Federal Funds Begin Work on Long Awaited Road to Central Arctic Tundra

Federal Funds Begin Work on Long Awaited Road to Central Arctic Tundra
The center of the Northwest Territories. Google Map
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TORONTO—Northern leaders are cheering after Ottawa announced funding to begin planning and design work for a long-awaited road into the heart of Canada’s mineral-rich Arctic.

Liberal MP Paul Lefebvre told a mining conference in Toronto the federal government will kick in more than $5 million to start work on an all-season road into the center of the Northwest Territories.