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New batch of uranium fuel shipped along Russia’s Northern Sea Route

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 12:41
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Reactor No. 1 at the Akademik Lomonosov is now ready for its second fuel change since the floating nuclear power plant began

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Canadian Army looking for surveillance, cargo-drop drone suppliers, including for Arctic

The Canadian Press
Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 11:48
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The federal government has put out a small shopping list for new drones for the Canadian Army, which includes land

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Inuit organization aims to end the use of NDAs to conceal misconduct

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 09:15
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By Liam Baker Amautiit Nunavut Inuit Women’s Association brought forth a resolution to end the practice over the weekend The

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

Canada’s largest icebreaker makes 6th visit to the North Pole

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 16:17
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By Niles Niemuth  ‘It was a pretty big moment for all of us’ The Canadian Coast Guard’s largest and most

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

Experts say virtual health care could fill gaps in the Dehcho. Some residents aren’t so sure

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 13:40 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 13:43
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Recommendations stem from investigation ordered in the wake of 3 deaths in the Dehcho in early 2025 If patients could

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

Pro-Russian hackers declare ‘cyberwar’ on Norway

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 09:06
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By Olesia Krivtsova The pro-Russian hacking group Server Killers has announced that it is declaring “cyberwar” on Norway and has

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

People in Yukon respond to U.S. trade war by buying Canadian

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 08:11
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By Dana Hatherly  ‘We don’t need to be pushed around,’ said one Whitehorse woman In the face of U.S. tariffs

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Q & A | Nunavut premier on state of Canada-U.S. relations amid trade war

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 15:57
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Premier John Main says he’s ‘behind our federal negotiators and behind the prime minister, 100 per cent’ Days after trade

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Canada commits $11.3 billion to six new Coast Guard icebreakers

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 15:42 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 15:44
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Canada’s previously announced six-icebreaker constrution project at Davie Shipyards in Quebec, finally got a price tag on Aug. 24 with

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Container ships shuttling Arctic route between China and Russia carry car components, says Chinese shipper

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 12:52
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Amid growing trade between China and Russia, a Chinese business delegation visited Murmansk to inspect the local seaport. The visit

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

Yukon schools begin new year amid staffing shortages

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 10:39
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Some educator positions still vacant as students head back to class Schools are back in session across the Yukon this

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Paddler shoots and kills polar bear along Hudson Bay coast in Manitoba, province says

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 09:37 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 09:45
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By Bartley Kives  Shooting of protected species near mouth of Seal River, west of Churchill, under investigation A paddler shot

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Finland to host Arctic summit in September

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2026 at 15:32 — Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2026 at 15:54
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With geopolitical upheaval pushing the Arctic higher up Europe’s security agenda, Finland will host a select group of European leaders

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

Siberian wildfires worsen air quality across Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2026 at 13:08
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Extensive wildfires in Siberia are worsening air quality in parts of Finland on Monday, the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) told

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Society 

Yellowknife woman spent thousands to travel south and learn she has a fatal disease

Radio-Canada
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2026 at 11:20
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By Saloni Bhugra When Mary Rose Blackduck started feeling like she would stumble and fall every time she walked, she

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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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