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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Elders, internet and COVID-19 dominate most recent meeting of regional gov in Arctic Quebec

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, November 30, 2020 at 14:33
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Elders, internet and COVID-19 were the main topics discussed at the most recent Kativik Regional Government council meeting in Nunavik,

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Reducing emissions could create up to 3,000 new jobs in Arctic Sweden says mining group

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 16:15 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 16:23
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LKAB, a state-owned mineral and mining group, wants to invest 400 billion kronor to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions through

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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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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 (Russia) General Russia 

Nickel plant in northwest Russia shutting down its first furnace

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 10:32
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With the closure comes a 33% cut in emissions from the infamous factory in the Russian, Norwegian borderland. Just one

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Business Business (Sweden) General Sweden 

Unemployment rate rising in Sweden

Anders Jelmin, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 14:19
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Unemployment is going up faster now, and for the first time in over a year, the long-term unemployment is also

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Aging nickel plant in northwest Russia due to close in late 2020

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 13:47
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A gradual halt in production is likely to take place before Nornickel fully closes its smelter in the Russian border

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Job growth to slow down, Finland’s labour ministry predicts

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 12:01 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 12:06
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Employment growth will nearly come to a halt between 2020 and 2021, according to the latest labour market forecast published

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General Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Would closing a nickel plant spell doom for the town of Nikel, Arctic Russia?

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 8, 2019 at 09:55 — Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2019 at 10:00
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The toxic smoke that for decades has embraced the borderlands between Russia and Norway might soon vanish. It will help

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Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Researcher seeks to improve immigrant employment in Northern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 12:30 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 15:48
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Nafisa Yeasmin, a Doctor of Social Sciences at the University of Lapland, was named Academic of the Year 2019 by

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Business Business (Sweden) General Sweden 

Giant battery factory bringing economic boom to Northern Swedish city

Ulla Engberg and Dave Russell, Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 11:50 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 11:55
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A new lithium ion battery plant is making the municipality of Skellefteå feel like they have struck gold, as one

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finnish Parliament debates Rinne govt’s first budget proposal

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 11:15 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 12:18
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Finland’s Parliament began debate on Tuesday over the first state budget proposal put together by the left-leaning government of Prime

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General News Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden’s labour union hopes for job market reform under new employment minister

Simon Linter, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, September 13, 2019 at 12:29 — Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2019 at 13:11
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Eva Nordmark has been appointed as Sweden’s new employment minister in Stefan Löfven’s government reshuffle. Henrik Ehrenberg, policy director at

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

New vessel hopes to renew fisheries in Inuit region of Labrador, Atlantic Canada

Jacob Barker, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 14:22
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A new exploratory fishing vessel is looking to renew an old industry in Nain, in northern Labrador, Atlantic Canada. The

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Nunavut lags behind rest of Canada for child care use, stats show

Angela Hill, CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 26, 2019 at 11:00
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Susie Kununak wants to work in an office and wants to support her community of Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, in Arctic

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