Large wildfires in Yukon, northwestern Canada threaten highway
Fire crews are battling a pair of major wildfires on the North Klondike Highway near Dawson City that are creating
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Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel deal set to be inked with Chinese construction company
The Finland to Estonia undersea rail tunnel project led by businessman Peter Vesterbacka has taken a step forward. He announced
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Murmansk supports building new road connection to Finland
Cross-border traffic and trade are down, but regional authorities in Murmansk still want to build a new road and border-crossing
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Northwestern Canada: How a changing Yukon River is reshaping an age-old ice bridge
The residents of Dawson City, in northwestern Canada, have an intimate relationship with the Yukon River. It’s why settlers first
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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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Northern Alberta wildfire cuts rail link between Canada’s Northwest Territories and the South
A key bridge on the railroad used for shipping diesel fuel to the Northwest Territories (Canadian central Arctic) is damaged,
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Wildfire in Northern Canada: Railway bridge burns, road link between Alberta and Northwest Territories closed
The CN Rail railway bridge at Steen River, in northern Alberta, has burned down. Jonathan Abecassis, a spokesperson for CN
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Government in Northern Canada encourages drivers to avoid squashing at-risk toad species
Drivers heading out on the Liard Highway — Hwy. 7 in the Northwest Territories, in Canada’s central Arctic — may
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Snowfall causing problems for motorists in central Finland
On Monday morning the Finnish Meteorological Institute reported a dusting of snow cover at its Tikkakoski weather station in Jyväskylä,
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Longread – Guardian of the road in Northern Canada
Mickey Hempler has kept drivers safe on a remote northern winter road for two decades — but he won’t be
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Boost in federal infrastructure fund ‘huge’ for Canada’s northern municipalities
Snow has been melting fast in Yukon, northwestern Canada this week, and Tara Wheeler says that can really do a
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Northern Canada: mild temperatures cause winter road closure in Northwest Territories
Deteriorating conditions on the Mackenzie Valley Winter Road have prompted the Northwest Territories government to close the winter highway for
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No federal funding in budget for major highway project in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The federal Liberal’s latest budget does not earmark money specifically for the proposed Mackenzie Valley Highway, but they are open
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Yukon government on its own to maintain north Alaska highway
The Yukon government is desperately looking for money from the United States to help maintain the north Alaska Highway. Since
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Northern Canada: Construction of all-season road to isolated Indigenous community to begin this fall
Work on the Tlicho all-season road to Whati will begin this fall and is expected to be completed by 2022.
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