Police in Northern Quebec seize vodka bottles, 94% alcohol
Police in Nunavik (Inuit region of Northern Quebec) say they seized a large quantity of booze — including 24 litres
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Various protests planned in Helsinki for Trump-Putin summit
Helsinki Police said it has been informed of four demonstrations planned for 16 July, when US president Donald Trump is
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Canada’s federal police faces $1.1B lawsuit over bullying and harassment claims
Canada’s national police force is facing a mammoth $1.1-billion lawsuit — believed to be the biggest in the force’s history
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Former Canadian Mountie sues after developing PTSD while policing in the North
A former Mountie is suing the federal government, a doctor and a psychologist who worked for the Royal Canadian Mounted
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Russia’s Lefortovo prison: a haunting song from the Barents region
Vladimir Martynenko from Murmansk used to tour neighbouring Scandinavia with Russian ballades about faith and love. He was arrested and
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Indigenous Peoples activist detained in Moscow
Police searched Rodion Sulyandziga’s apartment Sunday morning and prevented him from leading a seminar. Well-known Rodion Sulyandziga runs the Moscow-based
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Migrants tried to make it to Scandinavia, were charged by FSB
The security service detains and charges migrants as they attempt illegal border crossing to Norway and Finland. Representatives of the
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Alaska’s heroin problem brings together state, local and federal leaders in search of a solution
BETHEL — Alaska’s heroin problem is significant, growing and, authorities say, in need of attention from all quarters to get under
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Norwegians detained for ‘cross-border stone throwing’ at Russia
Don’t throw the first stone. Norwegian military border guards and police acted properly. It was Sunday evening that the military
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First liquor store in more than 40 years opens in Bethel, Alaska
BETHEL – After decades of political battles over booze in a region where attention is often focused on alcohol-fueled destruction,
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Drone applications on the rise in Finland
The uses for unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, have multiplied in recent years and applications are being developed
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Norway resumes transportation of asylum seekers to Russia
Migrants who came to Norway from Russia across the border-crossing point at Storskog last autumn and winter, are now being
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Alaska councilman gets death threat for campaigning against heroin use
BETHEL — A Bethel City Council member trying to put attention on the destructiveness of heroin in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
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Alaska city awash in alcohol even without legal sales
BETHEL — Even with no legal alcohol sales, the amount of hard liquor coming into this Western Alaska hub is
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Assistant district attorney shot and killed in Arctic Alaska
An Alaska assistant district attorney who once was a Washington state lawmaker was shot and killed in the Arctic community of
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