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CTV News
2 hours ago
- General
- CTV News
Milk River to start flowing again as Montana siphon repair finishes three months early
Repair work on the St. Mary Canal Siphon in Montana is well ahead of schedule. That means water will soon flow through the Milk River once again.
Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
South Washington Street down to two lanes at 28th Avenue South beginning June 30
Jun. 27—GRAND FORKS — South Washington Street will see lane closures at 28th Avenue South beginning June 30. The project will focus on turn lane work. The lane closures are expected to last through July 6. During construction, Washington Street will be down to one lane in each direction and traffic on 28th Avenue will only be able to make right turns at the intersection. Northbound Washington Street traffic will return to normal beginning July 6 but but southbound traffic impacts will continue past July 6. The North Dakota Department of Transportation is leading the project and will extend the left turn lanes to allow for additional queueing space. NDDOT will also do concrete panel replacement. The project will cost $209,965, with the city of Grand Forks spending roughly $15,400. The rest of the funds come from state and federal funding sources.
Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
The science of road buckling, amid statewide concerns
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW)— Across the United States, roadways are buckling under the pressure of extreme heat, and Missouri is no exception. In one dramatic incident in southwest Missouri, a vehicle was launched into the air after hitting a road buckle caused by soaring temperatures. Road buckling occurs when concrete pavement expands due to intense heat. Concrete naturally expands in hot weather, but when it exceeds the capacity of the joints built to absorb that movement, the pressure causes the pavement to heave or 'pop,' creating dangerous ridges or breaks in the road surface. As summer temperatures continue to rise, the risk of buckling becomes more serious, including here in St. Joseph. Marty Liles, the Northwest District Engineer, explains that there's no real way to predict when these concert blowups" will occur. However, when temperatures start to rise, Marty and his crew begin closely monitoring the roads for any signs of buckling. Preventative maintenance is key. Road crews typically monitor high-risk areas, inspect expansion joints and may make relief cuts or seal cracks to reduce pressure buildup. Materials like asphalt are less prone to dramatic buckling but still degrade in extreme heat, meaning long-term infrastructure planning is also essential. Marty and his MoDOT crew heavily rely on the public's help when it comes to identifying road issues. "We also rely on our, the public, to call and let us know if they see those issues out there on the roadway. For now, drivers must stay alert for sudden road changes and report any pavement issues they encounter to the Missouri Department of Transportation by calling 1-888-ASK-MoDOT or by visiting their website,
Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Former PM Harper says military spending can address Arctic infrastructure gap
OTTAWA — Former prime minister Stephen Harper said Friday the best way to build much-needed infrastructure in the Arctic is through military spending. Speaking in Iqaluit during his first visit to the North since leaving office, Harper said leveraging military spending can build roads and runways to create supply chains and lower the cost of living. "We need to have the full range of transportation and communications infrastructure ... quite frankly, the easiest way to develop those logistics is through military development," Harper said during a fireside chat at the Nunavut Arctic Sovereignty and Security Summit. He said military spending has long been a catalyst for building roads and airports in the North. Iqaluit is built around an 8,000-foot airport runway constructed by the U.S. military during the Second World War. "This is the biggest and most effective way to create the most basic, wide ranging infrastructure," Harper said. "And if we can do that and then build on that, that makes it then so much easier to bring in materials for construction, or economic development, or fly in food. Get things at a critical mass where prices can come down. Build housing more effectively." Canada recently committed to NATO's new military spending target of five per cent of GDP. Federal officials have spoken in recent years about linking northern infrastructure to defence spending Canada's defence strategy committed to building Northern Operational Support Hubs, which would involve upgrades to power and telecommunication infrastructure. Iqaluit was announced as one of the hub locations in March. Udlariak Hanson, a longtime Nunavut executive and vice-president of the mining company Baffinland, moderated the conversation with Harper. She said the terms "security" and "sovereignty" mean different things in the North than in southern Canada. "You're absolutely right," Harper said. "For people here, when you talk about security, they're talking about food security, about housing security, about energy security. I don't think southern Canadians generally understand that. "Quite frankly, when you talk about security in the north, what southern Canadians are going to hear is obviously Donald Trump talking about annexing Canada, and probably even more relevant to here is Donald Trump talking about annexing Greenland." Harper said the key is to "marry" the two definitions of sovereignty and security to build infrastructure that satisfies the social security needs of the North and broader national security concerns. Throughout the 45-minute chat, Harper avoided commenting on current government policy and reflected on how he approached the region while in office. "I think the most important thing we did here was the fact that I actually came here ... in one marquee tour that I took every year to the North, which really was I think effective longer-term in drawing sustained national attention to this part of the country," he said. "I think that is the most important thing for future prime ministers to continue to do, to come here and make sure Canadians understand that we have not done what is necessary to develop this part of the country. And when we talk about it as the great future hope of Canada, there is a lot more to be done to make that realized." He didn't comment on the recently-passed Bill C-5, which could lead to one or more of Nunavut's proposals for "projects of national interest" being fast-tracked. He did offer some advice for the Liberal government when prompted. "Try and take a broader long-term view," he said, recalling how eyes would roll in Ottawa when his government proposed building a port in Iqaluit, or the Canadian High-Arctic Research Station in Cambridge Bay, Nvt., or the highway to Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. "And I always used to say, these are the things, the nation-building things are the things that people will remember," he said. "They're the things that will define your time in government. "Don't get hung up on the dollars today, or kind of the immediate needs. Think about what you're doing in terms of the bigger picture." This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 27, 2025. Nick Murray, The Canadian Press Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Business
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CoreWeave, Inc. (CRWV) Is One Of The Most Bullish Things In My Career, Says Jim Cramer
CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) is one of the . CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) is an AI infrastructure company that provides businesses with hardware to let them run their AI applications. It is one of the few pure-play firms of its kind and the shares have gained a whopping 298% since their IPO in March. Soon after the IPO, Cramer dismissed news reports that CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) had been created specially by NVIDIA to create demand for AI GPUs. This time around, he commented on the strong share price performance which indicated that even Cramer hadn't expected CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV)'s shares to perform the way that they did: 'Look can I just say that these are some of the most bullish things I've seen in my career? That CoreWeave could have been priced at 40 and it went to 178. That this Circle just keeps being bought, that Palantir keeps being bought. That a Broadom is going, that Goldman is going. . .' Recently, the CNBC host discussed some of the drivers of CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV)'s share price performance: 'Take CoreWeave. This is the company that came public at $40 a share, [a] company I recommended and pushed incredibly hard to. People didn't believe me. Many chose to bet against the stock. 32% of the shares are sold short. On Friday, CoreWeave hit a high of $187. Stock still sits at $172 and change. Sure, it reported a great quarter, but a lot of this move is because so many people were betting against it because the company picked a bad time to come public. I had tremendous conviction that CoreWeave would make a big move, but not this big. Again, I think discipline must trump conviction, and you gotta do some selling here. Well, I still like the stock. I recognize that much of this move was powered by panicked short sellers. Take something off the table, please.' While we acknowledge the potential of CRWV as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an extremely cheap AI stock that is also a major beneficiary of Trump tariffs and onshoring, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 20 Best AI Stocks To Buy Now and 30 Best Stocks to Buy Now According to Billionaires. Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
