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Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 Newsroom Picks • zone 2 

Hotter, drier summers causing wild berry declines in Gwich’in Settlement Area, new study finds

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 5, 2026 at 15:17
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By Yumna Iftikhar  When Annie Buckle was growing up in Aklavik, she said wild berries were so abundant that they

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Environment Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 2 

Trump administration to auction oil drilling rights in Alaska wildlife refuge

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Friday, June 5, 2026 at 13:33 — Last Updated: Friday, June 5, 2026 at 15:46
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The Trump administration on Friday will hold a sale of oil and gas leases on 689,000 acres (278,828 hectares) in

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Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon non-profit says new plan aims to cut homelessness in half in two years

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 5, 2026 at 13:05
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By Gabrielle Plonka  A Yukon non-profit says its new action plan aims to cut homelessness by 50 per cent by

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Featured • Zone 2 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norwegian citizen detained in Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 5, 2026 at 11:49
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The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that a man from Norway’s border region has been detained by Russian

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Norway) 

NATO launches large-scale air force exercise on Monday

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 5, 2026 at 10:13
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Ramstein Flag 2026 will span a vast area from northern Norway to southern Spain. The first fighter jets and support

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Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 2 

TotalEnergies eyes exit from outlawed Arctic LNG 2

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 14:33
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The French company’s 10 percent ownership stake in the sanctioned Russian gas project is likely to be acquired by a

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) 

Sweden urges EU to tighten rules on tourist visas for Russians

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 13:42
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Sweden’s migration minister urged the European Commission on Thursday to tighten rules on tourist visas for Russians, saying it was

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Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Yellowknife teen recognized for work supporting autistic child in dance class

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 12:02
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By Julia Parrish  It’s a partnership that’s lasted three years, and at 14 years old, Taylor Paddon said she gets

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Featured • Zone 3 News Society Society (Canada) 

How Kakisa, N.W.T., is making a fire break part of its plan to grow more food

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 10:26
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By Sarah St-Pierre  When a wildfire reached Kakisa in 2014, burning around the community on two sides and along its

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A woman stands on a city sidewalk in winter.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Society (Canada) 

‘Not surprising’: Advocates react to N.W.T. Child and Family Services report

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 15:18
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By Yumna Iftikhar For some local advocates, the federal auditor general’s bleak assessment of the N.W.T.’s child and family services

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Danish prime minister thanks to firm position on Greenland

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 08:52 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 10:57
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Mette Frederiksen is set to begin a third term as Denmark’s prime minister, during which she is expected to maintain

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Canada Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Society (Canada) 

Ottawa invests $22.8 million for sports in Indigenous communities

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 12:42
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The Government of Canada has announced a two-year investment of $22.8 million (2026–2028) to fund Indigenous-led sports and physical activity

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Yellowknife City Council building
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 Society (Canada) 

Yellowknife mulls bylaw change to expand $1 land sales for affordable housing

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 08:34 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 12:36
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By Jessica Davey-Quantick A bylaw change could make it easier to get affordable housing built in Yellowknife. Deputy mayor Rob

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A woman smiles next to a pile of stones.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Society (Canada) 

Advocates hope declaration of gender-based violence as an epidemic can remove stigma

CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 1, 2026 at 10:21
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By Samuel Wat For Charlotte Wolfrey of Rigolet, N.L., ending gender-based violence is personal. Her daughter was murdered in 1993,

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* Featured * Canada Politics (Canada) 

New Mental Health Fund Launched to Support the Canadian Arctic

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, May 29, 2026 at 11:41 — Last Updated: Friday, May 29, 2026 at 11:43
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A major new investment has been launched to strengthen community-based mental health services across the Canadian Arctic, honoring the legacy

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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

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