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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Fire danger rising in southern N.W.T., with no relief in sight

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 11:30
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The risk of wildfires remains high in the southern part of the N.W.T., and the forecast is calling for more

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* Featured * Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 Society (Canada) 

Downtown business owners hope report recommendations ease tensions around Whitehorse shelter

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 11:48
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“Beautification,” community liaisons, organized activities and decentralization. Those are some of the solutions a new report offers to ease tensions

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Canada General RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon workers’ compensation board in northern Canada working with outfitters to improve workplace safety

Jackie Hong, CBC News @xjackiehong
Posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 11:49
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Safety officers visited 13 outfitting camps last year to share resources, suggest improvements The board in charge of occupational health

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Society Society (Finland) 

Safety debate sparked in Arctic Finland after hunter shoots cyclist in national park

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 10:28 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 13:56
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Metsähallitus said that both the hunter and the biker who was shot were moving around in authorised areas. Hunters are

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Alaska Highway travellers might be in for rough ride this summer

CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 22, 2020 at 12:56 — Last Updated: Monday, June 22, 2020 at 16:09
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Travellers on the Alaska Highway between Haines Junction and the United States border may be in for a rough ride

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General News Society Society (USA) USA 

Police officers in Alaska villages hired despite criminal record: report

Lori Townsend, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 12:01 — Last Updated: Monday, August 13, 2018 at 09:32
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Recent reporting in the Anchorage Daily News has exposed a long-standing problem in Alaska of rural communities hiring village police

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Finnish forest fire sparked by sunbeam through bottle in bone-dry weather

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 14:18 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 14:19
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The recent weeks of dry, sunny weather have caused brush and forest fires to spark across Finland. On Tuesday fire

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Business Business (Norway) General News Norway 

Drilling in Norwegian Barents postponed due to dangerous gas

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 11:07 — Last Updated: Friday, May 11, 2018 at 15:14
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No drilling in 2018 as risk of toxic and flammable hydrogen sulfide in the ground needs to be checked out.

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Russia to develop unmanned ships for the Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 14:13 — Last Updated: Friday, April 6, 2018 at 14:02
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Rosatom, Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation takes another step forward positioning itself as a lead player in developing the Arctic.

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General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Helping people face “unbearable” fear

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, April 2, 2018 at 08:00 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 10:11
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People’s fear of bears can be reduced by raising awareness of where the animals live and how they move, new

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The Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica sets sail in the North Pacific Ocean toward the Bering Strait on July 7, 2017. Increased shipping traffic in the Bering Sea has prompted Russia and the United States to make a joint submission to the IMO.
General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Russia, U.S. tackle increased shipping in Arctic strait with IMO submission

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, January 29, 2018 at 11:12 — Last Updated: Monday, January 29, 2018 at 11:29
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With Arctic activity on the uptick, Russia and the United States have drafted a new system of two-way routes through

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Reindeers graze close to a snowy road in Finnish Lapland. (Olivier Morin / AFP)
Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Moose on the loose: Peak crash season approaches in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Friday, September 22, 2017 at 16:28
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Autumn sees a peak in moose-related traffic accidents in Finland. The number of vehicular collisions with moose and deer has

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Business Business (Norway) Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Goliat remains shut down, Norway orders power outage prevention plan

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at 19:57
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ENI has been ordered to identify and implement necessary measures following the loss of power on the Barents Sea oil

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General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden to mandate helmets for snowmobile drivers

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at 19:19 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
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From January the 1st drivers of snowmobiles and quad-bikes are required to wear a helmet. “We have especially big problems with

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Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Controversy over street lighting in Finnish town

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 15:15 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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Municipalities in Finland have been turning off street lights at night in order to save money. In the town of

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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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