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Quebec announces $90-million investment for seven Nunavik airports

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 14:37
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The Quebec government has announced $89,742,000 to go towards improving airports in Nunavik in the northern part of the province. 

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Finnair to continue state-subsidised regional flights, including in Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 11:13
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The routes serve the regional airports of Kokkola-Pietarsaari, Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kajaani and Kemi-Tornio. Finland’s national airline Finnair will continue to

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UK variant cases prompt Iceland to tighten up border measures and domestic restrictions

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 16:01
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Iceland is putting new COVID-19 rules in place at the border after Iceland’s chief epidemiologist says new COVID-19 domestic waves

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Iceland relaxes some COVID-19 restrictions as downward infection trend holds

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 15:41
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With domestic COVID-19 infections continuing on the downturn, Iceland started relaxing some public health restrictions on Wednesday. “We are in

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Iceland institutes new COVID-19 border measures

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:31
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Iceland’s new border measures came into effect Friday, which requires all passengers to provide a negative COVID-19 PCR test that

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Northwestern Canada: Yukon gov pressed for details on expropriations for highway upgrades

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 12:02
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The Yukon Party is pressing the government for details on any planned expropriation of property to make way for Alaska

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Design of Alaska Highway upgrades in Whitehorse, Northern Canada displayed

Steve Silva, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 11:52
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Whitehorse, northwestern Canada residents saw Tuesday evening the nearly finished design of upgrades to a section of the Alaska Highway

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Canadian gov to fund runway upgrades for Inuvik, Northwest Territories airport

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 14:51 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:58
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Two months after announcing $22 million to protect permafrost underneath Inuvik’s airport, the federal government has returned to the Northwest

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Alaska’s largest airport expects more passengers this summer

Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 16:19
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Airport managers in Anchorage, Alaska are expecting more passengers this summer. Passenger capacity on planes flying to the Ted Stevens

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Flights at Stockholm airport disrupted after Boeing jets grounded

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 10:52
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Stockholm’s Arlanda airport is experiencing disruption with an estimated 20 departures affected by the ban on Boeing 737 Max jets

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EU Boeing aircraft ban affects Norwegian Airlines flights in Helsinki

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 10:19
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Norwegian Airlines has announced the cancellation of four flights from Helsinki to Stockholm and one flight to Helsinki to Oulu

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Finland’s air traffic controllers get new contract to end long-standing dispute

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 14:03
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The long-running contract dispute between the Finnish Air Traffic Controllers Association (SLJY) and the Service Sector Employers’ group Palta is

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Travellers complain about wait times at Yellowknife airport, in Northern Canada

Hilary Bird, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 10:38 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 10:47
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Complaints about long security wait times at the newly renovated Yellowknife Airport made their way to the Northwest Territories legislature

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Canada’s Nunavut territory projects small deficit in $2.2B budget

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 10:12 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 10:14
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As Nunavut (east-Arctic Canada) heads towards its 20th birthday, the territory’s budget is putting a lot of small chunks of

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Business Business (Finland) Finland General News 

Air traffic controllers’ lockout set for ski holidays in eastern, northern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 16:03
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Air traffic controllers have announced their intention to embark on a one-week workers’ lockout from 9.00am 4 March until 9.00am on

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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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