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Northerners applaud funding for long awaited road through Arctic tundra
Two federal announcements this week are expected to kick-start a long-awaited road into the heart of the Canadian Arctic that would lower grocery costs for northern families and unlock billions of dollars in mineral resources. Transport Minister Marc Garneau pledged…
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The changing landscape of northern transportation
Winnipeg, MB – Accessing Canada’s northern communities is changing along with the region’s climate. With trucks traveling on ice roads and other cargo coming in by aircraft, additional ways to open northern communities to the south has never been more…
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Canada, Northwest Territories launch project protecting northern roads
YELLOWKNIFE, NWT–The Honourable Marc Garneau, Canada’s Minister of Transport, along with Wally Schumann; the Northwest Territories’ Transportation Minister, and Michael McLeod; Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories, have launched the second phase of the Northwest Territories (NWT) Transportation Monitoring Program…