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Finland: 35,000 people without power in Arctic town

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 16:15 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at 20:59
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Intense thunderstorms on Monday caused power outages to thousands of homes, with energy companies in eastern Finland reporting that many

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Environment Environment (Finland) Special Features 

Giant hailstones hit Arctic Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, July 28, 2014 at 13:35 — Last Updated: Friday, March 16, 2018 at 09:33
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Hailstones the size of golf balls fell on the  city of Rovaniemi in Finland’s Arctic Lapland province on Saturday evening

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Finnish training fighter Hawk. (iStock)
Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Fighter exercises in North Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, May 12, 2014 at 11:12
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The Finnish Air Force’s Lapland Air Command is beginning a week of exercises over an area extending from the city

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The endangered peregrine falcon was almost completely wiped out in the 70s. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Rare peregrine falcons spotted in Finland’s Arctic

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 14:34
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There have been several sightings of the endangered peregrine falcon, which is on the verge of global extinction, in Rovaniemi,

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Nasifa Yeasmin, chair of the Arctic Immigrants association. (Yle)
Finland Society Special Features 

Immigrants join forces in Finland’s Arctic

Yle News
Posted: Friday, February 14, 2014 at 13:16
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The trauma of arriving in wintry, near-deserted Rovaniemi, a city in Finland’s Arctic, from Bangladesh’s capital of 15 million people

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Photo Galleries Society Society (Finland) 

Archaeologists examine site in Finland’s Arctic

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 11:26 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 08:18
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Archaeologists are exploring a series of habitation layers dating back as far as 5000 BC in Rovaniemi, Finalnd, in the

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
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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