Federal government gets permit to remediate uranium exploration site near Łutselk’e
The federal government has received a land-use permit to begin remediating a once-abandoned uranium exploration site near Łutselk’e, N.W.T., in
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Author: Liny Lamberink, CBC News
Yellowknife planning $6.7M dump expansion
New landfill cell could increase life of dump up by decade or more, says city director The City of Yellowknife
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Energy report says N.W.T. climate projects saved more than $12M on diesel in 2023
Energy initiatives report estimates offset of 8.4M litres of diesel in 2023 The N.W.T. government is forecasting that efforts to reduce
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Bill that would switch N.W.T. to federal carbon tax program moving forward
One MLA says bill might create further confusion and chaos about carbon tax A bill that will replace the N.W.T.’s
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Nunavut is signing a devolution deal. Here’s how it worked in the Yukon and N.W.T.
Devolution — transferring responsibilities for land and resources — is unique to each Canadian territory A final devolution agreement, transferring
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Electric truck driver in Yellowknife faces charger compatibility issue at home
Ben Baird bought a slower Level 2 charger for his Ford F-150 Lightning instead When Ben Baird purchased a fully
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Study forecasts challenges of electric vehicle chargers on northern power grids
A study is revealing some of the challenges that electric vehicles will pose to northern power grids — and it’ll
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Hay River’s R.J. Simpson is the new premier of the N.W.T.
Hay River North MLA R.J. Simpson is the new premier of the N.W.T. MLAs gathered in the Legislative Assembly in Yellowknife Thursday
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Prey driven away by wildfire, YKDFN says wolves are turning to the city for food
Wolf sightings have been “persistent” around Yellowknife, Ndilǫ and Dettah recently — and a chief with the Yellowknives Dene First
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Funding requests rejected as Yellowknife prepares for ‘tight and frugal’ city budget
$1.1M for more street outreach services among requests turned down Yellowknife city council received a handful of funding requests from
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NTPC using 1.3 million litres of diesel/month to meet North Slave electricity demands
That’s compared to 169,000 litres of diesel to generate electricity per month in 2019 The Northwest Territories Power Corporation has
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Ice surviving Arctic summer hits low, implications for traditional harvesting, shipping
6 per cent of northern route through Northwest Passage covered in ice in late August A full-time harvester in Ulukhaktok,
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Yellowknife re-entry paused as winds expected to ‘accelerate’ fires near highway
The re-entry of most essential workers into Yellowknife is being put on hold because high winds are expected to “accelerate”
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N.W.T. fires have released 97 megatonnes of carbon, says European agency
Territory on track to beat 2014 record for how much land has burned Wildfires in the N.W.T have emitted 97
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Long lines for evacuation flights out of Yellowknife
Low on data or power? Read a low-bandwidth version of this story here. For more stories, see our CBC North news website. A
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