Finnish forests attract foreign buyers – mostly Germans
Finnish forest products company UPM has been actively marketing tracts of forest in eastern Finland ranging in size from 500
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Winter road restrictions criticized in Canada’s N.W.T.
It’s an annual precaution on the Sahtu winter road, which runs through the heart of Canada’s Northwest Territories. When warmer
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Winter road to open this week in Yukon’s Arctic
The opening of the winter road to Old Crow, in Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory, is a few days behind schedule
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Endangered whale meat shipped from Iceland via Halifax
Environmentalists are pushing for stricter trade laws in Canada involving at-risk species after the recent shipment of fin whale meat
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Blog: Oil companies push ahead with plans in Russia and Canada while sidelined in the U.S.
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that more crude oil is being sent by sea and inland waterways
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Exploration not new to reindeer reserve in North Canada: Arctic mayor
The Mayor of Inuvik, a town in Canada’s Northwest Territories says he’s puzzled by all the attention a recent story
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Oregon mining company says it can build Arctic port for Alaska
Worried that the other nations are crushing the United States in the race for Arctic shipping and resource-extraction dominance because
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Finland: Talvivaara “can’t afford” to invest more in nuclear power station
The beleagured Finnish mining company says it will not pull out of the project to build the new Fennovoima nuclear
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Alaska battle heats up as years of oil decline predicted
With a new state forecast showing Alaska oil production falling to unprecedented lows in the coming decade, Democrats are calling
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Some Alaska industries increasingly staff out-of-state workers, report
It’s something that never fails to rile Alaskans — valuable in-state jobs going to Outsiders. More of those jobs are
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Finnair descends into loss
Finland’s national air carrier Finnair has declared a loss of nine million euros from its operations in 2013. One year
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Nunavut should turn growth into prosperity according to economic outlook
According to the executive director of the Nunavut Economic Forum, the territory is attempting to turn growth into prosperity. The
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Finland: Cameco announces reduced valuation of Talvivaara asset
Canadian uranium producer Cameco has announced a 70 million USD write-down of its Talvivaara asset due to the mining company’s
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Blog: Air Greenland nixes helicopter order
Earlier this week, we looked at some stories about how the reality of drilling in the Arctic wasn’t necessarily living
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Air Greenland plans another summer of Iqaluit-Nuuk flights
Air Greenland says tourists, not oil or mining companies, are keeping its route alive between Iqaluit and Nuuk. The airline
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