Nunavut warns of a ‘surge’ of COVID-19 cases in Iqaluit, the Baffin region
At long last, Nunavummiut were able to again gather for Christmas games and feasts during the holidays. But the good
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Climate change could lead to viral spillover in Arctic says study
Genetic analysis from a team at the University of Ottawa in Canada suggests climate change could lead viral spillover the
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Arctic Canada: Nunavut set to stop posting weekly COVID-19 case counts
Public updates to Nunavut’s COVID-19 case counts aren’t coming as frequently as they once did, and the territory plans to
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Murmansk tightens COVID-19 restrictions while Norway eases them
The two neighboring regions in the north take opposite directions on how to handle the record spike in new virus
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Sweden to lift domestic travel restrictions in mid-June
People without Covid-19 symptoms will be allowed to travel within Sweden from June 13th, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven announced on
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Arctic Canada: Nunavut businesses, private sector struggle to find space in closed economy
This story is part of The COVID Economy, a CBC News series looking at how the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic is
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Airline shutdown creates new challenges for rural Alaska
In April, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atqasuk’s tribal co-ordinator Millie Frankson received word that the grocery order
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Sweden’s top epidemiologist admits he got COVID-19 strategy wrong
Sweden should have put more measures in place to fight the spread of the coronavirus from an early stage, state
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Swedish protest over George Floyd’s death to take place online due to pandemic
Demonstrations have spread across the globe following the death of a black man in the United States after a white
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Some businesses booming as Yukoners adjust to pandemic life in Arctic Canada
While many businesses are struggling to survive through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, others are as busy as they’ve ever been.
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Canada announces new COVID-19 funding for Inuit communities
The federal government is making an additional $650 million available for Indigenous communities to deal with current COVID-19 needs and
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Man trying to enter Russia stuck in Finland for over 2 months
A man who became stuck at the Vaalimaa border station between Finland and Russia in mid-March, has now been stranded on the
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Arctic Canada: Nunavut extends public health emergency until June 11
Nunavut’s public health emergency is extended until June 11 because of COVID-19. After releasing a reopening plan for the territory on
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Finland joins other Nordic countries in virtual tourism due to pandemic
Finnish tourism destinations are turning to virtual tourism to get around travel restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. The first
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Sweden seen as major source of COVID-19 in Western Finland region
Vaasa Central Hospital’s infectious diseases chief physician Juha Salonen told Svenska Yle that people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Finland’s western region
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