Canadian government pledges $400 million for northern transport
The federal government is set to announce funding to help improve the remote roads, airports and bridges of Canada’s North.
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Infrastructure
New terminal to help airport in Arctic Finland face tourism boom
The first phase of Kittilä Airport’s new expansion project is nearly complete and its new areas will be open to
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Could an underwater link mean cheaper energy for Canada’s Northwest Territories?
A proposed high voltage cable crossing a shallow 100-kilometre stretch of Great Slave Lake is still years from being built
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Northern Canadian village hopes future road will boost tourism
If you build it, they will come. It’s a mantra that’s proven true this summer as the newly-opened Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway
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Arctic Finnish firm wins US award for road maintenance technology
Technology developed by Roadscanners, a company based in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland that specialises in traffic infrastructure management, was recognised by
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Finnish city of Turku takes €100m loan to fix schools, but worries about mounting debt
Turku city leaders are planning to take on more debt to finance investments in schools. According to a budget proposal
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French school in Northern Canada finally opens new gymnasium after years of legal battles
After over a decade of lobbying, fundraising, and fighting in court, the only francophone school in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories finally
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Finland to upgrade Arctic border-crossing point to welcome more traffic from northern Russia
More than €11 million will be invested in brand new infrastructure facilities at the northernmost checkpoint between the countries. The
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Thawing permafrost melts ground under homes and around Global Seed Vault in Svalbard
Houses are sagging in Longyearbyen and the unstable ground around the famous seed vault is now frozen artificially while the
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Arctic coastal town of Dikson is fastest-warming place in Russia
The town of Dikson and the surrounding Taymyr Peninsula, in Russia’s central Arctic, has the most rapid temperature increase in
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‘We aren’t bad people,’ says family living in tent in front of legislature in Arctic Canada
Brian Tagalik and Pitsiulaaq Ashoona say territory’s housing crisis means they can’t afford rent. Brian Tagalik says the hardest part
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Russia giving major upgrade to airstrip in High Arctic
The 2,500-meter-long runway on the Nagurskoye base in Russia’s Franz Josef Land is getting a new and solid top layer
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City in Canadian Arctic to get data centre thanks to arrival of faster internet
Iqaluit, Nunavut’s capital city, is preparing to build a data hub, as a new higher-speed broadband network is set to
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Canadian military to build multi-million dollar facility in Northern city
Canada’s Department of National Defence [DND] is planning on spending over $50 million to build a 7,600 square metre facility
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Arkhangelsk hopes for millions in infrastructure as it becomes Russia’s top venue for Arctic talks
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev mulls big money for upgrades of the local airport and university ahead of next year’s
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