N.W.T. utilities board cuts NTPC salary increase, rejects some costs in rate application decision
By Jocelyn Shepel Public Utilities Board agrees with some cost items but denies others The N.W.T.’s public utilities board has
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Iqaluit running out of dog tags after changing rules for killing loose dogs
Recent amendments to a city bylaw allow staff to kill loose dogs 24 hours after they’re captured The City of
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New call centre aims to improve 911 response in Quebec’s northern communities
By Rachel Watts, Brittany Henriques Previous approach is ‘not acceptable in 2025,’ says Nunavik police deputy chief More residents in Nunavik
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Receiver moves to put Yukon’s Eagle mine up for sale
By Julien Greene PricewaterhouseCoopers wants to close the sale of the mine by December Victoria Gold’s receiver wants to put the Eagle
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Twin Flames singer charged with historical sexual offences
Sunchild Deer-Okpik, also known as Jaaji Okpik, was a police officer in Nunavik in the 2000s One of the singers
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$52M Yukon University science building to emphasize Indigenous knowledge
New facility will be place ‘for different people from different disciplines to come together’ Yukon University’s new $52-million science building
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Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., teacher and leader celebrated with new Canada Post stamp
Julia Haogak Ogina is a champion of preserving Kitikmeot language and culture Julia Haogak Ogina will soon be travelling the
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Families furious over treatment of foster children in Kinngait, Nunavut
By Samuel Wat Families, former staff say Nunavut Family Services isn’t meeting the needs of kids in care Some Kinngait
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Canadian Ranger rifles in the Arctic need replacements, don’t work in the cold
By Emma Tranter Department of National Defence says replacements will cost $8-10M Rifles issued to the Canadian Rangers in Canada’s
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Mental health, education top of mind for new National Inuit Youth Council president
Gwen Natsiq, 21, is from Iqaluit and will serve a 2-year term as council president The National Inuit Youth Council’s
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Yukon Chamber of Commerce closing shop, calling it a ‘refresh’
‘The motion was, ‘yes, let’s dissolve,’ and the ancillary was, ‘and let’s get back to the original intent’ The Yukon
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N.W.T. barge season could still be a possibility, despite low water levels
By Nadeer Hashmi If water levels hold, coast guard should be able to put out necessary buoys The N.W.T. government
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Scientists urge global action to prevent industrial activity in Central Arctic Ocean
A coalition of over 1,000 scientists has taken the occasion of this week’s U.N. Ocean Conference in Nice to call
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Q+A | Nunavik’s tuberculosis outbreaks result of colonial neglect: professor
By Samuel Wat Natasha MacDonald says Quebec isn’t treating TB in Nunavik with the same urgency as elsewhere in the
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Weight of traditional knowledge discussed Diavik’s water licence public hearing
Mine says putting traditional knowledge in water licence conditions will remove flexibility A handful of Indigenous governments want to see
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