Canadian anti-whaling activist won’t be extradited to face Japanese charges
Watson, 73, has been released from detention in Greenland, where he was arrested in July Denmark has rejected a Japanese
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Premiers push Ottawa to build northern infrastructure after Arctic foreign policy
Canada released its new Arctic foreign policy earlier this month Canada’s northern premiers are pitching the federal government to dip
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Finland registers coldest night of the winter on Sunday — minus 38.2C
Finnish Lapland was especially chilly this weekend. The coldest temperature of this winter season, so far, was recorded by a
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Canadian Coast Guard wraps up 2024 Arctic season
The Canadian Coast Guard has wrapped up its 2024 Arctic season with seven icebreakers deployed to the North this year.
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Sahtu region in N.W.T. braces for one of its busiest winter road seasons ever
Government predicts twice as much traffic on Mackenzie Valley winter road After two years with interrupted access to barging, this winter
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Pickpockets targeting tourists in Finnish Lapland
Reports of pickpocketing incidents started coming in as the tourism season began at the beginning of December, according to police.
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Drug busts reveal how dealers do business in a small N.W.T. community
Search warrant documents offer details of recent drug investigations in Fort Providence, N.W.T. Search warrant documents offer some insight into
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Chinese rig finds oil in Barents Sea
The Cosl Prospector discovered up to 52 million barrels of oil in an appraisal well in Norwegian Arctic waters. The
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“Canada is an Arctic country at a pivotal moment,” says Foreign Minister
The Arctic is becoming an increasingly contested area, Canada’s Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly told a Montreal audience on Friday, pointing to
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Court approves $55M increase for Victoria Gold receivership
Judge Barbara Conway signed off on an ‘amended and restarted’ receivership order Dec. 9 An Ontario judge has approved a
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Confrontation is unfolding in the Arctic, says Russian Navy Commander
The Arctic has moved from cooperation and interaction to the opposite, a region of possible future conflict, said Russia’s navy
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North Pacific, Nordic partnerships and Canada’s Arctic Foreign Policy
International cooperation is taking center stage in Canada’s evolving Arctic strategy, with its newly released Arctic foreign policy emphasizing links
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Orpo hosts EU leaders in Lapland just before Christmas
The visiting politicians from Estonia, Greece, Italy and Sweden are all on the EU’s centre-right political spectrum. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP)
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The N.W.T. premier has a new Instagram account. Here’s why
Premier R.J. Simpson says he’s raising N.W.T.’s profile, and it’s ‘definitely being noticed’ It’s not glamorous, but sometimes being premier
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First Nation asks auditor general to look at Yukon’s ‘failures in oversight’ at mine
Audit should also look at ‘broader issues around mineral management in the Yukon,’ says Na-Cho Nyäk Dun The Na-Cho Nyäk
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