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Rovaniemi, Kuopio and Oulu most lucrative Finnish cities for residential investment

19 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments Finland, Kuopio, Oulo, real estate, Rovaniemi

The most attractive cities for residential real estate investors in Finland are Rovaniemi, Kuopio and Oulu, followed by Turku and

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Large wildfires in Yukon, northwestern Canada threaten highway

11 July 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Dawson City, forest fires, roads, wildfires, Yukon

Fire crews are battling a pair of major wildfires on the North Klondike Highway near Dawson City that are creating

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Radiation seeping out from 30-year-old nuclear-sub wreck in Norwegian Sea

10 July 201912 July 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 1 Comment Bear Island, Komsomlets, Norwegian Sea, nuclear, nuclear submarines, radiation, Russian Navy, Soviet Union, submarines

One sample taken from an open ventilation hole of the wrecked Soviet nuclear-powered submarine shows levels of about 800 Becquerel

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Finnish government considers allowing cities to charge congestion fees to slash emissions

9 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments carbon neutral, emissions, POLICY, taxes, traffic, transport

The Finnish government has plans to reduce carbon emissions by allowing urban municipalities to charge road congestion fees, according to

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Scientists check 30-year-old submarine wreck for radiation in Norwegian Sea

8 July 20198 July 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Bear Island, Komsomolets, Norwegian Sea, nuclear, nuclear submarines, Russian Navy, Soviet Union, submarines

Norwegian and Russian researchers sail joint expedition to the site where the submarine Komsomolets sank in 1989. The unique titanium

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Levels of violence against young women in Northern Canada triple rest of country

5 July 20195 July 2019 Ryan Patrick Jones, CBC News 0 Comments crime, domestic violence, indigenous, Indigenous women, MMIWG, women

Young women and girls living in the northern parts of Canada are three times more likely to be victims of

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Conservative Party leader travels to Yukon, outlines vision for Northern Canada

4 July 20194 July 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Andrew Scheer, carbon tax, Conservative Party, elections, Whitehorse, Yukon

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer outlined his vision for the North on Wednesday in Whitehorse, speaking at a luncheon organized by

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

4 July 2019 Hilary Bird, CBC News 0 Comments elections, Internet, Northwest Territories, NWT, technology

In a move to increase voter turnout, the Northwest Territories will soon become the first jurisdiction in Canada to use

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Wildfires in Alaska and Yukon producing smoky conditions

3 July 20193 July 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Alaska, forest fires, health, pollution, wildfires, Yukon

Yukon’s chief medical officer of health issued an air quality advisory Monday as much of the territory was blanketed by

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Alaska universities, health services hit hard by governor’s budget vetoes

2 July 2019 Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau 0 Comments Alaska, budget, education, health care, healthcare, Mike Dunleavy

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed 182 separate line items from the state’s operating budget. During a Friday press conference, Dunleavy

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Finnair gets domestic competition with Norwegian’s new Helsinki-Vaasa route

1 July 201928 June 2019 Yle News 0 Comments airlines, Finnair, flight, Helsinki, Norwegian Air Shuttle, travel, Vaasa

Norway-based budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle has announced it will roll out regular flights between Helsinki and Vaasa, a city

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Murmansk supports building new road connection to Finland

28 June 201928 June 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments borders, Kovdor, Murmansk, roads, Savukoski

Cross-border traffic and trade are down, but regional authorities in Murmansk still want to build a new road and border-crossing

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Canada’s new Indigenous languages law does not protect Inuit languages, leaders say

27 June 2019 CBC News 0 Comments indigenous, indigenous languages, Inuit, Inuktitut, Inuktut, legislation

Inuit leaders are calling on the Canadian government to make a real commitment to protect Inuit languages, saying the recently

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Small town in Arctic Russia to become Northern Sea Route shipping hub

26 June 201926 June 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, Dikson, energy, Infrastructure, Northern Sea Route, oil, shipping

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signs the decree that is to turn the remote Arctic settlement of Dikson, in the

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Lack of consultation stalling land-claim agreement in Northern Canada, Dene Chief says

25 June 2019 Randi Beers, CBC News 0 Comments Athabasca, Dene, First Nations, indigenous, land claims, Northwest Territories, NWT

Some Akaitcho First Nations leaders says a group of First Nations in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, in the Canadian Prairies,

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