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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Yukon’s nominee allocation cut by half, territory delays application process

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 13:13 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 14:04
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By Gabrielle Plonka Allocation in 2024 was 430 people; this year, it’s 215 The Yukon’s allocation of nominees under the

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Crossings remained low in turbulent border year

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 09:13
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Norwegian immigration police summarize traffic for 2023, 30% growth, but far below pre-COVID levels. In 2023, the Norwegian-Russian border saw

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Whitehorse residents paying it forward by shoveling snow for those who can’t

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 10:44
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There is a magic in the air when it snows in the Yukon, but when it comes to shoveling it,

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) News 

Finland closes several border-crossing points to Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 10:32
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Following a rapid growth in illegal border traffic, the Nordic country closes four of its border-crossing points to Russia. The

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) 

Cabinet postpones meeting on border crossings; Russia ‘deeply regrets’ Finnish moves

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 14:38
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The Kremlin has reacted with displeasure to statements by Finnish leaders, who accused Russia of funneling asylum-seekers to its border.

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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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Finland Politics (Finland) 

Arctic Finland faces shortage of temporary berry pickers as Thailand holds back on visas

Yle News
Posted: Friday, July 5, 2019 at 13:59
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Authorities in Thailand have limited the number of Thai citizens who can apply for visas to work as berry pickers

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Recruiter in Finland accused of discriminating against Russian-Finnish dual citizen freed by court

Yle News
Posted: Monday, June 17, 2019 at 13:35
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The Helsinki District Court has dismissed a case against a man suspected of discriminating against a Finnish-Russian job applicant applying

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska’s senator Murkowski ‘not inclined’ to back Trump on Mexico tariff

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 10:02 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 14:20
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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she and most of her Republican colleagues are not happy with President Trump’s plan to

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Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Russia intercepted over 1,000 people trying to cross Finnish border in 2018: paper

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 11:11
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Russian officials reportedly stopped more than 1,000 people from illegally crossing the border into Finland last year, according to the

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General News Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden to grant refugee status to Chinese Uighurs

Dave Russell and Daniel Velasco, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 15:03 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 15:06
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Uighurs and other Muslims and Turkic minorities from China’s Xinjiang province who seek a safe haven in Sweden will now

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada: Northerners’ hopes of sponsoring family members dashed

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 1, 2019 at 11:13
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Younes Oudghough says he went on the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada website an hour before applications opened Monday in

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Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Fewer than 50,000 births in Finland last year

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 12:06
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According to preliminary data from Statistics Finland, 47,307 births were recorded in the country last year, a good 3,000 fewer

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Muslim community in northwestern Canada grows into its new mosque

Meagan Deuling, CBC News
Posted: Friday, January 4, 2019 at 14:22
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Nearly 20 men pray together in the dying sunlight on a Friday afternoon in late December. They kneel and rise

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General News Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Uighurs in Sweden say they face surveillance, threats from China

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, November 9, 2018 at 15:24
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People from the minority group say they have been pressed to gather information about other Uighurs living in Sweden and

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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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