Sahtu leaders divided on Imperial Oil’s emergency 3-year water licence renewal
Fort Good Hope K’ahsho Got’ine opposing renewal while Sahtu MLA, Norman Wells mayor in support A committee of Fort Good
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Canada
MLAs probe Nunavut’s ‘nation-building’ projects as legislature resumes
By TJ Dhir One MLA asked why the Qikiqtarjuaq Deep Sea Port project had ballooned in cost Two Nunavut MLAs
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Liberal Brendan Hanley to run for re-election as Yukon MP
‘There’s still a lot to do and I want to keep going,’ said Hanley, who will seek a 2nd term
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Research project explores rapid retrofits to tackle northern housing challenges
Weather, distance, and a short building season are just some of the construction challenges faced in Canada’s Northern territories. But
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Inuvialuit gas plant gets $100M loan from Canada Infrastructure Bank
The project is expected to cost $293M in total The Canada Infrastructure Bank is loaning the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation $100
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Changes to Jordan’s Principle unfair for N.W.T. children, some say
By Nadeer Hashmi Canada is repeating ‘discriminatory conduct from the past,’ says advocate for Indigenous children A woman working at
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Inuit call on prime minister to step in as end to child funding program approaches
By Nick Murray The head of Canada’s national Inuit organization is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step in
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Storage pond leak at Yukon’s Eagle Gold mine contaminating nearby creek
The Yukon government says about 19 million litres of toxic water has escaped a containment pond at Eagle Gold mine
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Yukoner makes chairs from fire-killed wood, as association pushes for easier access to deadwood
By Julien Greene From Ulrich Trachsel’s driveway, just west of Whitehorse, you can see the deep orange slash of the
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Family of researcher who died in Nunavut want investigation report released: privacy commissioner
Nunavut’s privacy commissioner says the family of a University of Alberta researcher who died doing field work near Grise Fiord
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Feds give $1M for supportive housing facility in Whitehorse
The federal government has chipped in funding for a new 17-unit supportive housing facility in downtown Whitehorse, across the street
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Indigenous-owned temporary housing facility for women and children opens in Whitehorse
The Council of Yukon First Nations has finished work on a new temporary housing facility for Indigenous women and children
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Child and family health-care centre expands to better serve Cree and Inuit in northern Quebec
By Vanna Blacksmith A child and family health-care facility in Quebec’s far north opened the doors of a new building
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Sudden closure of Yellowknife’s Great Slave Animal Hospital worsens N.W.T. vet shortage
By Sarah Krymalowski The sudden closure of Yellowknife’s Great Slave Animal Hospital has left both pet owners and animal care
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Teacher resignations in Naujaat, Nunavut, leaving vacancies at high school, raising concerns
By Emma Tranter A number of teachers have resigned in Naujaat, Nunavut, leaving half of the positions at the community’s
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