Residents anxious about drug-related crime in N.W.T.’s South Slave region
By Nadeer Hashmi ‘Quit hiding these people in our communities … let the police know,’ urges Fort Smith mayor Residents
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Feds backtrack on characterizing northern military spending as new
Department now says it switched from one type of accounting to another Funding characterized by the federal government as a
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Q&A: Lawyer tapped to study Giant Mine legacy comes with no ‘preconceived notions’
Yellowknives Dene First Nation welcomes Murray Rankin’s appointment, hopes for resolution The lawyer and former British Columbia politician recently appointed
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Children, families harmed by on-reserve child welfare system can apply for compensation
By Brett Forester Claims process in $23.4B First Nations child and family services settlement opens Monday First Nations people harmed
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Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, opens men’s, women’s shelters for people in need
By Heidi Atter The Kitikmeot Friendship Society will operate the shelters and train Inuit to help Inuit People without a
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$1M CanNor investment looks to boost First Nations-led economy, tourism projects
Canada’s Northern Economic Development Agency is investing $1 million into three First Nation-led projects in Yukon, aimed at boosting the
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Feds commit $1.5B to fulfill Nunavut Land Claim in historic deal
The new Nunavut Agreement Implementation Contract includes $600M for Inuit employment training The federal government has committed to spend $1.5
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Deaths of 3 Dehcho residents have MLAs demanding an investigation
Three people from the Dehcho under the age of 50 have died in circumstances that were highly preventable, according to
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MLAs question Aurora College’s plans to close community learning centres, boost online learning
By Nadeer Hashmi Aurora College’s plans to close 19 community learning centres across the N.W.T. came under fire on Thursday,
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More toxic water leaks into nearby creek from Yukon’s Eagle mine site
There’s been another leak of cyanide-contaminated water from the troubled Eagle Gold mine site in central Yukon. In a report
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Feds boost spending on northern military hubs to $2.67B
The federal government is significantly increasing the amount of money it’s spending to build a network of northern military hubs
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Patients on medical travel have nowhere to stay in Yellowknife right now
The Keskorie medical boarding home in Yellowknife, along with all the city’s hotels, are currently booked up — and that’s leaving
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Federal gov’t appoints lawyer to assess impacts of Giant Mine on Indigenous
The federal government has appointed a ministerial special representative to assess the impacts of Giant Mine near Yellowknife, specifically as
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Grocers say prices in some northern communities protected from tariffs, for now
Two grocery chains that serve the North say stores in remote communities that rely on large, infrequent shipments of non-perishable
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Adversaries see opportunities to exploit ‘strategically valuable’ Arctic, CSIS says
Canada’s spy agency warns that colliding global developments make the Arctic an “attractive, strategic and vulnerable destination” for foreign adversaries
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