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When Arctic storms come one after another, sea ice takes twice the hit: study

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 15:25 — Last Updated: Friday, August 21, 2026 at 10:10
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Arctic storms that pass quickly, one after the other, cause about twice the reduction in sea ice cover as single

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

EU sees Iceland vote as potential boost for enlargement optics

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 13:44
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By Lili Bayer and Stine Jacobsen European Union officials are hoping a referendum in Iceland on whether to restart membership

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

Kivalliq Summer Games returns after 12 years

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 11:50 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 12:00
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Bianca McKeown · CBC News After a 12 year hiatus, the Kivalliq Summer Games returned this past weekend to Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut. The event had athletes

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

Norway, church mark 200th anniversary of border treaty with Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 11:17
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The Norwegian Armed Forces joined forces with the Church of Norway to mark the 200th anniversary of the border treaty

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

Future wildfires likely to impede construction on Mackenzie Valley Highway, expert says

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 09:46
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By Devon Tredinnick  ‘If you’re dodging wildfires during construction season, it’s going to create a challenge,’ says Ze’ev Gedalof Longer

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

Gahcho Kué sees ‘encouraging’ diamond sale despite $120.6M net loss in second quarter

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2026 at 15:56
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By Sarah St-Pierre  Analyst says there are positive signs for diamond pricing on the supply side, though demand still lags

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* Featured * Canada Environment (Canada) 

Former worker recalls year spent at Arctic weather station now set for clean-up

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2026 at 15:21
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John Paul Tasker · CBC News  Doug Munson was fresh out of high school when he went to work at Isachsen station

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* Featured * Environment Featured • Zone 3 General 

Ice-Blog: Fires, drought, heatstroke – will this climate emergency tip the scales to action?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2026 at 14:24 — Last Updated: Monday, August 17, 2026 at 14:26
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In Europe and other hitherto little affected parts of the world, we are currently experiencing some devastating impacts of climate

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* Featured * Canada News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics (Canada) 

Nunavut’s Family Services pledges changes to keep children in care, in the territory

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:54 — Last Updated: Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:57
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Sending children and youth in care out of the territory has become a common occurrence in Nunavut, but the territorial

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

Gasoline from Morocco remains stuck in Murmansk amid fuel crisis

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2026 at 09:00
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By Denis Zagore Fuel that arrived from Tangier two weeks ago has still not been unloaded because of a dispute over

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

Consensus reached on proposed corridor for road connecting Nunavut and N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2026 at 08:23
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By Jessica Davey-Quantick  Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Tłı̨chǫ Government announce route for Arctic Economic and Security Corridor The Yellowknives Dene

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

Fire in Naujaat, Nunavut, burns materials intended for public housing

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2026 at 16:02
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Nunavut Housing Corporation says it’s not yet clear whether damaged materials will affect project timeline A fire in Naujaat, Nunavut,

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

Inuit Circumpolar Council to focus on greater voice in Arctic maritime policy

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2026 at 14:33
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The Inuit Circumpolar Council is focusing on shipping and marine governance among its priorities for the next four years, including

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

Federal funding approved to upgrade aging water, sewage lines in Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2026 at 13:44
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By Sarah St-Pierre  Local officials would not say how much community will receive until funding agreement is finalized The federal

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

Russian soldier crosses into Arctic Norway after defecting from Ukraine war

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2026 at 12:13
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By Thomas Nilsen & Olesia Krivtsova A Russian soldier in his late 20s who fought in the war against Ukraine crossed the border

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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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