Electric cars hit record 50% sales in northernmost Norway
“We are well on our way to the goal that electric cars should be the natural choice for everyone, due
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Infrastructure
Shell teams up with Gazprom Neft in Arctic
The two companies are jointly to develop license areas in Russia’s far northern Gydan Peninsula. A joint venture established on
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Northern climate change will cost country €99 billion says Russia’s Minister of the Arctic
Direct damage on buildings and infrastructure will be up to €99 billion, says Deputy Minister of the Far East and
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Canada Post unveils new Indigenous and northern reconciliation strategy
Crown corporation is planning to meet with every community to discuss their needs Canada Post unveiled its plan to improve
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Gov’t survey highlights hidden homelessness in Nunavut, Canada
Data from 4 Nunavut communities underscores long-standing housing crisis A survey of more than 320 homes across four Nunavut communities paints
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BLOG – In just 20 years, ships could cross an open Arctic Ocean
Sailing via the North Pole was impossible until the 1950s. Now, it is all but inevitable. Even if all greenhouse
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Northwestern Canada Grand Chief calls recent agreement with government a ‘milestone’
Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief George Mackenzie is calling a recent agreement with the territorial government a “milestone.” Late last week, the
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New Barents Sea port and 500 km railway link will connect Asia to Russian Arctic
Russia pushes for more of the global cargo flow to go north. A new year-round port near Indiga in the
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ANALYSIS: Finances in Canada’s Northwest Territories leave little wiggle room ahead of budget
Caroline Wawzonek has promised to be creative as numbers paint a grim picture Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek has a challenge
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Air links between Canada, Alaska, Greenland & Siberia could be building blocks for economic development says Quebec Inuit leader
Direct air links between Arctic Canada and Inuit regions of Alaska, Greenland and Russia could be important building blocks for
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Circumpolar partnerships will be increasingly important for Canada’s North, Ottawa Arctic conference hears
As climate change puts international attention on the North, circumpolar partnerships will have an increasingly important role to play when
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Canadian PM stresses relationship with Indigenous peoples in mandate letters to new government ministers
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued his mandate letters to the ministers of his new government on Friday, stressing the
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Northwestern Canada: Yukon gov pressed for details on expropriations for highway upgrades
The Yukon Party is pressing the government for details on any planned expropriation of property to make way for Alaska
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Design of Alaska Highway upgrades in Whitehorse, Northern Canada displayed
Whitehorse, northwestern Canada residents saw Tuesday evening the nearly finished design of upgrades to a section of the Alaska Highway
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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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