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Chamber of Commerce in Canada’s Northwest Territories says tourism threatened by COVID-19 border restrictions

Anna Desmarais, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 10:36
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Travel restrictions will likely stay in place during the 2021 tourism season, Dr. Kandola says The N.W.T. Chamber of Commerce

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General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden keeps 50-person limit on public events, proposes new COVID-19 restrictions

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, October 9, 2020 at 15:11
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Sweden’s government held off on changing its 50-person limit on public events and gatherings after it had previously signalled a possible easing

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Inuit region of Arctic Quebec to start double testing travellers for COVID-19

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 16:10 — Last Updated: Friday, October 9, 2020 at 14:55
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The regional health board in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, will require travellers from the South to be

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General Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Norwegians with Swedish property threaten legal action over travel restrictions

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 10:08
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A group of Norwegians are threatening a lawsuit against their home country over its Covid-19 travel restrictions that they say

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Reykjavik, Iceland. The Arctic Circle Assembly was held in the city this week. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
General Iceland RCI Society Society (Iceland) 

Iceland extends bar, nightclub COVID-19 closures in capital area until September 27

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 01:37
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Iceland has extended its closure of bars and nightclubs until September 27 in an effort to tamp down ballooning COVID-19

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Denmark/Greenland RCI Society Society (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland reexamining COVID-19 rules after cases surge in Denmark

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, September 21, 2020 at 08:16
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Greenland’s home rule government is currently reexamining its COVID-19 related executive order after a surge of cases in Denmark and

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General RCI Society 

Iceland orders four-day closure of Reykjavik-area bars after uptick in COVID-19 infections

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, September 18, 2020 at 14:28 — Last Updated: Friday, September 18, 2020 at 14:30
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Reykjavik-area bars and nightclubs started a four-day shutdown on Friday as the Icelandic government seeks to put the breaks on

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Two candidates to vie for presidency of Inuit gov in Atlantic Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, September 11, 2020 at 08:30
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Two candidates will vie to become president of Nunatsiavut, the Inuit region in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and

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Society Society (USA) USA 

Indigenous communities in Alaska harder hit by COVID-19

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 14:54
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Alaska state health data indicate Pacific Islanders and Alaska Natives are more likely to contract COVID-19 and be hospitalized with the illness.

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Denmark/Greenland RCI Society Society (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland approves revised COVID-19 strategy

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 14:53
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Greenland has approved its revised COVID-19 strategy to prevent infections from arriving in the region. While Greenland never adopted a

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Health authority OK’s Air Inuit, Canadian North to resume bookings to Nunavik, Quebec

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 09:31
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The health board in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, has given the OK for sister airlines Air Inuit

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut extends public health emergency into September

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 21, 2020 at 18:22
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Nunavut’s health minister has announced that the territory’s public health emergency is extended for another two weeks into September. The COVID-19

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General Iceland RCI Society Society (Iceland) 

Iceland intensifies COVID-19 border testing after case increase

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 09:11
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Iceland will be intensifying COVID-19 testing measures at the border as of August 19 after a recent increase in cases.

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Iceland RCI Society Society (Iceland) 

Iceland eases COVID-19 rules for educational institutions, sporting events

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2020 at 12:31
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Iceland has eased COVID-19 social distancing rules at certain educational institutions and for sporting events as of August 14. Social

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Denmark/Greenland RCI Society Society (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland changes COVID-19 rules for travellers from Iceland, Faroe Islands

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 09:08
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Greenland lifted its preferential treatment of travellers from Iceland and the Faroe Islands on Tuesday after COVID-19 infections spikes in

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