Housing : Ottawa Invests Over $67 Million in Northern and Manitoba Communities
Rebecca Chartrand, minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, and Member of Parliament for Churchill–Keewatinook Aski. Photo : The Canadian Press / Adrian Wyld The federal government is ramping up its efforts in Manitoba’s northern and rural regions. Canada’s Minister of Northern Affairs and Arctic Affairs, […]
Cruise ship visitors increasingly going to Pond Inlet, fewer to Iqaluit
Open water in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, in the short summer of 2022. (David Gunn/CBC) The number of cruise ship visitors to Pond Inlet has grown exponentially since 2022, while many fewer are coming to Iqaluit, according to newly released Statistics Canada figures. There were 4,222 cruise ship passengers who came to to Pond Inlet in […]
Gov. Mike Dunleavy calls special session for gas line bill starting Thursday
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Legislature rejects Stephen Cox as Alaska’s attorney general by 29-31 vote
FILE – This April 2, 2012, file photo shows the front entrance of the Alaska state Capitol building in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File) State attorney general nominee Stephen Cox was rejected by the Alaska Legislature by a 29-31 vote during a joint session Thursday, with opponents questioning actions by him such as turning […]
The McCarthy Road is Now Open for Public Travel
Travelers are encouraged to check road conditions at 511.alaska.gov before traveling Highway map of McCarthy Road. Image-Public Domain (Fairbanks, Alaska) – The McCarthy Road is now open for travel. Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) will perform regular maintenance now through October 1. Beginning early March, Alaska DOT&PF maintenance and operations crews removed […]
UAF, Defense Innovation Unit launch collaboration
UAF photo by Eric EngmanU.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan speaks during a press conference announcing a collaboration between the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Defense Innovation Unit on Friday, May 8, 2026, in the Akasofu Building on the Troth Yeddha’ Campus in Fairbanks. Christian Whitchurch, director of DIU’s Human Systems Portfolio, stands nearby. U.S. Senator […]
Property values are up 4 percent in Miami Beach — but the city still faces budget cuts
The years after the recession were good for Miami Beach’s bank account. With property values on the rise and new buildings going up, money was streaming into city coffers. Miami Beach was able to hire new employees, create new programs and offer raises. But now the growth appears to be slowing. A lack of new […]
Miami-California deal is looking to create the only real-estate website you need
International real estate shoppers soon won’t need to leave their office chairs. Miami’s World Property Journal, which published real estate news online, is being purchased for $33 million by California-based real estate listing website GlobalListings.com. The acquisition is designed to help GlobalListings increase its influence in the real estate analysis and search space. “By combining […]
This Miami man created the Florida prepaid college plan. He also owned Studio 54.
If you went to college on the Florida Prepaid Plan or are counting on it to educate your own children, you can thank Stanley Tate. For more than 70 years, Tate, now 90, has helped shape South Florida and the world beyond. The walls of his modest 1970s office in North Miami are a testament […]
They brought dense, Hong Kong-style commercial development to Miami. Now they want more
Brickell City Centre, the sprawling shopping, dining and residential complex that successfully brought Hong Kong-style multi-level commercial development to Miami’s financial district, now aims to expand its footprint to a fourth block. Swire Properties has filed plans with the city of Miami for an extension of its existing special area plan that would comprise two […]