Be wary of thin ice amid mild weather conditions, says hunter in Fort Smith, N.W.T.
By Tessa Vikander · CBC News Longtime hunter Earl Evans warns snowmobilers not to ‘play around’ on thin ice Unusually mild weather has
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N.W.T. wildfires evacuations may hinder 2023 overdose death count
There is no mechanism for officially documenting deaths that occurred outside the NWT The Northwest Territories’ chief public health officer
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Black Press seeks creditor protection, local papers’ fate uncertain
‘Support your local news outlets because you don’t want to lose them,’ former publisher says The future may be a
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Opening of Dettah ice road still at least a week out: N.W.T. gov’t
Ice road from Aklavik to Inuvik opened Friday It will likely be at least a week until the Dettah ice
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N.W.T.’s access-to-information system slow and frustrating, users say
Government not living up to its promise of transparency, according to former MLA Understaffing and a lack of government transparency
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Repair work on N.W.T.’s Deh Cho bridge to happen this summer
Broken cable last summer prompted inspection that found a piece of faulty hardware The N.W.T. government says it will replace
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Local hunter skeptical about plans for bison processing plant in Fort Simpson, N.W.T.
Fort Simpson Métis Development Corporation awarded $705K in federal funds to develop facility The Fort Simpson Métis in the N.W.T. have secured
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Federal effort to appeal Indigenous class action against RCMP in the North dismissed
Lawsuit alleges an ‘epidemic’ of police assaults in Yukon, N.W.T. and Nunavut A decision by the Supreme Court of Canada
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Warming North pushing earth into “uncharted territory”: Arctic Report Card
From Canada’s worst wildfire season, to the warmest summer surface air temperature on record, the changing North is pushing the
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N.W.T. premier says he wants complete carbon tax exemption for territory
By Christian Paas-Lang · CBC News Pressure has been on federal government to extend exemptions Canada’s newest premier says that in an
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Insured evacuation costs, wildfire damages total $60M for Hay River wildfires
The N.W.T. government encouraged residents to use private insurance to cover evacuation costs Wildfires that displaced thousands from the N.W.T.’s
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Hamlet of Fort Resolution, N.W.T., can’t be dissolved until its debts are paid
By Carla Ulrich · CBC News Deninu Kųę́ First Nation Chief Louis Balsillie wants return to self-government The hamlet of Fort Resolution,
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Isolated and expensive, the N.W.T.’s Sahtu riding feels squeeze of climate change
By Marc Winkler · CBC News Some grocery prices could rise dramatically in coming months, says business owner in Norman Wells While
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Woman who relies on $300K drug fears impact of changes to N.W.T. health benefits
By Francis Tessier-Burns · CBC News Katie Hart relies on ‘miracle drug’ Trikafta to treat cystic fibrosis For the past year, Katie
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As disaster costs add up, N.W.T. nears its debt ceiling
N.W.T. has ‘Cadillac taste’ with a ‘Chevrolet budget,’ past finance minister says The Northwest Territories’ 20th Assembly will inherit a host
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