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A sea-floor scan shows one of the two long-missing Franklin ships. The image was unveiled by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper with much fanfare in 2014. (Canada parks/The Canadian Press)

Canadian reporter says Toronto Star stopped work on Arctic shipwreck story

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 20:33 — Last Updated: Friday, July 10, 2015 at 20:32
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Canadian reporter Paul Watson says he has resigned from the Toronto Star newspaper after editors banned him from further research into

United States Secretary of State John Kerry leaves a news conference at the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Ministers from the eight Arctic nations and the leaders of northern indigenous groups form the Council. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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Blog: Arctic Council Ministerial – Winners and Losers

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Monday, April 27, 2015 at 13:43 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 14:04
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Canada’s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council concluded on Friday in Iqaluit. With the dust now settled, it’s time to review

Aleksandr Serebryanikov, owner of the Bloger51 site, was in 2013 accused of violations of a criminal code paragraph on incitement of national, racial, or religious enmity. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Arctic-based Russian blogger walks free

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 13:31 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 19:24
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Prosecutors in Murmansk end their case against the man behind the popular Bloger51 news site. Aleksandr Serebryanikov might finally be able

Despite great interest in reporting on the Barents region, major obstacles remain say researchers. (iStock)

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Column: Journalists want to report on Barents region – Here’s why it’s not working

Markku Heikkilä & Henri Wallen, Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 13, 2015 at 19:14 — Last Updated: Monday, March 16, 2015 at 18:31
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In basically every newsroom in the Barents region you can find journalists who are willing to report about what is

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Blog: Welcoming Barents Observer to Eye on the Arctic!

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 17:53 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 21:36
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Today, we are pleased to introduce a new media partner to the Eye on the Arctic project! BarentsObserver.com is a

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Merged Alaska Dispatch News website launches

Josh Edge, APRN - Anchorage
Posted: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 13:57
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The Alaska Dispatch and Anchorage Daily News websites Tuesday merged under a new name – Alaska Dispatch News. The new

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Alaska Dispatch to buy Anchorage Daily News

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Posted: Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 11:07
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Alaska Dispatch is making an aggressive move to position itself at the forefront of the the state’s media landscape. It

Madeleine Allakariallak will take over as the host of CBC’s Inuktitut-language supper-hour news show, Igalaaq, on April 1. (Scott Benesiinaabandan)

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Madeleine Allakariallak to host CBC North’s Igalaaq

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Posted: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 10:50 — Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014 at 18:41
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Starting April 1, Madeleine Allakariallak will take over as the host of CBC’s Inuktitut-language supper-hour news show, Igalaaq. “I am

A gateway leading to the infamous gypsum pond at Talvivaara. (Heikki Rönty / Yle)

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Report on Finnish mine leak calls out company, officials and media

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 3, 2014 at 11:19
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An investigation into the 2012 Talvivaara mine leak in eastern Finland has blamed the company, officials and even the press

Rescue helicopter from the Chinese ship Xue Long in Antarctica. The helicopter ferried the scientists, tourists and journalists in groups of 12 to an Australian government supply ship, the Aurora Australis. (Jessica Fitzpatrick / Australian Antarctic Division / AFP)

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Blog: China at the Poles

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, January 6, 2014 at 16:07
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Global media interpretations of China’s rescue of stranded passengers off Antarctica vary The Chinese icebreaker Xue Long‘s rescue of the

Don Jaque, publisher of the Northern Journal in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, says a territorial government decision to move its job advertising online could kill northern newspapers. (CBC)

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Life or death for newspapers in Canada’s North?

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Posted: Monday, December 30, 2013 at 11:23
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This October, the government in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) launched a new website advertising job openings. It’s a decision the publisher

Yle Ođđasat news anchors Aletta Lakkala (left), Kaisa Aikio and Rosa-Máren Magga in the new Sámi language studio in Inari. Image: Vesa Toppari / Yle

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Finland: Indigenous Sámi TV news kicking off in December

Yle News
Posted: Monday, November 25, 2013 at 10:15
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The Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle will begin a wholly in-house produced TV news service in the Sámi language as of

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Global cooling? London newspapers ignite controversy over Arctic climate change

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 13:44
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The kerfuffle over climate change is heating up anew thanks to relatively cooler temperatures atop the globe that have resulted