Boost in federal infrastructure fund ‘huge’ for Canada’s northern municipalities
Snow has been melting fast in Yukon, northwestern Canada this week, and Tara Wheeler says that can really do a
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No federal funding in budget for major highway project in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The federal Liberal’s latest budget does not earmark money specifically for the proposed Mackenzie Valley Highway, but they are open
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Federal budget promises $700M for Canada’s North over next decade
The federal government has promised to spend $700 million over the next 10 years for Canada’s North, with money coming
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Nunavut government cuts to Inuit college decried
Inuit leaders are slamming the Nunavut government, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, for its decision to pull funding from Canada’s first
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Northwestern Canada : $5.9M deficit in Yukon budget
The Yukon government is going slightly into the red again this year, with its second consecutive deficit budget. Yukoners will
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Proposed Alaska budget could cut programs to bare minimum, school district says
Under Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget, public education is facing a substantial cut. Kindergarten to grade 12 programs would
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Alaska governor faces tough criticism over proposed budget cuts
Alaska Gov. Michael Dunleavy’s budget is facing criticism — in legislators’ town halls across the state last weekend, and in
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Proposed cuts to Alaska’s Medicaid raises concern for health centers, hospitals
Medicaid is one of the most expensive parts of Alaska’s budget. And Gov. Michael Dunleavy is proposing a huge cut
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Alaska’s Senator Sullivan: President Trump’s emergency wall money ‘probably legal’
“Probably legal” – That’s U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s opinion on the emergency President Trump declared to redirect money to the
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No big shake-up in Nunavut budget, territorial Inuit org says
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. feels the second budget from this government is just more of the same. Aluki Kotierk, president of
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Canada’s Nunavut territory projects small deficit in $2.2B budget
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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Alaska budget: senator Murkowski cool to governor Dunleavy’s proposed cuts
Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in her annual address to the state Legislature that the state has big budget decisions to
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Proposed Alaska budget: send inmates out of state to cut correctional services spending
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget for the Department of Corrections cuts $19 million from this year’s budget. About $12.8
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Northern Canada: Small deficit projected in Northwest Territories budget
Money in the latest budget that’s allocated to go to five shelters in the Northwest Territories will go a long
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Alaska’s US senators veer apart on shutdown votes
In the U.S. Senate Thursday, two bills that would have ended the partial government shutdown failed to get enough votes
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