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Downtown business owners hope report recommendations ease tensions around Whitehorse shelter

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 11:48
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“Beautification,” community liaisons, organized activities and decentralization. Those are some of the solutions a new report offers to ease tensions

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Canada Countries News RCI Society (Canada) 

Pangnirtung health centre in northern Canada will be closed next month due to staff shortages

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 16:18
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The health centre in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, will be temporarily closed next month for about one week, according to the Department of

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 RCI 

Evacuation alert issued for some Southern Lakes properties in Yukon

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 16:28
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Emergency officials in Yukon have issued an evacuation alert for some property owners in the Southern Lakes area threatened by

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 RCI 

Out-of-control wildfire fire threatens cabins northwest of Fort Simpson in Canada

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 11:54
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A new lightning-caused wildfire located about 65 km northwest of Fort Simpson is threatening cabins in the area, according to

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Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Why Sweden can’t declare a state of emergency over COVID-19

Loukas Christodoulou, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, April 17, 2020 at 10:29 — Last Updated: Friday, April 17, 2020 at 10:34
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Sweden cannot legally declare a full state of emergency to deal with corona, says an expert in constitutional law –

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

No confirmed cases of coronavirus in Canadian Arctic, but here’s how they’re preparing

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 11:18
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There are no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Yukon, Northwest Territories or Nunavut, but health officials say they’re taking precautions

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Iceland) Iceland Politics 

Arctic Council creates new expert group on nuclear emergencies

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 11:16
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Two fatal accidents during the summer of 2019 was a wake-up call for radiation emergency authorities monitoring northern waters. On

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Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic Canada: Nunavut residents get underwater airplane escape training

Jackie McKay, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 10:33
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You’re upside down and underwater, strapped into a metal cage by a harness-like seatbelt and the door beside you is

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General News Society Society (USA) USA 

Alaska’s firefighters are ready for wildfire season

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 10:28 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 10:58
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It’s the start of wildland fire season in Alaska, and to make sure they’re ready for it, firefighters have been

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Suicide crisis grows at Ontario First Nation

Radio Canada International
Posted: Monday, April 11, 2016 at 15:51
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A federal and provincial crisis team has flown to a northern Ontario First Nation that declared a state of emergency

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General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Jönköping, Sweden – famous for its elderly care

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 16:00
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Jönköping, population 93,000, in southcentral Sweden, just made CNN’s list of the top ten healthiest cities. The town shares the company

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