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Greenland calls March 11 elections as Arctic island fields US interest

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 16:21
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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen Greenland’s prime minister announced on Tuesday that the semi-autonomous Danish territory will hold a general election on March

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

Blog—‘Meet Me in the Middle’: Iceland’s Next Government Coalesces

Marc Lanteigne
Posted: Monday, December 9, 2024 at 15:51 — Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2024 at 15:53
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After close to seven years of an unusual left-right coalition governing Iceland, voters on 30 November decided on an extensive

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Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)
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Alaska elections officials hope to avoid rural voting problems, as seen in primary

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 16:19
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For some rural and predominantly Native Alaska communities, there hasn’t always been a guarantee that polling places will be open

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

Rerun Sámi election in Finland prompts 22 complaints

Yle News
Posted: Monday, July 22, 2024 at 11:19
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The courts had ordered elections to be re-run with 65 excluded voters returned to the electoral register. There have been

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

“Sámi Parliament election in Finland: 2 candidates by court ruling

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 10:26
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By Hannah Thule The court ordered repeat election of the 2023 Sámi Parliament has started. Five out of the 36

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) 

MLAs make their pitches to be N.W.T.’s next premier

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 11:18
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Starting at 9 a.m. on Thursday, MLAs vying for the territory’s top job will each deliver a 20-minute speech. N.W.T.

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Joachim Bonnetrouge re-elected chief of Deh Gah Got’ie First Nation in Northern Canada

Anna Desmarais, CBC News
Posted: Friday, November 22, 2019 at 11:43
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Joachim Bonnetrouge is back in the chief’s chair for the Deh Gah Got’ie First Nation after a tight election campaign

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Kenny Bell is Iqaluit’s new mayor as municipal elections held across Canada’s Nunavut territory

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 10:07 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 12:26
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Mayors and councillors were elected across Nunavut on the same day for the first time on Monday, as communities went

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

New premier of Canada’s Northwest Territories will face big demands for change

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 14:33 — Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 15:24
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At the outset of Thursday’s vote, onlookers could be forgiven for assuming Jackson Lafferty had the advantage in the race

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Here are the six new cabinet members in Canada’s Northwest Territories

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 13:40
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The new premier of the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, has a brand new cabinet. Six MLAs were selected to

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

MLAs in Canada’s Yukon territory debate electoral reform process as former clerk rebukes gov

Nancy Thomson, CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 13:16
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In northwestern Canada, Yukon MLAs have begun to debate a motion establishing an all-party committee on electoral reform, following a

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Caroline Cochrane elected premier of Canada’s Northwest Territories

John Last and Sidney Cohen, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 15:09 — Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 13:30
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Caroline Cochrane, MLA for Yellowknife’s Range Lake district, has been elected premier of the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada. Cochrane

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canadian FedElxn 2019: Liberals hang on to western Arctic, centre-left NDP takes east

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 14:03 — Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 13:31
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The Liberal Party was able to hang on to Canada’s western Arctic in the federal elections on Monday, while the

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Labrador MP slams Innu leadership in legal spat over NunatuKavut Inuit self-determination

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 12:14 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 16:31
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Moments after her election win sent Yvonne Jones back to Ottawa for a third term, the Labrador MP broke her

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Inuk MP Yvonne Jones hangs on to Labrador riding in Atlantic Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 07:13 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 14:04
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Yvonne Jones, the Liberal Party MP in the Labrador riding of the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, held

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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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