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Fuel tanker rollover near Fort McPherson, N.W.T. spilled over 5,000 litres of fuel

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 15, 2025 at 15:16
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Fort McPherson RCMP investigating cause of Wednesday’s accident A fuel tanker that rolled over near Fort McPherson, N.W.T., on Wednesday

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Europe and the US stand united ahead of Alaska meeting: Swedish PM

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, August 15, 2025 at 11:47 — Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2025 at 11:58
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US President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on Friday evening Swedish time, to discuss

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Nunavik TB action plan to be finalized in coming weeks, says health ministry

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 15, 2025 at 10:11
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By Samuel Wat  Earlier this year, Nunavik’s mayors tried to get tuberculosis outbreaks declared a public health emergency Quebec’s Ministry

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

ANALYSIS: Which Donald Trump will negotiate with Putin in Alaska?

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:49
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By Steve Holland When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Helsinki in 2018, the pair

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

AFN demands Yukon First Nations treated as equals in defence, security planning

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:39
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By Julien Greene  New report charts course for inclusive defence planning built on atoning for past harms  The Assembly of

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

Amid Norway’s celebration of Svalbard Treaty comes another verbal attack from Moscow

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:52
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The country’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister came to the far northern archipelago to celebrate 100 years of Norwegian sovereignty.

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

Wildfires cast a smoke cloud over Canada Summer Games for some N.W.T. athletes

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:40
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By Sarah St-Pierre  Beach volleyball resumed Wednesday after wildfires postponed some matches Team NT beach volleyball player, Emily Carroll, says

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

Yukon and Alaska sign agreement to address MMIWG2S+ crisis

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 09:48
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The agreement was first initiated in April 2024 The Yukon government has signed an agreement with Alaska to address the

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Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine is latest chapter in Alaska’s long history-and tension-with Russia

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 15:38
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When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, it will be the latest

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) Featured • Zone 3 General News 

Inuit org pushes for rights in global plastics treaty talks

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 14:46
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The NGO that represents Inuit internationally is calling on international governments to make sure Indigenous rights are included in the

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

N.W.T. team scores historic basketball win at Canada Summer Games

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 13:37
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By Sarah St-Pierre  N.W.T.’s U17 men’s basketball team accomplished a first at the Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, N.L. on Monday: beating

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Society Society (Canada) 

Inuvik hospital workers decry loss of weekend mental health services, emails show

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 11:59
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N.W.T. health authority says working on weekends is not sustainable for social work team Emails from Inuvik, N.W.T., health-care workers

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

Norway spy chief blames Russian hackers for dam sabotage in April

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 10:51
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By Nerijus Adomaitis Russian hackers briefly took control of a dam in Norway earlier this year, the head of the

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Yukon First Nation celebrates completion of 1.9 megawatt solar facility

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 09:01
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White River First Nation’s solar project expected to supply more than half of Beaver Creek’s electricity White River First Nation

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

Finland sizzles as Lapland sweats through 21-day heatwave

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 16:08 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 08:22
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Lapland, best known for its reindeer and winter landscapes, experienced its longest heatwave on record last month, as Finland endured

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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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