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Low water in N.W.T. means less hydro power, more use of diesel generators

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 31, 2023 at 07:58
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A drop in water levels in the southern N.W.T. means hydro generators are producing less electricity for Yellowknife and its surrounding area — and

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Here’s what Yellowknife plans to do if a wildfire ever hits

April Hudson, CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 28, 2023 at 11:56
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It’s not flashy and it doesn’t get into nitty-gritty details, but Yellowknife city officials say their framework for how to respond

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32 years on, research station north of Inuvik, N.W.T., still going strong

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 10:38
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It may be one of the North’s lesser-known research camps, but the Trail Valley Creek Research Station north of Inuvik,

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N.W.T. ‘auntie’ and ‘uncle’ pins a hot commodity at NAIG

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 24, 2023 at 09:11
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Team N.W.T. had some premium pins at the North American Indigenous Games, both for their design and nickname.  Teams and other

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N.W.T. Fire issues wildfire warning for people between Behchokǫ̀ and Yellowknife

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 21, 2023 at 09:37
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If you have a cabin or home between kilometres 260 and 300 on Highway 3, the N.W.T. government says you

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General News 

Wildfire expected to affect visibility on the N.W.T.’s Highway 3

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 14, 2023 at 15:24 — Last Updated: Friday, July 14, 2023 at 15:58
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There are 84 active fires in territory on Friday, including 3 new ones in past 24 hours Drivers between Yellowknife

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 General 

Waterfalls now ‘trickling’: Low water brings changes to Hay River, N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 14, 2023 at 10:47
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‘You can see people walking across the river that’s only a few feet deep in some areas’ Water levels have

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N.W.T. golf team ready to tee-off at North American Indigenous Games

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 12:40
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‘It’s going to be some of the best memories you will have for the rest of your life’ Take it

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Months worth of rain expected over the weekend near southern Mackenzie Mountains

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 11:25
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Residents on the land should be ready to leave their camps or cabins quickly A storm is expected to drop

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Better dental care means dealing with historical issues, says Indigenous dentist

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 09:07
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‘It’s an oral health crisis here in Canada that we need to voice a little bit louder’ says Dr. Sheri

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 Society (Finland) 

Impaired driving charges on rise in N.W.T., says defence lawyer

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 23, 2023 at 08:34
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Lawyer Charles Davison says he’s seen a ‘definite increase in numbers’ in recent years Charles Davison, a defence lawyer in

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Staffing woes mean reduced health services in Yellowknife

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 10:52
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Lab at primary care clinic closed until July 4 Some health services in Yellowknife are reduced and patients are being

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Changes cut wait times for mental health counselling by 79 per cent in N.W.T.

The Canadian Press
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 15:11
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By Emily Blake · The Canadian Press ‘This seems to have been the change we needed,’ says Health Minister Julie Green The Northwest

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Collaboration is the focus at Arctic Development Expo in Inuvik, N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 09:12 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 09:15
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By Dez Loreen · CBC News Town of Inuvik hosting annual event this week The hotels are full in Inuvik, N.W.T., and

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Draft agreement reached in Akaitcho land claim process, says N.W.T. premier

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 11:45
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Land claim and self-government negotiations have been ongoing since the 1990s N.W.T. Premier Caroline Cochrane says there has been progress

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