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Estonia ready to contribute to global climate fight through Arctic Council if observer application approved, says president

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 16:27 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 18:06
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Estonia’s long history of polar research, coupled with its current scientific and technological expertise, would allow it to make important

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Canada General RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Canadian PM promises to connect 98% of Canadians, including in North, to high-speed internet by 2026

CBC News
Posted: Monday, November 9, 2020 at 13:09
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The Liberal government is promising to spend more than a billion dollars to connect most Canadians to high-speed internet by

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RCI Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Two new Sami languages added to Swedish children’s book app

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 15:04
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Sami Language Week ran from October 19-25, an occasion that was marked, along other events,  by the addition of two

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Science Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden to launch satellites from space center inside the Arctic Circle

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 11:01
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The Swedish government provides additional funding to Esrange Space Center near Kiruna with the aim to launch small satellites into

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General RCI Society Society (USA) USA 

COVID-19 pandemic raises hard questions about health disparities, says Int’l Inuit org

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 13:42
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the huge disparities between Inuit communities and the South and will require urgent attention in

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Canada RCI Science Science (Canada) 

Archeologists create digital blueprints of historic sites on Canadian Arctic island

Karen McColl, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 11:26
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The impacts of climate change can be hard to notice on an incremental basis, but when archeologist Peter Dawson stepped off

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Business Business (Sweden) General Sweden 

From rescue work to construction, next generation of drones creating new opportunities

Simon Linter, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, November 8, 2019 at 11:09
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Once expensive toys, the latest breed of unmanned drones are being developed to help businesses grow or even save people’s

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Nunavut government in Arctic Canada reformatting 2,000 computers after ransomware attack

CBC News
Posted: Friday, November 8, 2019 at 10:26
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The government of Canada’s Nunavut territory is checking every individual computer in the city of Iqaluit for the ransomware virus.

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada’s Nunavut government hit by ransomware attack

CBC News
Posted: Monday, November 4, 2019 at 10:13 — Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2019 at 10:19
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The government of Nunavut’s communications system was the victim of a ransomware attack early Saturday morning, and as of Sunday

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Blog Environment Environment (Iceland) General Iceland 

Blog – Geoengineering climate fixes popular at Arctic Circle assembly

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 14:53 — Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2019 at 14:05
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At Arctic Circle 2019, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, it seemed, had not gotten the memo: Oil is out,

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Artificial intelligence could better predict climate change impacts, some experts believe

Taylor Logan, CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 15, 2019 at 11:10 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 13:23
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is used to track patterns that could help tackle climate change challenges. All signs point toward a

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Online security experts warn against online voting in territorial elections in Northern Canada

Hilary Bird, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 14:59
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Security experts have a message for election officials in the Northwest Territories: don’t use online voting. Officials recently announced online

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada’s Northwest Territories to use online voting in general election

Hilary Bird, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 10:05
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In a move to increase voter turnout, the Northwest Territories will soon become the first jurisdiction in Canada to use

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Canada General Science Science (Canada) 

New Canadian satellites to improve data collection across the North

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 09:37 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 10:51
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Three Canadian Space Agency satellites being launched into orbit Wednesday from Vandenberg, California, will connect with Inuvik (Northwest Territories), more

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Business Business (Finland) Finland General News 

Could telecommuting keep Finland’s small towns viable?

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 15:07 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 15:08
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Heli Siirilä had long dreamed of living in the countryside. Now she does. A project chief living in the west-coast

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