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Northwest Territories

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Territorial premiers say internal trade talks should consider northern context

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, May 5, 2025 at 14:21
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By Ashley Joannou  Premiers say trade talks should consider modern treaties, need to support territorial economies The premiers of Canada’s

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Politics Politics (Canada) 

Housing, affordability, good leadership top concerns for these N.W.T. voters

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:13
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By Carla Ulrich From housing and affordability to fair taxation and global humanitarian concerns — voters in the Northwest Territories

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 1 

U.S. tariffs threatening Indigenous tourism rebound in North

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, March 21, 2025 at 16:43 — Last Updated: Monday, March 24, 2025 at 10:05
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U.S. tariffs are threatening the Indigenous tourism rebound in northern Canada, just as the industry was starting to emerge from

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

N.W.T. scrapping consumer carbon tax following federal cancellation

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:52
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The Northwest Territories is cancelling its consumer carbon tax following the federal decision to kill the tax last Friday. The

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics (Canada) 

Feds boost spending on northern military hubs to $2.67B

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 13:49
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The federal government is significantly increasing the amount of money it’s spending to build a network of northern military hubs

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Society Society (Canada) 

Sudden closure of Yellowknife’s Great Slave Animal Hospital worsens N.W.T. vet shortage

CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 17, 2025 at 11:32
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By Sarah Krymalowski The sudden closure of Yellowknife’s Great Slave Animal Hospital has left both pet owners and animal care

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Environment Environment (Canada) 

Wildfire risk ‘very much in the mind’ of CRTC as it mulls new FM licences in Yellowknife

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 16:28
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The risk of wildfires in the Northwest Territories is one of the main reasons a new commercial FM radio licence

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

Unseasonably mild weather wreaking havoc on N.W.T. winter roads

Sarah Krymalowski, CBC News @sarkrymalowski
Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 14:30
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Dept. of Infrastructure not expecting any long-term affects on resupply of goods to Sahtu Unseasonably mild weather across much of the

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Society Society (Canada) 

Telecommunications outage that affected calling across the North resolved, says Northwestel

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 08:43 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 15:51
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A partial telecommunications outage that affected calling across Canada’s North has been resolved, Northwestel said late Monday night. The outage

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

The N.W.T. justice system doesn’t use Gladue reports. Some say that should change

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 09:36
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By Jenna Dulewich  As people across the country mourn the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, some in the Northwest Territories justice

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 

N.W.T. minimum wage bumped up 65 cents, to $16.70 per hour

CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 2, 2024 at 15:42
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The minimum wage in the Northwest Territories is now $16.70 — a four per cent increase over the previous minimum

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

Type of fentanyl analogue identified in N.W.T. for the first time

CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 2, 2024 at 11:00
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Para-fluorofentanyl, a highly potent and dangerous ingredient, has been identified in illicit drugs in the Northwest Territories for the first

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Featured • Zone 3 Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Science Science (Canada) 

NASA ready for takeoff in Yellowknife

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:19
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Jenna Dulewich  What do microwaves, permafrost and an old military plane have in common? They’re all part of a NASA

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

It’s really hot in parts of the N.W.T., and it won’t stop any time soon

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 13:37
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Heat warning issued for parts of the territory as temperatures reach 35 degrees A heat wave is rippling through parts

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

Motorcyclists use social media to stay safe on northern highways

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 14:45
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By Dez Loreen Motorcyclists are using social media to help each other stay safe on northern highways in the Northwest

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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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