Yukon government missed deadline to present annual financial report
Documents were tabled several weeks after late-October deadline. The Yukon government was late in filing its annual financial report, and
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Funding requests rejected as Yellowknife prepares for ‘tight and frugal’ city budget
$1.1M for more street outreach services among requests turned down Yellowknife city council received a handful of funding requests from
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Yukon gov’t boasts of ‘strongest economy in Canada,’ tables $48M surplus budget
Yukon’s finance minister painted a rosy picture of the territory’s future on Thursday, as he tabled a $48.2-million surplus budget,
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N.W.T. passes ‘more realistic’ capital budget
The budget passed with 13 votes in favour, one opposed and one abstention The government of the Northwest Territories has
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Norway strengthens its Arctic military in new defense plan as security concerns grow in the region
There are forces that want to weaken unity in Norway, as well as between western countries, Prime Minister Erna Solberg
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Arctic Canada: Yukon government back in black with $4M surplus budget
The Yukon government is expecting to be back in the black this year, with its first projected surplus budget in
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Police response times up to an hour slower in Arctic Finland
A report on police response times from last year published by the National Police Board of Finland shows major regional
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City of Yellowknife, Northern Canada proposing to spend 31% more than 5 years ago
At a committee meeting this week, Yellowknife city councillors, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, will begin officially discussing the city’s draft
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US Dept. of Transportation awards $25M for Port of Alaska upgrades
The Port of Alaska is getting $25 million in federal funds to help improve and modernize. The money was announced
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MLAs in Canada’s Nunavut territory delay approving housing corp’s draft budget
In the legislature Monday, MLAs chose to delay approval of the Nunavut government’s proposed 2020-2021 capital estimates for its housing
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Finnish Parliament debates Rinne govt’s first budget proposal
Finland’s Parliament began debate on Tuesday over the first state budget proposal put together by the left-leaning government of Prime
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Alaska’s public broadcasting stations trying to make up for loss of state funds
Alaska now joins 14 other states that don’t fund public media. Public radio and TV stations across the state lost all their
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Inuit priorities should be part of Canadian nation building, national org. tells campaigning parties
With the Canadian election campaign in full swing, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), Canada’s national Inuit organization, is calling on the
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What the budget says about Sweden’s minority government
What does this week’s budget proposal say about the state of the four party co-operation that brought in the government?
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Education, wage subsidies key in Finland’s budget for 2020
Finland is looking to invest in wage subsidies and education in the 2020 budget agreed by government parties this week,
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