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Canada’s deal for F-35 jets to help reinforce northern security: defence minister

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 15:57
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Defence Minister Anita Anand announced on Monday that Canada would acquire 88 new F-35 fighter jets, saying they would play

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‘Indian boarding home’ survivors in the North eligible to receive thousands of dollars in compensation

CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 9, 2023 at 11:00 — Last Updated: Monday, January 9, 2023 at 14:17
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Indigenous northerners who were housed in private boarding homes to attend public schools in the latter half of the 20th

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Nunavik: Demands for health network to be put under trusteeship

Julie Marceau, Radio-Canada @julie_marceau
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 18:23 — Last Updated: Monday, November 21, 2022 at 08:24
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“We’re not sinking: we’re sunk.” A worker shortage, coupled with poor management of the Nunavik health care system, is creating

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Blog: ‘Nor night nor day no rest’ – Arctic diplomacy divided (and united)

Marc Lanteigne
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 16:35
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As the conflict in Ukraine continues, its political, economic and strategic effects have flowed outwards to adjacent regions and beyond.

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Canada needs a ‘more consistent’ presence in North to bolster security, Inuit leader says

Christian Paas-Lang, CBC Radio
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 12:19
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A prominent Inuvialuit leader said Canada must build up a more consistent presence in the Arctic if the country is

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NATO membership decision draws closer as Finnish and Swedish leaders meet

Linnéa Wannefors, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 10:21 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 10:24
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Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin met with Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson in Stockholm Wednesday to discuss defense and security policy,

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Survey: Majority of Finns consider Russia a significant military threat

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 11:13
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Eighty-four percent of Finns consider Russia to be a significant military threat, according to a recent values and attitudes survey

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Finnish PM wants NATO decision to be taken this spring

Yle News
Posted: Monday, April 4, 2022 at 11:00
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Sanna Marin on Saturday told Social Democratic Party delegates gathered in Helsinki that it was time for Finland to seriously

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Covid-19 no longer classified a ‘danger to society’ in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, April 1, 2022 at 09:30 — Last Updated: Friday, April 1, 2022 at 10:18
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After two years, from today, Covid-19 is no longer categorised as ‘a danger to society and a threat to public

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Canada looks to reinforce Arctic sovereignty through diplomacy, military, says minister

Olivia Stefanovich, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10:08
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National Defence Minister Anita Anand is planning a trip to the Arctic, as she gathers her allied counterparts in Arctic

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Violence Against Women bill would expand power of up to 30 Alaska tribal courts

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 11:06
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To help tackle the high rates of violence in Alaska Native villages, a bill in Congress would expand tribal court

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Arctic Canada: Nunavut to ease public health measures in 15 communities

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 10:05
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Fifteen Nunavut communities will be under less-restrictive public health measures starting Monday as their COVID-19 case counts subside. Chief Public

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Norwegian PM: Russian attack on Ukraine will also have consequences in the North

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 7, 2022 at 10:25
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As he is pondering over how to respond to Russia’s letter on security guarantees, Prime Minister Støre makes a keynote

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Russia and China to deepen cooperation in the Arctic

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, February 4, 2022 at 13:07
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Russia and China agreed to continue cooperating on “the sustainable development of the Arctic” as part of a deep strategic

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Sweden to lift almost all COVID-19 restrictions from February 9th

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 09:35
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The decision to discontinue the restrictions was motivated by high vaccination coverage and that knowledge about the omicron variant has

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