MLA introduces bill to repeal N.W.T. carbon tax
If passed, bill will bring N.W.T. in line with federal carbon tax system The already heavily-debated carbon tax will again
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N.W.T. spent $5.2M last year on agency nurses, who are paid more than local nurses
Agency nurses considered unionized, so union questions apparent discrepancy An employee of the N.W.T. health authority says the territory’s use
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N.W.T. minister urges emergency preparedness ahead of ‘high-risk’ wildfire season
Two gov’t departments reviewing 2023 wildfire season to improve future response The N.W.T.’s Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA)
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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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