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Construction has already started on the Onega Freeway's Russian side. (Yle)
Business Russia 

Russia ahead on Onega Freeway to Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, July 22, 2013 at 15:03
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Construction has already started on a four-lane toll highway set to run from the Parikkala-Syväoro border crossing in Northern Finland

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Swedish speakers may soon be able to communicate more easily with railway staff. (Mari Siltanen / Yle )
Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Finland railway staff to get Swedish phrasebook

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 13:33
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Finland’s state railways VR is to distribute a Swedish phrasebook to its staff. They have been criticised for sometimes failing

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La construction du nouvel aéroport d'Iqaluit représente à ce jour le plus gros investissement du gouvernement territorial. (Pat Nagel / CBC)
Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Contractor named for Iqaluit, Nunavut airport construction

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 5, 2013 at 09:49
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The Government of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut has selected a partner to design, build, finance, operate and maintain

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Reindeers graze close to a snowy road in Finnish Lapland. (Olivier Morin / AFP)
Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Finnish roads the most dangerous in Nordics says newspaper

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 09:49
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The  daily newspaper Aamulehti out of the Finnish city of Tampere, reports on Wednesday that Finnish roads are the most dangerous in

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Beer residues will become biogas to run this Eskilstuna bus, (Petra Levinson / Sveriges Radio)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Buses in Swedish town to run on beer residues

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 10:15
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Buses in Eskilstuna, west of Stockholm, Sweden, are to be powered in the future by beer. Swedish Radio News reports

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Aaju Peter who, sails with Adventure Canada on its summer Arctic cruises, said more docks are needed in Nunavut. (CBC)
Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Arctic shipping to play bigger role in Canada

CBC News
Posted: Monday, May 6, 2013 at 16:12
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A transportation expert is calling Arctic shipping one of the main global challenges facing Canada and its eastern Arctic territory

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Duane Wilson, vice-president of merchandising and logistics with Arctic Co-operatives Ltd., says the company will switch to using Canadian North, with Winnipeg as a hub for shipping food due to changes in the food subsidy program for northern residents. (CBC)
Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Food program changes business in Canada’s Arctic

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 09:17
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Changes to the supply chain for Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. are creating new transportation routes in Canada’s High Arctic. Arctic Co-operatives

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Jeff Duffield, of Wasilla, Alaska, rides his horse alongside the Parks Highway in downtown Wasilla. A new bus service will run between Wasilla and Fairbanks. (Matt Tunseth, Chugiak-Eagle River Star, AP)
Society Society (USA) USA 

Bus service to better connect Alaska communities

Suzanna Caldwell, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Monday, April 29, 2013 at 09:57
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With a state as sprawling and vast as Alaska, it makes sense that not every community would have access to

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An explosion near Tuktoyaktuk releases gravel at the beginning highway construction season in 2014. (CBC)
Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Highway construction underway in Canadian Arctic

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 10:26
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Construction is moving ahead on an Arctic highway in Canada’s Northwest Territories, despite the design being only 85 per cent

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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

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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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