Future wildfires likely to impede construction on Mackenzie Valley Highway, expert says
By Devon Tredinnick ‘If you’re dodging wildfires during construction season, it’s going to create a challenge,’ says Ze’ev Gedalof Longer
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N.W.T.
Consensus reached on proposed corridor for road connecting Nunavut and N.W.T.
By Jessica Davey-Quantick Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Tłı̨chǫ Government announce route for Arctic Economic and Security Corridor The Yellowknives Dene
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Federal funding approved to upgrade aging water, sewage lines in Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T.
By Sarah St-Pierre Local officials would not say how much community will receive until funding agreement is finalized The federal
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In Yellowknife, feds announce $3M for volunteer search and rescue across Canada
By Julia Parrish Ottawa says $1 million per year will support about 10,000 volunteers on search and rescue teams across
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Proposed data centre is no supersized AI facility, says N.W.T. company
KatloTech Communications looking for $12M in federal funding for fibre line, data centre near Hay River An Indigenous-owned company in
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Feds announce up to $49.5M for Inuvik airport upgrades
By Sarah St-Pierre · Money represents federal government’s first investment through the Arctic Infrastructure Fund Federal ministers announced up to $49.5
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Residential school survivors ‘overjoyed’ about return of travel funding for counselling in North
By Sarah St-Pierre Worries linger about what comes when funding runs out at end of fiscal year Joanne Charney said
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Federal, territorial gov’ts reach ‘agreement in principle’ to build 560 N.W.T. homes by 2030
By Devon Tredinnick Thousands more homes still needed across the territory N.W.T. Housing Minister Lucy Kuptana said on Monday that,
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Travel funding cut to residential school counselling program leaves clients without closure in N.W.T., Nunavut
By Sarah St-Pierre Counsellors contracted under a federal program found out travel funding was being cut on Friday Mental health
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N.W.T. government implementing fire ban for all public and private lands in North Slave
By Saloni Bhugra This is the 2nd time this summer the territory has implemented a sweeping fire ban for the
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Herb Nakimayak elected president of Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada
Nakimayak was previously serving as the acting president of the organization Herb Nakimayak was elected president of the Inuit Circumpolar
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Back burning planned to head off wildfire near Wrigley, N.W.T.
By Jessica Davey-Quantick The fire that forced the evacuation of Wrigley moved closer to the community on Sunday night The
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Crucial for senators to be in Ottawa to represent North, former Nunavut representative says
By Yumna Iftikhar N.W.T. Senator Dawn Anderson has highest number of recorded absences due to ‘other public business’ Northern senators
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Gahcho Kué mine co-owner delisting from TSX signals financial distress, expert says
‘It’s a challenging time these days in the diamond sector,’ says mining finance professor Mountain Province Diamonds, the company that
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Involving community members key to sharing research across N.W.T., advocates say
By Yumna Iftikhar Lila Fraser Erasmus says ‘kitchen table talks’ and translations are key to sharing research across the N.W.T.
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