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Denmark, Greenland bring united front to White House as Trump says NATO needs U.S. to control island

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 09:23
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French foreign minister slams U.S. ‘blackmail’ ahead of meeting U.S. officials led by Vice-President JD Vance will meet Denmark’s Foreign

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

‘No such thing as a better colonizer’: Inuit emphatically reject U.S. takeover of Greenland

Chris Windeyer, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 13:04
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U.S. President Donald Trump says his country needs Greenland for national security. That has Greenlanders worried about their own national

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Denmark, Greenland envoys met with White House officials over Trump’s call for a ‘takeover’

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 16:06
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Denmark and Greenland’s envoys to Washington have begun a vigorous effort to urge U.S. lawmakers as well as key Trump

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Countries Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Some Greenlanders express outrage over Trump’s threats. But not all are concerned

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 08:45
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By Mark Gollom  Trump administration says utilizing military is ‘always an option’ to acquire territory Tillie Martinussen, a former member

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Here’s where the Yukon’s Mactung mine project stands, one year after joint Canada-U.S. investment

Nancy Thomson, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 12:00
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A major tungsten deposit near the Yukon-N.W.T. border has been attracting plenty of money and attention in Canada and the

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Danish intelligence report warns of US military threat under Trump

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, December 12, 2025 at 12:03
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The United States is using its economic power to “assert its will” and threaten military force against friend and foe

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 1 Newsroom Picks • zone 3 USA 

Congress approves measure to overturn Biden-era plan for Alaska petroleum reserve

The Canadian Press
Posted: Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 14:49
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Congress has passed a measure to overturn a plan enacted during the Biden administration that put off limits to oil

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada, U.S., Finland take step forward on ICE Pact plan to build icebreakers

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 15:27 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 15:28
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Canada, the United States and Finland have taken a step toward building new icebreakers together, despite the breakdown in trade

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US reaffirms Greenland’s right to self-determination amid political sway allegations

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 11:18
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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen The United States’ top diplomat in Denmark has reaffirmed Greenland’s right to determine its own future, following

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Work begins in Finland on a new Canadian icebreaker for Arctic defence

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 10:41
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Dignitaries at a steel-cutting ceremony Wednesday in Finland marked the start of work on a new Canadian icebreaker to be

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Blog Business Business (Canada) Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 2 

Canada’s Davie sees US shipyards as key to winning icebreaker contract

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 11:04
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By Anne Kauranen The owner of Canadian firm Davie Shipbuilding said on Wednesday that the key to winning a contract

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

‘U.S. dominance over’ Canada’s PM says announcing 2% NATO spending target by March

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 9, 2025 at 11:40
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Saying that the era of the United States’ dominance on the world stage is over, Prime Minister Mark Carney committed his

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

U.S. shows strength on the one-year anniversary of Sweden’s accession to NATO

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 11:52
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While the U.S. was absent from the Paris meeting where 30 army chiefs from across the alliance met on Tuesday,

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Business Business (USA) 

Trade war could be ‘crushing’ for Alaska town that depends on the Yukon, residents say

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 11:30
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Alaska business owner Mike Healy has one word to describe the international trade war that began on Tuesday between the

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Canada Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Trudeau says Trump’s ‘dumb’ trade war is designed to collapse the Canadian economy

John Paul Tasker, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 13:57
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An unbowed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that Canada will hit back hard at the U.S. after President Donald

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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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