For some, Internet defines freedom

10/15/10 Driving down the Alaska Highway gave me the opportunity to listen to CBC radio earlier this week. I was particularly struck by an interview of people in various villages in Nunavut, the new Inuit territory north of Quebec, such places as Iqaluit, Kimmirut, Rankin Inlet, Kugluktuk, Gjoa Haven, Resolute Bay and others I keep tabs on weekly through Northern News Service.

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Tax, Spend and Shovel

10/20/10 http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | It took 410 days to build the Empire State Building , four years to erect the Golden Gate Bridge . The Pentagon took a year and a half, the Alaska Highway just nine months. These days it takes longer to build an overpass.

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World War II-era Alaska Highway bridge over Tanana River demolished

03/04/11 FAIRBANKS - The bridge over the Tanana River east of Tok on the Alaska Highway was demolished on Tuesday. Built in 1943 during the construction of the Alaska Highway by the U.S. military, the o...

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