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Sweden’s Armed Forces: Railways must function without modern technology

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 15:51
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While new modern data-driven technical solutions for Sweden’s national railways are being introduced, the needs of the country’s armed forces

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

N.W.T.’s Deh Cho bridge expected to be repaired by year’s end, to the tune of $7M

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 09:01
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Bridge has been down to 1 lane since summer 2023 The Deh Cho bridge in the N.W.T. should be repaired

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

N.W.T. leaders present unified front in meetings with federal government

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 11:22
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By Francis Tessier-Burns  Infrastructure, transportation, housing all on the agenda for N.W.T. Council of Leaders A handful of N.W.T. leaders

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

N.W.T. MLA says Sahtu communities are in ‘a huge crisis’ after barge cancellations

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 11:28
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Daniel McNeely says the cost of living has risen sharply on food, gas and supplies The N.W.T. MLA for the

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News 

Quebec announces $90-million investment for seven Nunavik airports

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 14:37
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The Quebec government has announced $89,742,000 to go towards improving airports in Nunavik in the northern part of the province. 

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Dawson City, Yukon, residents weigh in on future of river crossing

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 15:58
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Many said building a bridge is the best way to solve the crossing woes A bridge, an electric ferry and a

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General News 

Opening of Dettah ice road still at least a week out: N.W.T. gov’t

CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 15, 2024 at 09:02
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Ice road from Aklavik to Inuvik opened Friday It will likely be at least a week until the Dettah ice

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Electric truck driver in Yellowknife faces charger compatibility issue at home

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 13:47
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Ben Baird bought a slower Level 2 charger for his Ford F-150 Lightning instead When Ben Baird purchased a fully

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* Featured * General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Ice-cold gloom for Russia’s new super-powerful icebreaker

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 31, 2023 at 11:05
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Budgets are massively overrun and it is not clear when the 120 MW nuclear-powered vessel will be ready for sailing.

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General 

Nunavut gov’t mulls whether to extend pilot project flight connecting Iqaluit to Sanikiluaq

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 16:17
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Pilot project is funded through the Nunavut government until the end of the year The Nunavut government is weighing whether

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

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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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 General RCI 

Wildlife concerns still lingering in Arctic Canada as public hearings into Baffinland’s expansion resume

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:10
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Final public hearings into Baffinland’s Mary River Mine expansion run until April 2 Nunavut’s Qikiqtaaluk communities are still concerned about

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* Featured * Business Business (Finland) Countries Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Finland-Sweden train travel moves a step closer

Yle News
Posted: Monday, March 29, 2021 at 10:08
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There is something that marks Finland and Sweden out as unusual in Europe: They are neighbouring countries that do not

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* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 General News Russia 

Rosatom makes fun of Suez traffic jam, promotes Russia’s Arctic route as alternative

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 15:51
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In a twitter thread, Russia’s State Nuclear Energy Corporation makes big fun of the trouble for global shipping caused by

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General RCI 

Remote Canadian community’s request for direct flight to Arctic Nunavut territory can no longer be ignored says mayor

Jackie McKay, CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 26, 2021 at 11:20
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Pandemic travel restrictions has isolated the community from the rest of Nunavut The mayor of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, says his community

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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