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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

‘Another historical event,’ Tłı̨chǫ grand chief says of new female chief in Behchokǫ

CBC Radio
Posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 14:31 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 14:52
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‘I think people, just generally, were ready for change,’ says Bertha Rabesca-Zoe, new chief of Behchokǫ Tłı̨chǫ leaders say residents

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Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T. family says they’re ‘gonna go hungry’ with income assistance cut

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 16:00
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By Robert Holden · CBC News Christopher Dryneck, who is blind, says he worries for his family Christopher Dryneck is in Edmonton

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Local state of emergency declared for Yellowknife

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 09:43
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The City of Yellowknife has declared a local state of emergency due to a wildfire burning between Behchokǫ and Yellowknife.

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Wildfire breach of control lines east of Yellowknife now ‘significant’

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 14, 2023 at 16:03
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Fire officials in the N.W.T. are expecting “serious challenges” Monday battling the wildfires near Yellowknife, with strong winds expected to

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 Society (Canada) 

15 structures lost to fire between Highway 3 and Stagg Lake, N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 31, 2023 at 14:50
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N.W.T. Fire says a total of 19 structures have been destroyed by the wildfire near Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T.  Fifteen structures were

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Low water in N.W.T. means less hydro power, more use of diesel generators

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 31, 2023 at 07:58
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A drop in water levels in the southern N.W.T. means hydro generators are producing less electricity for Yellowknife and its surrounding area — and

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Here’s what Yellowknife plans to do if a wildfire ever hits

April Hudson, CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 28, 2023 at 11:56
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It’s not flashy and it doesn’t get into nitty-gritty details, but Yellowknife city officials say their framework for how to respond

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Culture Featured • Zone 3 

Bear intestines, fish skins and red carpet runways: The year in sewing

CBC News
Posted: Friday, December 30, 2022 at 12:55 — Last Updated: Friday, December 30, 2022 at 13:05
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Sewing has always been an essential part of northern culture. It also plays a vital role in the ongoing cultural

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Business (Canada) Society 

‘We must do better,’ says head of power corp after weekend outages in Yellowknife area

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 11:43
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The head of the Northwest Territories Power Corporation says the corporation failed to meet its own expectations on the weekend

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Society Society (Canada) 

Fallen tree responsible for power outage in two N.W.T. communities, power corp says

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 12, 2022 at 12:21 — Last Updated: Monday, September 12, 2022 at 12:23
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Multiple city-wide outages were reported throughout the weekend A tree hit a power line at Snare Hydro, triggering the first

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Communities in Canada’s Northwest Territories need more money; minister says gov’t can’t give it to them

Sidney Cohen, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 10:39
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Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs says closing municipal funding gap is ‘not realistic’ The Northwest Territories’ minister of Municipal

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Health officials in Canada’s Northwest Territories extends Behchokǫ COVID-19 containment order until Oct. 29

CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 22, 2021 at 11:04
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Situation not resolving as quickly as expected, says N.W.T. chief public health officer The containment order to limit the spread

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18 new modular housing units coming to Tłı̨chǫ region in Canada’s Northwest Territories

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 15:24 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 15:33
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By spring 2022, residents of the Northwest Territories’s Tłı̨chǫ region will have 18 new housing units, according to a federal announcement

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Tłı̨chǫ community in northern Canada commemorates 100 years of Treaty 11 with new exhibit

Karina Zapata, CBC News @bykarinazapata
Posted: Monday, July 19, 2021 at 12:59
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The exhibit shares stories of the treaty from the perspective of Tłı̨chǫ people The Tłı̨chǫ community is commemorating 100 years

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Northern Canada: Smoke advisories in parts of Northwest Territories due to Alberta wildfires

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at 12:24
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The Northwest Territories’ chief public health officer has issued a wildfire smoke exposure advisory for people in parts of the

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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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