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Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) RCI 

Arctic Council’s work on track despite pandemic, now gearing up for 2021 ministerial, says ambassador & SAO

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, November 23, 2020 at 10:11
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The Arctic Council senior Arctic officials plenary meeting wound up on Thursday with current chair Iceland praising the forum’s ability

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Business Business (Norway) Norway 

Oslo fends off climate activists, offers oil companies 136 new oil blocks in northern waters

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2020 at 09:49
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As the Norwegian government awaits the Supreme Court’s verdict in a historic climate law suit, it announces another 136 oil

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Territorial finance minister in Arctic Canada predicts ‘largest deficit in Nunavut history’ due to COVID-19

CBC News
Posted: Monday, November 2, 2020 at 15:58
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Before the pandemic, a deficit of $30 million was projected in February when the budget was announced Nunavut’s finance minister

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Business Business (Finland) Finland 

Duo aiming to raise funds for jobless sled dogs in Arctic Finland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 11:24 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:38
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The collapse in Lapland tourism means thousands of sled dogs are out of work and could possibly be put down.

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Canada’s PM says COVID-19 pandemic amplified housing, connectivity gaps in territories

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 12:54
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Trudeau says the pandemic has exposed ‘the depths’ of issues faced by northerners In an exclusive interview with CBC North’s The

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Business Business (Denmark/Greenland) Denmark/Greenland RCI 

Greenland adds new incentive to promote domestic tourism as international travel craters

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 08:31
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With the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic still impacting Greenland’s tourism industry, the government has announced a new initiative

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Canada’s Green Party leadership candidates debate food security and the North’s economy

Hilary Bird, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 13:35
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The nine candidates vying to replace Elizabeth May as the leader of the Green Party held their fourth leadership debate on Monday

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Denmark/Greenland General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) RCI 

Denmark, U.S. affirm need to ‘maintain and build situational awareness’ in the Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, July 24, 2020 at 08:09
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Denmark’s Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod wrapped up their meeting on Wednesday, with both

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Denmark/Greenland General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) RCI 

Pompeo to talk Arctic at upcoming meeting with Danish FM

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 15:40
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The Arctic will be high on the agenda when U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo travels to Copenhagen at the

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Big uptake of COVID-19 emergency benefit program in Northern Canada’s territories

Richard Gleeson, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 11:35 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 12:01
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A large number of people in the N.W.T. and Nunavut have tapped into a federal program meant to provide emergency

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Business Business (Finland) Finland 

Finland’s Finance Ministry predicts sluggish recovery from pandemic

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at 14:49
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State number crunchers forecast a six-percent slump this year – but Finland’s economy will slowly recover towards the end of

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General Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Iceland offers COVID-19 testing to international travellers starting June 15

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, June 15, 2020 at 14:33
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Iceland began offering COVID-19 testing to international travellers on Monday, in hopes that giving tourists a way to avoid two-week

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Arctic Canada: Nunavut businesses, private sector struggle to find space in closed economy

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 5, 2020 at 10:47
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This story is part of The COVID Economy, a CBC News series looking at how the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic is

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Iceland RCI Society Society (Iceland) 

Iceland and Greenland implement COVID-19 testing for travellers

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 15:51 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 15:09
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Iceland and neighbouring Greenland have slowly been reopening their economies for several weeks, and this month have implemented COVID-19 testing

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Canada General RCI Society Society (Canada) 

COVID-19 amplifying economic stress on First Nations, Inuit and Métis in urban Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 15:18
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COVID-19 is increasing the  economic stress on Canada’s urban Indigenous population, including Inuit, says a new article from Statistics Canada.

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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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