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Pause on N.W.T.’s Tibbitt to Contwoyto road a shock for truckers but hunter hopes it’ll help caribou

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 10:43
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As mines wind down, owners agreed there wouldn’t be a need for the road this winter Scott Yuill remembers his

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N.W.T., Yukon mining and energy projects get boost at Canada Investment Summit

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 09:11
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By Niles Niemuth  N.W.T. premier says his territory ‘has the critical minerals Canada and its allies need’ Mining and energy

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N.W.T residents feeling strain of rising home heating oil costs

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 16:01
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By Tamara Merritt  Some Norman Wells residents don’t know how they’ll cover their heating bill this winter As winter quickly

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Tariff relief out of reach for impacted Whitehorse businesses, lobby group says

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 14:51
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By Dana Hatherly Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce says federal rules sideline smaller enterprises A Whitehorse business lobby group is concerned

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* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 General Russia 

As gasoline crisis worsens, Russia boosts fuel imports through Murmansk

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 13:19
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Over the past month, tankers have delivered more than 320,000 tonnes of foreign-made fuel to the northern Russian port of

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Port of Churchill
* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General 

Manitoba offers to waive sales tax on major Port of Churchill investments

The Canadian Press
Posted: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 11:15
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The Manitoba government is offering to waive the provincial sales tax on major capital spending for the Port of Churchill

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* Featured * Business Canada Countries Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General 

They’re two of the biggest proposed mining projects in the Yukon. How will they be powered?

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 10:08
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By TJ Dhir  Diesel, liquefied natural gas, and solar among all the options being discussed Two of the biggest proposed

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* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 General Russia 

Europe boosts LNG trade ahead of the ban

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 14, 2026 at 10:47
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During the first eight months of 2026, gas carriers made 156 shipments from the Yamal Peninsula to EU ports. By

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News 

The N.W.T. is slowly closing the infrastructure gap for EVs

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 09:20
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By Francis Tessier-Burns  ‘I wish the N.W.T. would have as good of an infrastructure as their neighbour,’ says EV driver

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New investment into Mackenzie Valley Highway to employ all who are ‘willing, ready and able’

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 09:09
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Federal government to invest $405M into bridges and design work for the all-season road The federal government announced a $405-million

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* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 General Russia 

Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 seeks $1 billion in damages from South Korea’s Hanwha

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 09:39
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Arctic LNG 2, a liquefied natural gas project led by Russia’s Novatek, is seeking about $1 billion in damages from

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Northern Sea Route cargo traffic to rise 14 per cent as Chinese shipping expands, says Rosatom

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, September 4, 2026 at 16:32
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Russia’s state nuclear corporation says it expects Northern Sea Route (NSR) cargo traffic to rise 14 per cent in 2026,

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N.W.T. utilities board looking at how much renewable energy territory’s systems can handle

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 09:23
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By Kaila Jefferd-Moore  Territory wants to raise limit on how much independent producers can feed into the grid The N.W.T.

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Nuuk, Nunavut port proponents sign agreement on Arctic shipping cooperation

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at 15:40
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A new agreement between Greenland’s Port of Nuuk and the proponents of two planned deepwater ports in Nunavut is an

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* Featured * Business Business (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General USA 

‘You just move forward’: Greenland Energy oil exploration delayed by a year

The Canadian Press
Posted: Tuesday, September 1, 2026 at 11:13
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A drilling rig was being retooled in Alberta. Trucks and cranes were set to ship from Denmark. More equipment was

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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