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N.W.T. regulator to start process that could grant Imperial Oil emergency water licence

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 11:25
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Public can give input on 60-day licence, and 3-year licence, until Jan. 27 An N.W.T. regulator is moving ahead with

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Tu-95MS bombers from Arctic Russia launched in Ukraine attack

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:01
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Tu-95MS bombers from Olenya airfield in the Murmansk region are Wednesday launching a large-scale attack with cruise missiles against Ukraine.

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Indigenous knowledge can make health care more sustainable in North: study

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 09:08
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By Tharsha Ravichakaravarthy  New research paper uses sharing circle held with Indigenous elders in the N.W.T. A new research paper

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Concerns over tracking cumulative effects of fuel spills in Nunavut, N.W.T.: experts

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 15:59
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By Samuel Wat  Nunavut and N.W.T. together recorded hundreds of contaminant spills in 2024 Environmental experts are worried the cumulative

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

Only one new Barents Sea license to drill

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 15:11
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The Norwegians’ loud voices for the Barents Sea to become a new big oil province seems to fade out before

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

Sachs Harbour, N.W.T., forming local search and rescue committee

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 11:29
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Community already has a few toboggans outfitted to go at a moment’s notice Sachs Harbour, N.W.T., is forming a local

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden not at war, but not at peace either says PM

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 10:17
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The Folk och Försvar conference, Sweden’s largest annual meeting on defence and security, is currently underway in Sälen. Speaking at

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Advocates hope a new national registry will reveal extent of Indigenous sterilization

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 09:08
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By Nadeer Hashmi ·  No official numbers or records exist for similar cases, organization says Advocates hope a new national registry

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Finland to join Iceland’s Air Policing Mission for first time as NATO Member

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, January 13, 2025 at 16:07
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Finland will mark an important moment later this month with its first-ever participation in the Air Policing Mission in Iceland

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Paralysis looms over Russia’s Arctic oil

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 13, 2025 at 12:52
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New US sanctions deal an unprecedented blow to the companies that over the past decade have developed major oil and

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Power restored in Fort Resolution, N.W.T. early on Sunday

CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 13, 2025 at 12:50
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Power has been fully restored in Fort Resolution, N.W.T. after an extended outage that left some residents without heat and

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A sign on a winter day.
* Featured * Canada Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Lawyer says N.W.T. Court of Appeal decision on caribou plans follows trend

CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 13, 2025 at 12:37 — Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2025 at 12:43
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A constitutional lawyer said a recent court of appeal decision on Colville Lake, N.W.T.’s caribou conservation plan is following a

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Uncertainty and anxiety for some Northerners, as Trump returns to power

Cheryl Kawaja, CBC North
Posted: Monday, January 13, 2025 at 09:12
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‘It’s just so unpredictable, you just have to be ready to react,’ says Vuntut Gwitchin chief Pauline Frost, chief of

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Survey shows Canadians fear losing Arctic territory without stronger action

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:43
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Even before President-elect Donald Trump sparked global headlines with his public musings about buying Greenland and posting memes showing Canada

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Swedish PM on Trump comments: Only Denmark and Greenland decide

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, January 10, 2025 at 11:28
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Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has come out in support of neighbouring Denmark following US president-elect Donald Trump’s threats to

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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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