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Groups want federal review of Izok Corridor in Canada’s Arctic

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 16:02
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N.W.T. and national groups want say in environmental hearings for Izok Corridor Project Organizations in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of

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Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Q&A: Preparing for a mining economy in western Nunavut

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 16:41 — Last Updated: Monday, February 15, 2016 at 19:29
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Mining has becoming one of the most important industries in Canada’s remote northern territories. But often, the local population is

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Business Business (Canada) Canada 

New hydro dam for capital of Canada’s eastern Arctic would cost $450M

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 14:42
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Qulliq Energy says dam would be up and running by 2019 Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory

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Business USA 

Soft coal market worldwide leads to Alaska layoffs, uncertainty

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, December 10, 2012 at 16:33
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Fewer locomotives brimming with coal will make their way through Alaska’s Railbelt this winter, thanks to a downturn in global

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Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Diamond company and First Nations groups want to join forces in Canada’s Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Friday, December 7, 2012 at 14:35
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Groups propose a joint forum to build trust around Gahcho Kué diamond mine De Beers Canada presented a joint proposal

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Business Russia 

Russian LNG tanker reaches Japan after traversing Northern Sea Route

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 16:00
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According to the Financial Times (via IBN Live), Russian state-owned gas company Gazprom‘s loaded LNG tanker, Ob River, arrived in

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Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Canada approves eastern Arctic Baffinland mine project

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 3, 2012 at 20:10
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The Canadian government said Monday it has approved the Baffinland Mary River iron ore project in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory

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Business Sweden 

Steel workers in North Sweden agree to first crisis deal

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 14:35
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Hours reduced, salaries up Workers in Sweden’s northern town of Luleå have agreed to temporary pay cuts and shorter hours

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Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Kaska in Yukon, Canada agree to meet premier over blockade threat

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 14:34
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Kaska leaders had threatened action over proposed oil and gas developments on their traditional territory The Kaska are hoping a

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Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Northern Canadian airline First Air lays off flight crews

CBC News
Posted: Monday, November 26, 2012 at 14:20
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All 8 Boeing 737 pilot positions in Yellowknife eliminated First Air, an airline that serves 30 communities in Canada’s North,

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Business Finland 

Troubled mine in east Finland to re-open this week

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 15:20
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The mining company has been given the green light to re-start its metal recovery plant in Sotkamo, eastern Finland. The

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Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Oil railway through Yukon, Canada headed toward public consultation

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 14:21
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Railway promoter shies away from claim that project has already been approved by governments The promoter of a railway from

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Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Company pleads guilty in Yukon, Canada mine death

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 16:42
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Contractor Procon says it’s also guilty but less responsible The mining contractor at Yukon Zinc Corp.’s Wolverine mine said it

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Business Finland 

Rights, resource development take centre stage in Canada’s northwest Yukon territory

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 15:57
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NDP accuses government of “path of division and conflict” The issue of aboriginal rights and resource development is turning into

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Business Finland 

Finnish mine company changes CEO after toxic leak

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 15:41
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Finnish mining firm Talvivaara has brought back its former CEO Pekka Perä to lead the company. The move follows discharges

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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