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Business Business (Canada) Canada General RCI 

Air links between Canada, Alaska, Greenland & Siberia could be building blocks for economic development says Quebec Inuit leader

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 14:04 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 14:06
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Direct air links between Arctic Canada and Inuit regions of Alaska, Greenland and Russia could be important building blocks for

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Business Business (Canada) General RCI 

Circumpolar partnerships will be increasingly important for Canada’s North, Ottawa Arctic conference hears

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at 21:25 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at 21:29
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As climate change puts international attention on the North, circumpolar partnerships will have an increasingly important role to play when

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Norway Politics 

Major rethinking of Arctic governance structures needed to address current threats, says analyst

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 10:37 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 10:42
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Do nothing and risk sleepwalking into conflict, says renown international relations analyst. Arctic affairs are not like they used to

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Arctic Canada: Nunavut’s government and Inuit organization renew promise to work together

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 14:31
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Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) and the government of Nunavut have renewed their commitment to work together with the signing of

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Eliminating tuberculosis among Canada’s Inuit stalled due to lack of funding

Kieran Oudshoorn, CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 20, 2020 at 10:00
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Nearly two years after the federal government committed to eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit by 2030, progress is stalled and the

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Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

New report criticises Sweden’s climate policies

David Russell, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 10:26 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 12:21
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Sweden’s climate policy must focus more on really reducing greenhouse gas emissions worldwide than on ‘cleaning its own backyard’. The

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) 

Goldman Sachs will no longer fund drilling in Arctic refuge sacred to First Nations

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 11:01
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In the wake of a U.S. banking giant’s announcement that it will no longer invest in new oil projects in

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Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden to make all laws follow its climate targets

Ulla Engberg, Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 10:29
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The government has presented Sweden’s first ever ‘climate policy action plan’ which describes how they will work over the next

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Finland Politics Politics (Finland) 

Sámi reconciliation process gains final approval in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 10:33
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The Sámi Parliament of Finland on Tuesday officially accepted the mandate of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), tasked with

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Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Blog – Is this the end of the Arctic Council and the Arctic governance as we know it?

Timo Koivurova
Posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 15:43 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 15:55
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For a long time, many of us observing Arctic affairs have been using the term Rovaniemi Arctic spirit when we

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) 

30-year-old Canadian federal document shows plan to ‘block’ Inuktut services, Inuit group says

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Monday, December 9, 2019 at 10:20
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Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI), the organization that represents the Inuit of Nunavut in negotiations, says it has uncovered a 30-year-old

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) 

The North sees little mention in Canadian federal throne speech

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Friday, December 6, 2019 at 10:11 — Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2019 at 10:43
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In a promise to fight climate change, “walk the road of reconciliation,” and to keep Canadians healthy, Gov. Gen. Julie

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Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

‘This is positive’: global carbon emissions set to grow slowly in 2019

David Russell, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 12:32
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Global carbon emissions rose only 0.6 percent in 2019 due to a decline in the worldwide use of coal, according

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada’s social-democratic party leader promises to push for climate action in Nunavut’s capital

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 2, 2019 at 11:57
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Nunavut’s new MP toured the leader of the NDP around Iqaluit this weekend. MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq and NDP leader Jagmeet

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

Russia is winning support for its claims on Arctic shelf, says chief negotiator

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 29, 2019 at 11:12
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The UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) has reportedly endorsed key parts of the country’s positions. A breakthrough in Russia’s bid

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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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