New fire hall opens for first responders in Carmacks, Yukon
‘I call it the prettiest building in the Yukon as far as fire halls go,’ said Mayor Lee Bodie First
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Sanikiluaq wind project represents major Nunavut renewable energy policy shift
Project is expected to cut diesel fuel reliance in half A lone windmill in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, which is expected to
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Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG)-Qaumajuq showcases works by multimedia artist Tarralik Duffy
Tarralik Duffy, the artist that won last year’s Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award, has a new exhibition at the Winnipeg Art
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Enterprise, N.W.T., sets a potential return date of Sept. 22
Date will be confirmed at a meeting on Wednesday, hamlet says Damaged but not destroyed by the wildfire that tore
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1 week after being back, Yellowknife schools, hospital still getting back on track
By Julia Wong It has been one week since the evacuation order for Yellowknife was lifted and residents were allowed
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Poor visibility to greet returning Hay River workers Wednesday
Weather conditions will make for a smoky day in parts of the Northwest Territories on Wednesday. An atmospheric inversion is
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Yukon parents should’ve been told ‘immediately’ about sex abuse allegations: report
Delay in informing parents was unwarranted, unfair and a ‘communications failure,’ report says The Yukon education department should have immediately
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Green light for Yukon class-action over alleged use of holds, seclusion in school
Plaintiffs’ lawyer says lawsuit could include hundreds of people The Yukon Supreme Court has given the green light to a
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Iqaluit flight cancellations cost him thousands, says Kimmirut teacher
By Lyndsay-Ann Palliser · CBC News ‘Canadian North needs to be responsible to the people’ A Kimmirut teacher says he’s out thousands
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Yellowknife airport opens to commercial flights
By Taylor Holmes · CBC News As the general public began returning to Yellowknife, its airport started taking commercial flights again Three
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Could Ulukhaktok’s community network be an internet model for other communities?
A free internet option is now available in Ulukhaktok, one of Canada’s most remote Arctic villages, something those involved in
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Firefighters shouldn’t have to fill gaps in ambulance service: Dawson City fire chief
‘Our guys signed up as firefighters not paramedics,’ said fire chief Mike Massery The fire chief in Dawson City, Yukon,
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Some N.W.T. evacuees consider staying put after wildfire crisis
By Robert Holden, CBC News ‘It feels like we’re in a boat that’s sinking, and all we have is cups
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Yellowknife hospital emergency at 60 per cent
Despite a pause on the return of essential workers to Yellowknife last week as wildfires flared up in the South
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No highway fire risk expected as public prepares Yellowknife return
By Luke Carroll, Liny Lamberink · CBC News · Officials also fielded questions about evacuees forced to re-locate in Calgary Wildfires are not expected
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