Giant battery factory bringing economic boom to Northern Swedish city
A new lithium ion battery plant is making the municipality of Skellefteå feel like they have struck gold, as one
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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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Sweden’s labour union hopes for job market reform under new employment minister
Eva Nordmark has been appointed as Sweden’s new employment minister in Stefan Löfven’s government reshuffle. Henrik Ehrenberg, policy director at
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New vessel hopes to renew fisheries in Inuit region of Labrador, Atlantic Canada
A new exploratory fishing vessel is looking to renew an old industry in Nain, in northern Labrador, Atlantic Canada. The
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Nunavut lags behind rest of Canada for child care use, stats show
Susie Kununak wants to work in an office and wants to support her community of Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, in Arctic
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Local workforce won’t be enough for future battery factory in northern Sweden
The company Northvolt plans to recruit more than 2,500 people to its planned battery factory in Skellefteå, which is scheduled
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Labour shortage in northwestern Canada is ‘choking off economic growth,’ says economist
Yukon’s economic growth, in northwestern Canada, is expected to be slow in 2019, then pick up again in the next
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Mining boom to drive economic growth in northern territories beyond rest of Canada, report says
Economic growth in the territories will outpace the rest of Canada over the next two years, driven by the strength
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Inuit groups in Canada to get over $161M for skills, employment training
Canada’s Crown Indigenous-Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett was in Iqaluit, Nunavut on Monday where she announced changes to the federal government’s
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Arctic Finland faces shortage of temporary berry pickers as Thailand holds back on visas
Authorities in Thailand have limited the number of Thai citizens who can apply for visas to work as berry pickers
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Finland’s economic growth to slow down, finance ministry report says
The pace of Finland’s economic growth is set to slow down over the next few years, according to the Ministry
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Recruiter in Finland accused of discriminating against Russian-Finnish dual citizen freed by court
The Helsinki District Court has dismissed a case against a man suspected of discriminating against a Finnish-Russian job applicant applying
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Finland’s new gov breezes through no-confidence vote over its agenda
The newly-assembled government of Prime Minister Antti Rinne won a vote of no-confidence over its proposed agenda by 113 votes
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Northern hiring targets up to 75% for all-season road project in Canada’s Northwest Territories
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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Bank of Finland downgrades economic forecast
The Bank of Finland (BoF) has lowered its projection for Finland’s economic growth. On Tuesday the central bank forecast growth
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