Complaints over medical travellers being bumped from flights in Canada’s N.W.T.
A regional airline manager says the problem is caused by pilot shortages and an increase in travel Sahtú leaders heard
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Canadian paramedic shortage could put hitch in N.W.T. recruitment plan
By Celeste Decaire · CBC News Provinces across the country struggling to keep paramedics on board The N.W.T. government is looking to
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Nunavut led country in violent crimes in 2021, says Statistics Canada report
The territories also ranked highest in crime severity, the new report shows Nunavut has the highest rate of police-reported violent
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‘This is my church’: Residential school survivor skipping papal visit to walk in ancestors’ footsteps
When Pope Francis addresses residential school survivors in Maskwacis, Alberta on Monday, one survivor won’t be in the audience or
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More of Canada’s N.W.T. burned by wildfires so far this season than all of last year
The territory is dealing with 96 active wildfires as of Sunday evening More of the N.W.T. has been burned from
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Regional carriers need protection, say northern airline experts
The federal government needs to mandate interline agreements with big carriers, experts say Cutbacks to flights in southern Canada could
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Dehcho First Nations to resume land claims negotiations with Canada and GNWT
By Carla Ulrich Negotiations stalled in 2014, but parties are revisiting Agreement in Principle for first time since After an
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‘Significant’ amounts of mercury in permafrost threatens Arctic food supply, research says
Speed at which permafrost is releasing toxic metal is still being studied Scientists have long known human activity like burning
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Gov. in Canada’s Northwest Territories not doing enough to treat, prevent addictions, says federal auditor
‘This audit demonstrates a need for improvement’ in N.W.T.’s addictions prevention and recovery services The Northwest Territories government is not doing
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Residents in Canada’s Northwest Territories welcome highway project, but concerned over social impacts
The $700-million highway project is a two-lane gravel road that would connect Wrigley to Norman Wells The Mackenzie Valley Highway
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Preserving Indigenous language, cultural teachings with tech in Northwestern Canada
Preserving language and culture is important for Indigenous people, and from creating language apps to cultural camps, there have been
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Government-set fuel prices up in some northern Canadian communities
Fuel prices in N.W.T. communities that don’t have privately-owned gas stations went up on April 4, for the first time
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Money for northern housing, mining, clean energy among Canada’s federal budget highlights
The federal government is promising more money for affordable housing in the North, the critical minerals industry, the High Arctic
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Inuvik, Canada, braces for surge in tourism
Tourism officials and operators in Inuvik, N.W.T., are ramping up for an expected surge in bookings this summer. “It’s looking good
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Russian invasion of Ukraine puts ‘more attention onto the needs of the Arctic’
A man whose life was upended in the name of Arctic sovereignty says Canada now needs to do more to keep
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