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Northern hiring targets up to 75% for all-season road project in Canada’s Northwest Territories

Richard Gleeson, CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 14, 2019 at 11:00
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The Northwest Territories government, in Northern Canada, has revealed northern hiring targets it’s setting for the construction and operation of

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What kind of spending is expected in Alaska’s construction industry this year?

Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 10:14 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 10:16
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Construction industry spending in Alaska is projected to increase by 10% this year compared to 2018. If the forecast holds

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Climate change could unleash Greenland sand bonanza, say researchers

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 14:28 — Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2019 at 15:05
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The sediment left behind as climate change melts Greenland’s glaciers could provide unexpected export opportunities for the territory as the

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Policing infrastructure rejig in Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, September 28, 2018 at 14:35 — Last Updated: Friday, September 28, 2018 at 14:40
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Government of Yukon announced new plans this week for policing infrastructure in

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Blog – With Siumut’s re-election, will Greenland welcome Chinese investment?

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 11:37 — Last Updated: Friday, April 27, 2018 at 11:43
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Nearly 30,000 Greenlanders, or some 71.9% of eligible voters, went to the polls today on the world’s largest island. Some

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Major corruption case clouds Russian base projects in Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, April 20, 2018 at 11:12
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Two men with close ties to the Ministry of Defence are charged with theft of almost 3 billion rubles in

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Climate researchers are building on 90 cm higher ground, prepare for the worst in Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 19:09
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«We have consistently and severely underestimated the rate of climate change,» says Director Jan-Gunnar Winther of the Norwegian Polar Institute.

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An Arctic Council meeting in Maine? Why it’s not as strange as you may think

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, October 7, 2016 at 02:10 — Last Updated: Friday, October 7, 2016 at 18:27
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PORTLAND, Me. – When Portland, Maine was named as the site of this fall’s Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials meeting,

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Norwegian security fence may be too close to Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 26, 2016 at 16:12
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Up to 50 meters of Norway’s new security fence could be teared down and rebuilt. Supposed to be finished before

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Construction work restarted on Russia to Norway road

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 18:57
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New year, new cash. Excavators and dump trucks are back in business on Russia’s road towards the Norwegian border. After

A construction site in Finland. The number of building companies seeking bankruptcies remains high, though it has declined by nearly 20% since last year. (iStock)

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Bankruptcies dip in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 15:15 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 20:33
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While the building industry showed the largest drop, nearly 50 companies per month still filed for bankruptcy in the first

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Large Norwegian business presence in Murmansk, Russia

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 20:10 — Last Updated: Friday, May 15, 2015 at 17:32
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A quarter of all companies with Norwegian ownership in Murmansk and Arkhangelsk have disappeared since 2012, but still the activity

Construction work on E105 between the old check-point and Borisoglebsk. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Norway delays bridge-building to Russia on road to Crimea

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 18:34
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Russia works seven days a week with new highway to the border, but the Norwegian Public Roads Administration today announced

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Relocation of Arctic town underway in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 19:53 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 19:04
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After years of planning, the first steps of tearing down and moving the Arctic town of Kiruna started today in

Finland is considering restrictions on things like lakeside cottage construction in an effort to protect the endangered saimaa seal. (iStock)

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New measures to protect the Saimaa seal in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2014 at 14:36 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 16:47
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Restrictions on new holiday homes, more limits on fishing and an 800 metre no-go zone around dens are included in

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