer ties with NATO

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 13, 2015 at 14:14 — Last Updated: Monday, April 13, 2015 at 20:20
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Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that moves by Finland and Sweden towards closer ties with NATO are of “special concern”. A Nordic

The all-weather road will stretch 140 kilometres from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. (CBC)

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Blog: The geometries of Arctic all-weather road construction

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 15:39 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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2015 marks the third season of construction along the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk all-weather road. That means it’s possible to watch construction of

Will forest protection help protect elk from climate change in Sweden. (iStock)

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Sami villages under-report elk hunt kills in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 14:16 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 21:56
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Local officials with Norrbotten county have called out five of the area’s largest Sami villages for failing to report hundreds

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Al Grillo, AP)

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Alaska Senate passes bill establishing an official state Arctic policy

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 13:12 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 21:56
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The Alaska Senate on Tuesday passed a bill establishing an official state Arctic policy that, in large part, calls for more natural-resource

In six years, Norway’s hydropower will begin electrifying homes in Britain. (Mia Bennett, 2008)

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Blog: Norway’s hydropower will light up UK homes

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 19:17 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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Last week, the United Kingdom and Norway signed an agreement to build what will be the world’s longest interconnector from

Aleksandr Serebryanikov, owner of the Bloger51 site, was in 2013 accused of violations of a criminal code paragraph on incitement of national, racial, or religious enmity. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Arctic-based Russian blogger walks free

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 13:31 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 19:24
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Prosecutors in Murmansk end their case against the man behind the popular Bloger51 news site. Aleksandr Serebryanikov might finally be able

A brief stop along the Nordland Railway. (Mia Bennett)

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Blog: A railroad of dreams and nightmares across Arctic Norway

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 15:50 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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After the High North Dialogue wrapped up in Bodø, Norway on March 19, most participants returned home via airplane. Air travel is

Pilot results show that solar systems in Oulu produce as much electricity as those in northern Germany. (Kalevi Rytkölä / Yle)

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Finland’s largest solar power unit to be built in Oulu

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 19:18
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Finland’s largest solar power unit, comprising of 1,600 solar panels producing 420 kilowatts of power, will be built in Oulu

Vantaan Energia took out this ad to publicise its appointment of Jekku, the leak-sniffing dog. (Yle)

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Finnish energy firm hires leak-sniffing dog

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 14:03 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 19:22
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Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat carried news of an unusual appointment on Sunday: Jekku the dog has been hired to sniff

Suicide rates in the world's circumpolar communities remain several times higher than their southern counterparts. (iStock)

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Mental wellness symposium taking place in Canadian Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 21:09 — Last Updated: Monday, March 30, 2015 at 18:54
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A circumpolar mental wellness symposium is taking place this week in Canada’s Arctic, tackling an issue that’s at the forefont

Olinka Nicolai testified before the Bethel City council about the damage that alcohol has done to her body. Laurinda O'Brien, who testified later, steadied Nicolai, whose body shook as she spoke. The Bethel City council provided a forum on March 24, 2015 for the community to testify about the prospect of a liquor store. Bethel native Corp. intends to seek a liquor license to shore up the retail space vacated when Swanson's grocery story shut down on March 13, 2015. (Lisa Demer/Alaska Dispatch News)

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Divisions in Alaska community over proposed liquor store

Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 20:13 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 21:54
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BETHEL – An emotional conflict over alcohol in a Western Alaska hub that’s gone back and forth for more than