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Sabina says yes to building a gold mine in western Nunavut

Jane George, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 11:51
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Nunavut is set to see a third operating gold mine in 2025 with Sabina Gold and Silver Corp.’s recent decision

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Even amid pandemic, the northern housing market is hotter than ever, say realtors

John Last and Katie Toth, CBC North
Posted: Monday, August 10, 2020 at 12:32
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When Vanessa Thorson bought her duplex in Whitehorse’s Takhini neighbourhood in 2015, it cost her just $285,000. Three years later,

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Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russian security agency to build another building in Murmansk

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 15:03 — Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 15:14
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The decision to build one more office complex for the security service comes only three years after the Stalin-styled new

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Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Major Canadian northern highway project proving difficult to realize

Richard Gleeson, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 10:18 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:07
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The Northwest Territories government says it is moving ahead with the Mackenzie Valley Highway project, but so far it’s a

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

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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Business Business (USA) General USA 

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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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General News 

Climate change could unleash Greenland sand bonanza, say researchers

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
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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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Policing infrastructure rejig in Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
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 Denmark/Greenland General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Denmark/Greenland) News Politics 

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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General News Russia Society Society (Russia) 

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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Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

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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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

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

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
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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General Norway Society Society (Norway) 

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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Blog Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

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

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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)
Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

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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