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

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

18-year-old charged in fatal hit and run in Salluit, Nunavik

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 14:58
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18-year-old charged in fatal hit and run in Salluit, Nunavik An 18-year-old woman faces several charges after a fatal hit

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 1 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Shadow fleet gas carriers make port calls at sanctioned Arctic terminals

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 13:32
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Several ‘shadow fleet’ tankers are loading liquefied natural gas at the Arctic LNG 2 terminal in Gydan and at the Saam FSU

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

Do you speak Yukon English? These researchers want to hear it

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 11:47
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‘Linguists know very, very little about what’s going on with Englishes in the Canadian North,’ researcher says As research projects

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

Gwich’in Tribal Council appoints new interim CEO

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 10:42
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Brenda McDonald replaces Mark Ellwood as CEO The Gwich’in Tribal Council has appointed a new interim chief executive officer to

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

EU urges Trump to defend security interests at upcoming Alaska summit with Putin

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 09:44
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European Union leaders appealed on Tuesday to U.S. President Donald Trump to defend their security interests at a key summit

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

U.S. Coast Guard tracking Chinese research vessels in Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, August 11, 2025 at 16:14 — Last Updated: Monday, August 11, 2025 at 16:17
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Five Chinese research vessels operating in or near U.S. Arctic waters were being tracked last week, part of what the

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

Tłı̨chǫ Government marks 20 years since landmark self-government agreement

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 11, 2025 at 13:09
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By Jocelyn Shepel  Chief negotiator reflects on what’s been done and what’s to come, as annual gathering gets underway this

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 2 General Norway 

Arctic lakes may contribute to global warming more than previously thought

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 11, 2025 at 12:03
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By Elizaveta Vereykina As lakes warm up, they release more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. After studying ten lakes on the Norwegian

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

Power outages in the N.W.T. up by 30% this year so far, says NTPC

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 11, 2025 at 10:44
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By Sarah St-Pierre  North and South Slave regions have been hit hardest due to mechanical issues at hydro plants When

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

Creating ‘big dreams’: Students on Ice marks 25 years

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 11, 2025 at 09:21
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By Samuel Wat  Founder says experiential education is priceless — and expeditions are about the bonds you make Riley Adams-Lachance

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The northern port of Murmansk in Kol’skiy (Kola) peninsula on the Barents Sea has been excluded from the application of requirements of IMO's Polar Code. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images)
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Oslo takes measures against Russian ‘shadow fleet’

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 8, 2025 at 16:08
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The introduction of new control mechanisms come at the same time as a suspicious tanker has been criss-crossing outside Norway’s

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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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