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Reforestation project in N.W.T. presses on,1.5 million trees planted near Behchokǫ̀

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 15:15
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Team paused early on to process death of helicopter pilot who’d been supporting them Roslen Washie, a 25-year-old man from

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The barge season to the N.W.T.’s Sahtu region is wrapping up. Here’s how it went

Sarah Krymalowski, CBC News @sarkrymalowski
Posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 13:59 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 14:26
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Marine Transportation Services responds to criticism over prices, lead times This year’s long-awaited barge season for the N.W.T.’s remote Sahtu

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Preferential treatment for northerners key for trade zone between territories: N.W.T. premier

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 17:11
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By TJ Dhir · Zone will be aimed at reducing trade barriers and promoting movement of goods and workers The N.W.T.’s

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

Tsiigehtchic, N.W.T., has a new chief. Here’s what she’s hoping to accomplish

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at 15:06
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Charlene Blake was elected as the new chief of the Gwichya Gwich’in band council on Monday Charlene Blake, the new

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

N.W.T. to add boat wash station in effort to keep invasive species out

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 15:25
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By Tamara Merritt  Boat washing station will be installed next spring at 60th Parallel Territorial Park, near Alberta border The

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 General Society Society (Canada) 

Jean Marie River, N.W.T. residents told to prepare for potential wildfire evacuation

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 28, 2025 at 13:02
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This is the second evacuation alert for Jean Marie River, N.W.T., this summer Jean Marie River, N.W.T., has issued another

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Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., marks milestone in $54-million shoreline project

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 28, 2025 at 09:17
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By Dez Loreen  Erosion protection work shows what the Arctic community can accomplish, says mayor Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. Mayor Erwin Elias

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Kitigan Zibi Anishinabek Elder Claudette Command says the settlement's legacy fund is an opportunity to advance collective healing and to create a better future for the youth.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Society (Canada) 

$200M legacy fund for day school survivors now open for applications

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 25, 2025 at 10:14
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The $200-million legacy fund for federal day school survivors and their families is now open for applications. The McLean Legacy

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A table and a sign.
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Tłegǫ́hłı̨ Got’įnę celebrates self-government agreement in Norman Wells, N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 25, 2025 at 08:03
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The Tłegǫ́hłı̨ Got’įnę in Norman Wells, N.W.T., is this week celebrating the ratification of a self-government agreement, with music, games

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A strip of thin material with blue markings and two red lines lies on a flat surface below a package with images of a hand holding a similar strip with one or two stripes on it, and indicating which are indicators a substance has fentanyl and which does not. A small plastic container of liquid stands beside them.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 Society (Canada) 

Yellowknife’s wastewater is showing signs of 2 new ‘potent’ drugs

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 12:40
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The N.W.T.’s top health official says two new drugs have been detected in Yellowknife’s wastewater — and both could be

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Bottles of whiskey on a store shelf.
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Society (Canada) 

Liquor restrictions coming to Colville Lake, N.W.T., after plebiscite

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 09:30
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Colville Lake, N.W.T., community members have voted to limit the amount of alcohol in the community.  On Friday, the hamlet

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Ocean and houses on shore.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 Society (Canada) 

Man found deceased in water near Paulatuk, N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 15:47
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A man has been found deceased after a search and rescue effort near Paulatuk, N.W.T. At approximately 10:30 a.m. Monday, Paulatuk RCMP

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$500 per child grocery fund ending for Inuvialuit families

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 13:23
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By Tamara Merritt  One mother in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., says her family with 5 children will turn to more traditional foods

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Territorial ministers seek full funding for national plan on gender-based violence

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 14:46
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Ministers meet with federal counterpart in Yellowknife about tackling gendered violence Amid the federal government’s bid to reduce spending, territorial ministers

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N.W.T. gov’t slow to act on school lead situation, independent investigation finds

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 13:03
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Investigator says departments failed to understand health implications of lead in drinking water The N.W.T. government was slow to act

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

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In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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