Draft document outlines sweeping changes to Yukon’s mining laws
Draft, obtained by CBC News, would give First Nations more say over mining projects A draft framework for Yukon’s proposed
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Prime minister backs plans to redevelop northern Manitoba’s Port of Churchill
Premier Wab Kinew says Mark Carney’s comments represent ‘an amazing opportunity’ for the province A list of upcoming federal government
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Repetitive power rate subsidies underscore need for long-term planning, says N.W.T. MLA
By Jocelyn Shepel Gov’t says plan for new subsidies will be clarified after rate application is complete An N.W.T. MLA
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Yukon exploration company buys ‘non-core’ Victoria Gold property
By Gabrielle Plonka Victoria Gold receiver expediting long-term sale agreement A Yukon exploration company has purchased property adjacent to the
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Canada’s Davie sees US shipyards as key to winning icebreaker contract
By Anne Kauranen The owner of Canadian firm Davie Shipbuilding said on Wednesday that the key to winning a contract
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New Greenland-Nunavut Fisheries Committee won’t set harvest limits
The governments of Greenland and Nunavut held their first joint committee meeting to prioritize sustainable fisheries on Aug. 2, but
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Yukon FN says mineral staking ‘unwelcome, unlawful’ during land-use planning process
By Marissa Meilleur Territorial government maintains its authority, saying ‘the law is the law of the Yukon’ The First Nation of
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Yukon court reinstates miner’s lien against Japanese company that bought Minto mine’s copper
By Gabrielle Plonka BP Contracting won its petition against Sumitomo in the Yukon Court of Appeal A company left unpaid
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Air Inuit pilots dissatisfied with lengthy contract negotiations
By Félix Lebel, Francis Tessier-Burns Working conditions and pay scale hinder retention, says union After more than a year and a
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The barge season to the N.W.T.’s Sahtu region is wrapping up. Here’s how it went
Marine Transportation Services responds to criticism over prices, lead times This year’s long-awaited barge season for the N.W.T.’s remote Sahtu
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African grocery store in Yellowknife highlights francophone entrepreneurship
By Mohamed-Amin Kehel, Francis Tessier-Burns ‘I want to supply the North, so that all Africans can feel at home,’ says owner
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Dawson City man says electric company choosing profit over people
Some Yukon Energy customers received one bill for several months of electricity usage A Dawson City, Yukon man said he
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Inuit-owned ‘state of the art’ fishing vessel christened in Iqaluit
Inuksuk II is now the ‘largest Canadian-owned fishing vessel’ says CEO of Baffin Fisheries Inuit-owned fishing company Baffin Fisheries christened
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First Nation, chamber of mines blast Yukon gov’t’s efforts to develop new mining laws
‘At every turn, our rights were ignored and our voice was unheard. Our interests were discarded’ The Yukon government’s efforts
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Ottawa’s major projects law won’t affect the N.W.T. much, premier says
N.W.T. Premier R.J. Simpson says he expects Bill C-5, passed into law last month as the federal Building Canada Act, to
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