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Northwest Territories

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Enterprise, N.W.T., sets a potential return date of Sept. 22

CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 18, 2023 at 10:21
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Date will be confirmed at a meeting on Wednesday, hamlet says Damaged but not destroyed by the wildfire that tore

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Fort Simpson, N.W.T., sees fire protection work as a biofuel opportunity

CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 15, 2023 at 11:28
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Kele Antoine, the chief of Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation, says building fire breaks around Fort Simpson should be approached the

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Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

North on pace for hottest summer ever recorded; strong, gusting winds expected in southern N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 13:45
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Several places in the North are on track to break records for the hottest summer ever recorded. Experts expected extreme

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Yellowknife re-entry paused as winds expected to ‘accelerate’ fires near highway

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 09:06
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The re-entry of most essential workers into Yellowknife is being put on hold because high winds are expected to “accelerate”

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Society Society (Canada) 

Up to 50 vehicles planning illegal return to Yellowknife, say RCMP

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 15:13
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Northwest Territories RCMP say they’ve received “credible” information about a group of people in up to 50 vehicles who are

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Smoky weather and favourable winds limit wildfire activity near Hay River

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 11:20
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The wildfire threatening Hay River and Kátł’odeeche First Nation hasn’t moved any closer to the communities thanks to smokey weather,

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Society Society (Canada) 

‘I got to do this’: Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., women harvest their first belugas

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 14, 2023 at 10:48 — Last Updated: Monday, August 14, 2023 at 10:52
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Meeka Steen wasn’t going to let a little seasickness stop her. The Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., resident had a single goal in

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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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Greenhouses aim to bring fresh produce to North, putting a dent in food insecurity

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 21, 2023 at 15:09
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Rows upon rows of raised beds growing tomatoes, zucchini, beans, wildflowers and herbs line the inside of the Inuvik Community

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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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VR project brings the realities of Arctic climate change in Canada to viewers

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 16:44
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The team behind a prize-winning virtual reality project, which exposes viewers to the realities of Arctic climate change, says the

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Society Society (Canada) 

Whitehorse mulls hosting 2026 Arctic Winter Games, but council has questions

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 14:45
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The Arctic Winter Games could be coming to the Yukon in 2026, but the City of Whitehorse wants to get

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Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

15 bison dead in N.W.T. in suspected anthrax outbreak

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 09:36
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Fifteen bison carcasses were found between June 30 and July 3 in the Slave River Lowlands between Fort Smith and Fort

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Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Inquiry finds N.W.T. doctor who sterilized woman without consent engaged in unprofessional conduct

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 15:21
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A Northwest Territories doctor has been sanctioned by a board of inquiry that found he engaged in “a clear instance

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Nearly 50 people flee Wekweètì as wildfire rages near community

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 30, 2023 at 16:29
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Nearly 50 people fled Wekweètì, N.W.T., Thursday after a wildfire erupted about two kilometres away, said the community’s senior administrative

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