Yukon government on its own to maintain north Alaska highway
The Yukon government is desperately looking for money from the United States to help maintain the north Alaska Highway. Since
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Infrastructure
Finnish housing companies hesitant to install charging stations for electric cars
Few housing companies in Finland appear to be willing to cough up the cash to install charging stations for residents’
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Northern Canada: Construction of all-season road to isolated Indigenous community to begin this fall
Work on the Tlicho all-season road to Whati will begin this fall and is expected to be completed by 2022.
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Transport Canada pledges funding for permafrost research
Scientists working in Canada’s North are getting more funds to study thawing permafrost and its effects, especially when it comes
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Railway linking Barents Sea coast to Arctic Finland not commercially viable, report says
Finnish-Norwegian working group says cargo volumes are too small to justify building a railway from Rovaniemi (Arctic Finland) to Kirkenes
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Northern Canada: Small deficit projected in Northwest Territories budget
Money in the latest budget that’s allocated to go to five shelters in the Northwest Territories will go a long
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Water rates set to rise in Iqaluit, Arctic Canada as subsidy is rolled back
In Canada’s east-Arctic, Iqaluit homeowners are going to be paying three times as much for water by July 2021. Last
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Russian Arctic shipping to be regulated by Rosatom
Rosatom has officially been granted the leading role in the development of the Russian Arctic. The company that employs more
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Russia presents massive five-year plan to boost Arctic energy sector
Russian investments in regional infrastructure and natural resource development will over the next years be equivalent to the country’s federal
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Contract awarded to build ice bridge in Dawson City, northwest Canada
The Yukon government is going to try again this winter to help Mother Nature build an ice bridge across the
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Massive 7.0 earthquake strikes southcentral Alaska
A powerful 7.0 earthquake hit Southcentral Alaska Friday morning, shaking town and causing widespread damage. Information is still trickling in,
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Floating nuclear power plant bringing economic revival to Arctic Russian town
One of Russia’s remotest spots is seeing hectic construction of new housing, parks and local infrastructure. The town located on
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Canadian government pledges $400 million for northern transport
The federal government is set to announce funding to help improve the remote roads, airports and bridges of Canada’s North.
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New terminal to help airport in Arctic Finland face tourism boom
The first phase of Kittilä Airport’s new expansion project is nearly complete and its new areas will be open to
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Could an underwater link mean cheaper energy for Canada’s Northwest Territories?
A proposed high voltage cable crossing a shallow 100-kilometre stretch of Great Slave Lake is still years from being built
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