N.W.T. negotiating terms with Alta. to be better informed about its waterways
More than a year since the Northwest Territories asked Alberta to keep it better informed about spills that could impact
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Northwest Territories
N.W.T. officials provide update on major infrastructure projects, some rising costs
By Nadeer Hashmi Taltson hydro expansion project now expected to cost more than $2B, minister says The Northwest Territories government
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Territorial premiers say internal trade talks should consider northern context
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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Housing, affordability, good leadership top concerns for these N.W.T. voters
By Carla Ulrich From housing and affordability to fair taxation and global humanitarian concerns — voters in the Northwest Territories
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U.S. tariffs threatening Indigenous tourism rebound in North
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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N.W.T. scrapping consumer carbon tax following federal cancellation
The Northwest Territories is cancelling its consumer carbon tax following the federal decision to kill the tax last Friday. The
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Feds boost spending on northern military hubs to $2.67B
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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Sudden closure of Yellowknife’s Great Slave Animal Hospital worsens N.W.T. vet shortage
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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Wildfire risk ‘very much in the mind’ of CRTC as it mulls new FM licences in Yellowknife
The risk of wildfires in the Northwest Territories is one of the main reasons a new commercial FM radio licence
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Unseasonably mild weather wreaking havoc on N.W.T. winter roads
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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Telecommunications outage that affected calling across the North resolved, says Northwestel
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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The N.W.T. justice system doesn’t use Gladue reports. Some say that should change
By Jenna Dulewich As people across the country mourn the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, some in the Northwest Territories justice
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N.W.T. minimum wage bumped up 65 cents, to $16.70 per hour
The minimum wage in the Northwest Territories is now $16.70 — a four per cent increase over the previous minimum
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Type of fentanyl analogue identified in N.W.T. for the first time
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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NASA ready for takeoff in Yellowknife
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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