Non-profit offers free Starlink internet to Ulukhaktok; residents say they’re good
Multiple residents say they use their own Starlink accounts and don’t need the community-wide program. A non-profit is touting a
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Canadian Northwest Territories
Effects of 2023 N.W.T. wildfire smoke will take years to study
By Rachel Maclean · CBC News As air quality improves, the focus now moves to preparing for the future. As smoke lingered
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Canada, territories need to better communicate on Giant Mine cleanup, says review board
The board pointed to public concerns raised last October when strong winds caused dust to move from the site. The
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N.W.T. embarks on constitutional reform amid lingering questions about representation
The Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) is about to embark on what could become the most significant reform to its democratic process
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Gold Terra set to begin summer drilling in Northwestern Canada
Junior mining exploration company Gold Terra Resource Corp. says it plans to start a 10,000-metre summer drilling program at its
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American cartoonist says his new book on Canadian Indigenous history helped decolonize part of himself
Renowned comic artist Joe Sacco has taken a journalistic eye to bringing some of contemporary history’s biggest conflicts — including
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Big uptake of COVID-19 emergency benefit program in Northern Canada’s territories
A large number of people in the N.W.T. and Nunavut have tapped into a federal program meant to provide emergency
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Indigenous chief pushes Canadian federal government for $16M infrastructure project
The chief of Salt River First Nation near Fort Smith, N.W.T., is pushing the federal government to approve an infrastructure
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Rio Tinto not interested in any part of Dominion Diamond Mines in Northern Canada
The company thought to be the most logical to partner with or purchase Dominion Diamond Mines is not interested in
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Meet 3 Indigenous health-care workers helping keep Canadian Northern communities safe
Through the month of June CBC Indigenous has been sharing stories from Indigenous health-care workers across the country about their
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Canadian Northwest Territories : Water treatment might not be possible at Prairie Creek Mine during COVID-19
The CEO of NorZinc Ltd., the company behind the Prairie Creek Mine in the Northwest Territories, said he is worried
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