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Nunatsiavut government welcomes most recent step towards road project 

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 15:27
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The Nunatsiavut government is applauding the pre-feasibility study funding announcement this week that will examine connecting their communities to the

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Northwestern Canada: Yukon gov pressed for details on expropriations for highway upgrades

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 12:02
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The Yukon Party is pressing the government for details on any planned expropriation of property to make way for Alaska

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Design of Alaska Highway upgrades in Whitehorse, Northern Canada displayed

Steve Silva, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 11:52
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Whitehorse, northwestern Canada residents saw Tuesday evening the nearly finished design of upgrades to a section of the Alaska Highway

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Government to attempt another ice bridge at Dawson City, northwestern Canada after failing last two winters

Paul Tukker, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 10:11 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 11:25
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The Yukon government, in northwestern Canada, is going to give it another shot. Plans are being made to try again

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Snowfall in central, eastern Finland makes roads slippery

Yle News
Posted: Friday, October 4, 2019 at 10:13 — Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2019 at 13:39
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Winter arrived in eastern Finland on Friday morning, with 4-5cm of snow falling in the morning and more on the

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Will Canada’s next government pick up the tab for a major northern highway project?

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 11:18 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:04
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For six decades, it’s been the biggest project on the territory’s to-do list: a 1,500-kilometre highway from the N.W.T’s southern

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Construction of Tlicho all-season road in Northern Canada begins

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 26, 2019 at 14:07 — Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2019 at 14:15
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Elected officials stabbed at muddy ground with clean shovels at the official groundbreaking on the Tlicho all-season road in Whatı̀​​​,

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

All-season road project linking Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Northern Canada gets first major funding

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 13:35 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 15:41
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The Canadian and N.W.T. governments announced $40 million in funding Wednesday toward pre-construction work on an all-season road that would

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Northern Canada Highway to get facelift

Kaila Jefferd-Moore, CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 26, 2019 at 13:31 — Last Updated: Friday, July 26, 2019 at 13:33
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The North Klondike Highway, which winds from Whitehorse to Dawson City, in Arctic Canada, is getting a facelift. The funding,

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Thirsty elks will seek water during heatwave in Finland, motorists warned

Yle News
Posted: Friday, July 26, 2019 at 10:14
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The police department of Southwestern Finland warns people driving in the region of wandering elk that may cross roads unexpectedly

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General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

U.S. government signs new land swap for Alaskan wildlife refuge road

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 16:36
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U.S. Interior Department has already signed a new land swap agreement for a King Cove road, southwestern Alaska, days after

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Large wildfires in Yukon, northwestern Canada threaten highway

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 10:41
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Fire crews are battling a pair of major wildfires on the North Klondike Highway near Dawson City that are creating

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Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel deal set to be inked with Chinese construction company

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at 14:49 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at 14:55
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The Finland to Estonia undersea rail tunnel project led by businessman Peter Vesterbacka has taken a step forward. He announced

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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Murmansk supports building new road connection to Finland

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 28, 2019 at 10:10 — Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2019 at 10:19
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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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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Northwestern Canada: How a changing Yukon River is reshaping an age-old ice bridge

Meagan Deuling and Jonathan Ore, CBC Radio
Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at 11:14
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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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