Action urged after study finds Yellowknife wildfires released ‘significant’ arsenic
Up to 183 tonnes of arsenic released by wildfire in 2023, says paper Wildfires near Yellowknife released a “significant” amount of
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Author: Liny Lamberink, CBC News
Why are N.W.T. ferries having problems this summer?
One ferry has a problem, two others were temporarily stopped by Transport Canada Three of the N.W.T.’s four territorial-run ferries
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Adam Yeadon died on the job 1 year ago. WSCC says it’s not laying workplace charges
A coroner’s investigation, meanwhile, is in its final stages The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC) is not laying charges
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Report: Poor communication caused confusion & stress in Yellowknife evacuation
‘We made the best decisions we could,’ maintains city manager The firm tasked with reviewing how the City of Yellowknife
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Diavik’s solar plant is running, hope it can be ‘deployed elsewhere’ when mine closes
Solar panels expected to provide a quarter of the electricity needed for the mine’s closure Rio Tinto says its 3.5-megawatt
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Mining companies decry regulatory burden at N.W.T. committee meeting
The executive chair of mining development company NorZinc Limited says the regulatory process for mining and exploration work in the
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N.W.T. considers making producers deal with used oil, tires and electrical items
The N.W.T. government is exploring a new way to dispose of used oil, car tires and electrical items, by shifting
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Report predicts Hudson Bay polar bears could disappear in a few decades
N.W.T. hunter says local bear population doing well, but has noticed reasons for worry Two subpopulations of polar bear in
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Experts weigh the pros and cons of renewable diesel in the North
Total carbon footprint of renewable diesel ‘a bit unclear,’ says one researcher A Saskatchewan researcher who specializes in fossil fuels
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N.W.T. seeking exemption after Ottawa cuts funding for most of its heating rebates
The federal government isn’t funding rebates for high-efficiency propane furnaces or other fossil fuel-burning heating systems anymore — a change
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Low water in Yellowknife Bay not increasing arsenic risk says official, researcher
An official with the Giant Mine remediation project and a local researcher aren’t worried the low water in Yellowknife Bay
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The North’s telecoms system is too vulnerable, some say after last week’s outage
‘It’s not going to be possible to protect everything at all times,’ says N.W.T. fire information officer Wildfire season was
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‘Perfect storm’ credited for knocking out telecom infrastructure in the North
Kwanlin Dün First Nation Chief wants more redundancies in northern telecom systems A spokesperson for telecommunications provider Northwestel says a
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Audit of contaminated sites finds support in N.W.T. and Yukon
Federal minister attributes expensive remediation to responsible cleanup Critics in the Northwest Territories and Yukon are responding to an auditor’s
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Yellowknifers’ plastic going to landfill—but politicians could still explore solution
N.W.T.’s waste reduction act now allows for extended producer policy program Roughly 60 tonnes of plastic collected at blue bin
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