Limited COVID-19 vaccines available for N.W.T. residents due to spoiled doses
Vaccines will be prioritized to those deemed high-risk Most N.W.T. residents won’t be getting a COVID-19 shot for the time
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Q&A | N.W.T. housing minister not sure gov’t should be ones to provide public housing
Minister said she’s not surprised by scathing report from Auditor General The Northwest Territories’ housing minister said her department is
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Residents, MLAs call to resurface Dempster between Inuvik and Tsiigehtchic
Minister says he’ll work with department to repair critical road Lawrence Norbert, an elder from Tsiigehtchic, said the Dempster Highway
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N.W.T. minister says 2025 wildfire evacuations differed from media coverage
By Devon Tredinnick Both Fort Providence and Whatı̀ had to evacuate this summer due to nearby wildfires A minister with
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Auditor general gives Housing N.W.T. a bad grade, again
By Sarah St-Pierre Audit report released Tuesday found persisting issues with housing allocation and maintenance The Office of the Auditor
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N.W.T. health minister pressed on response to Indigenous health-care report
By Devon Tredinnick Report released in May makes 13 recommendations to improve outcomes for Indigenous patients N.W.T.’s health minister had
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Wildfire seasons in the N.W.T. unlikely to ease off by next century, study finds
By Sarah St-Pierre K’ahsho Got’ine Foundation executive director wants community to prepare for more local firefighting The Northwest Territories could
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N.W.T. government projects over $150M loss in annual surplus this fiscal year
By Devon Tredinnick Money went towards fighting wildfires, replacing Jordan’s Principle costs The N.W.T.’s finance minister says the territory’s projected
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N.W.T. senator’s affiliation switch could up influence, add constraint: experts
By Sarah St-Pierre Sen. Margaret Dawn Anderson is now a member of the Conservative Caucus Northwest Territories Senator Margaret Dawn
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Premier expects N.W.T. will break ground on $1.65B highway in 2-3 years
By Sarah St-Pierre The premier said he feels ‘much more of a focus on the North’ from the federal government
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Air Tindi pausing flights between Yellowknife and Whatı
By Devon Tredinnick Flight lacked popularity, was costing airline too much, president says A Yellowknife airline has put a pause
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N.W.T. Council of Leaders tells Ottawa it’s ‘time to build the North’
By Sarah St-Pierre The N.W.T. Council of Leaders is in Ottawa this week to advance territorial priorities The Northwest Territories
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N.W.T. concerned about proposed northern Alberta nuclear project
N.W.T. government says the draft guidelines ignore the transboundary water agreement The N.W.T. government and an Indigenous water advocate say
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Experts react to N.W.T. rejecting idea of creating separate emergency planning agency
Creating a separate agency is best practice, but the reality of staffing it is a challenge, one expert says Emergency
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N.W.T. gov’t rejects recommendations to create dedicated emergency management agency
By Samuel Wat Standalone agency not ‘feasible or appropriate,’ gov’t says The government of the Northwest Territories won’t create an
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