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Norilsk Nickel admits trouble as Russia’s war-torn economy suffers due to sanctions

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 15:56 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 15:57
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In a meeting with Putin in the Kremlin, Vladimir Potanin said his Norilsk Nickel company is forced to operate under

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics (Russia) News Russia 

US senators say Trump failed to prevent Russian LNG from helping fund war in Ukraine

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, November 24, 2025 at 16:15 — Last Updated: Monday, November 24, 2025 at 16:23
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Four Democratic U.S. senators said on Monday that lax enforcement by the Trump administration of sanctions on Russia’s Arctic LNG

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John Main after elected premier at election forum Nov. 2025 John Main, Nunavut's next premier, has lots of ideas for things he wants to improve in the next 4 years. The first step, he says, is coming together with other MLAs to develop a mandate. (Anais Elboujdaini/Radio-Canada)
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

New Nunavut premier takes office as federal government pushes infrastructure drive

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Monday, November 24, 2025 at 14:18 — Last Updated: Monday, November 24, 2025 at 16:10
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As John Main settled in for one of his first interviews since being chosen as Nunavut’s new premier, his phone

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Ocean with glaciers
* Featured * Environment Featured • Zone 3 General 

“Mercury can leak out and become a threat to marine life”

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 24, 2025 at 10:01 — Last Updated: Monday, November 24, 2025 at 10:38
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By Elizaveta Vereykina “Old mercury pollution that nature has stored for us can leak out and become a threat to

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

Sweden looking for Canadian partnership to ramp up fighter, surveillance plane production

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 14:43 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 14:46
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By Murray Brewster  Saab-Bombardier partnership ‘really blossoming,’ says Swedish defence minister Canada’s top flight aviation industry and aerospace expertise makes

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

Shipping industry leaders call for bolstered security, mapping of Arctic water

The Canadian Press
Posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 15:42
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Shipping industry leaders are calling for the federal government to take action on what they say are security and environmental

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* Featured * Business (USA) Featured • Zone 3 News USA 

Alaska Ambler Road project back in focus as company outlines vision for work ahead

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, November 17, 2025 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Monday, November 17, 2025 at 15:49
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From Scandinavia to Siberia to the North American Arctic, a push is underway to secure new supplies of minerals central

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Business Business (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 2 USA 

Trump administration repealing protections for key swaths of Alaska petroleum reserve

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, November 14, 2025 at 11:05
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The Trump administration said Thursday it is rescinding federal rules that were aimed at protecting from future oil and gas

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Facing rapid Arctic warming, Inuit call for full voice in COP30 climate decisions

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 15:58
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With all eyes on the COP30 climate talks in Belém, underway in Brazil this week, the organization representing Inuit internationally

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Iceland) Featured • Zone 3 General Iceland News 

Iceland sees security risk, existential threat in Atlantic Ocean current’s possible collapse

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 10:57 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 11:00
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By Alison Withers and Stine Jacobsen Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a

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* Featured * Environment Featured • Zone 3 General 

Blog: Only highest possible ambition can cut global damage from accelerating ice loss

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 13:15 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 09:13
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Given the heated times we live in, (in all the senses of the word) it was highly unlikely that this

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics Politics (Canada) 

Federal budget delivers $1B Arctic Infrastructure Fund, though future of some social programs unclear

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 08:57
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By Samuel Wat  Transport Canada to invest in major infrastructure projects including airports, seaports, all-season roads A new Arctic Infrastructure

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

China pledges to defend shared security interests with Russia

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, November 3, 2025 at 08:48
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China wants to strengthen cooperation with Russia and defend shared security interests, Premier Li Qiang told visiting Russian Prime Minister

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

Ukraine territories, Arctic are Putin’s focus for 2027 ‘Year of Geography’

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 13:23 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 16:27
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New maps of Russia will be consolidated in the course of the year, the Putin said.  It was during last

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Society Society (Canada) 

A rhino in the Arctic? Nunavut fossil discovery gives new insights into mammal evolution

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 16:59
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Rhinos once called the Arctic home and now scientists have identified a new extinct species in Devon Island, Nunavut—evidence that

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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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