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

European leaders push back on Trump’s comments about a US takeover of Greenland

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 11:26
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Several European leaders pushed back Tuesday on U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments seeking an American takeover of Greenland. The leaders

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Carney meets with Danish PM as U.S. ramps up talk of taking over Greenland

The Canadian Press
Posted: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 10:16
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says the future of Greenland will be “solely” up to the people of Denmark and Greenland.

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General 

N.W.T. consistently has Canada’s highest median income — here’s why

Sarah Krymalowski, CBC News @sarkrymalowski
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2026 at 14:23
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Yellowknife economist says that high incomes in N.W.T. come down to high wages Families in the Northwest Territories consistently bring

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

Danish PM says Trump’s Greenland threat must be taken seriously; attack by U.S. would end NATO

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2026 at 13:07
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Denmark’s prime minister said on Monday U.S. President Donald Trump must be taken seriously when he says he wants to

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Only Greenland and Denmark can decide on their own future says Finnish President

Yle News
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2026 at 12:15 — Last Updated: Monday, January 5, 2026 at 12:22
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US President Donald Trump has reiterated his threat to take Greenland from NATO ally Denmark. Finnish President Alexander Stubb says that only

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

Greenland says ‘no more fantasies about annexation’ after Trump remarks

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2026 at 10:36
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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen Greenland’s leader  declared “enough is enough,” and Denmark’s allies in Europe affirmed that the Arctic island’s future

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) 

“We want to be Europe’s most integrated region in terms of defence”

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 2, 2026 at 14:00
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“We will work to make the Nordic region the most integrated region in Europe in terms of defence,” said Tore

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Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Low water levels delay plan to bring cell service to popular hunting area near Fort Providence

Sarah Krymalowski, CBC News @sarkrymalowski
Posted: Friday, January 2, 2026 at 12:00
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Fort Providence, N.W.T., is now home to a portable shelter and mobile hotspot that could provide coverage to traditional land

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Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 1 

2025 was second-warmest ever recorded in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Friday, January 2, 2026 at 09:07
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Last year was the second-warmest ever recorded in Finland, according to preliminary data published on Friday by the Finnish Meteorological

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Business Business (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 

Here’s where the Yukon’s Mactung mine project stands, one year after joint Canada-U.S. investment

Nancy Thomson, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 12:00
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A major tungsten deposit near the Yukon-N.W.T. border has been attracting plenty of money and attention in Canada and the

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Featured • Zone 1 Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

A new Yellowknife program offers smaller, flexible learning option for neurodivergent children

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 10:56
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By Carla Ulrich A new learning program that opened in Yellowknife this fall offers small group programming for children who

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Business Business (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 

It’s official: First two US icebreakers to be built in Rauma

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 12:00
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Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has signed a contract with the United States Coast Guard to build two medium-sized icebreakers at

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Featured • Zone 2 Society Society (Canada) 

Here are some of the best sport stories from across the North in 2025

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 10:23
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Athletes, coaches, mentors. Recreation is a big deal for many of us fighting dark, cold winters, and this year there

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Culture Culture (Canada) 

‘The space to practise culture’: Handgames beginners in Whitehorse find community and confidence

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 08:00
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By Isabel Ruitenbeek  Ashley Russell is a beginner at handgames. She’s played before, in school and with her family, but

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Featured • Zone 1 Society Society (Canada) 

Here are some of Nunavut’s biggest news stories of 2025

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 15:28
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Every year, CBC North publishes thousands of stories online — from breaking news, political coverage, crime stories, community features, and

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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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