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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Landlines down in N.W.T. and Nunavut; Northwestel investigating
N.W.T. residents may not be able to call 911 from landlines until issue is fixed Northwestel says a “network issue”
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Mackenzie Valley Highway environmental assessment back on after years-long pause
By Francis Tessier-Burns · CBC News Latest proposal for 281-kilometre highway in N.W.T. now before review board The Mackenzie Valley Highway is
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‘Fiercely loyal’ fans show support for Yellowknife station fighting for FM licence
Federal court dismissed application for appeal; judicial review and new licence application ongoing After the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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Fort Smith residents gather to thank those who kept the town safe from wildfires
By Carla Ulrich, CBC News ‘I’m just grateful for what we have in this town,’ said one resident At a
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Leaders and residents calling for public inquiry into N.W.T. wildfire response
By Carla Ulrich · CBC News People want answers and change after an unprecedented fire season Calls for an inquiry into the
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N.W.T. organizations, community governments get funding boost for health programming
By Mah Noor Mubarik · CBC News N.W.T. organizations and community governments get a boost of funding for health programming Many community
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Work to continue next year on dredging of harbour in Hay River, N.W.T.
By Ethan Lang · CBC News Project began this summer after years of complaints that channel was too shallow, difficult to navigate
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Trudeau visiting Yellowknife on Tuesday
PM will be in city for “private meetings” Yellowknife is getting a visit from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on
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Family hopeful after minister says Indigenous people have right to move freely
Federal immigration minister said it should be easier for Indigenous people to cross international borders A woman in Aklavik, N.W.T., whose
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Work on N.W.T. roads a priority in final capital budget of 19th Assembly
Over a quarter of the money the N.W.T. government budgeted for next year’s infrastructure projects is expected to go toward
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As bills come in for Yellowknife’s wildfire response, city needs help
City looking to hire help to deal with ‘high volume of complex invoices’ It was a massive effort, involving city
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N.W.T. gov’t warns Enterprise mayor not to use hamlet funds for new homes
‘We are not in a position to help people. That’s what we were told, basically,’ says Mayor Michael St Amour
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Severe wildfires will have long-lasting impact on N.W.T.’s boreal forest
By Taylor Holmes · CBC News More than 4 million hectares of forest have burned in the N.W.T. during the 2023 wildfire
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Hay River, N.W.T., seeks more territorial and federal gov’t support post-wildfire
‘I challenge everybody to shop locally for Christmas and help these guys out’ Leaders in Hay River, N.W.T., say they’ll
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