Cooperation best path for the future, expert counsels

Canadians can make the most of pan-Arctic interdependence by offering new leadership for cooperation and against a future of regional conflict and self-defeating resource exploitation, says Dr. Franklyn Griffiths in new research paper released today by the Canadian International Council.

CLIMATE CHANGE:

Arctic sea ice at lowest in 800 years

A reconstruction of sea ice reveals the lowest levels in 800 years, a new study says.

Finland:

Water continues to warm in Finland

Temps are 1 to 5 degrees C above the average.

Iceland:

Nordic nations dig into their pockets for Iceland

The Nordic nations have signed a long term loan contract with the Iceland Central Bank, agreeing to lend it 1.775 billion Euro.

International:

Let's co-operate

Canada and Russia can co-operate in the process of determining who will have a say in managing the Arctic, says the acting chief of Russia's embassy in Ottawa.

Denmark-Greenland:

Nalunaq goes to a new owner

The mining company Angus & Ross has bought the Nalunaq gold mine in Greenland.

Sweden:

As of July 1, Swedish is tops

The new law also gives five other languages – Finnish, all Saami dialects, Torne Valley Finnish (Meänkieli), Romani, and Yiddish – status as official national minority languages and is supposed to ensure that the languages used by public bodies are “protected, simple, and comprehensible”.

Alaska: