Ottawa finally delivers on 100-year-old promise to First Nation in northern Canada
Members of the K’atl’odeeche First Nation (KFN) near Hay River, Northwest Territories, finally saw the Canadian government make good on
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Northwest Territories
Mining boom to drive economic growth in northern territories beyond rest of Canada, report says
Economic growth in the territories will outpace the rest of Canada over the next two years, driven by the strength
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Hybrid Norwegian cruise ship to sail through Northwest Passage
A Norwegian cruise ship named after one of the country’s most famous polar explorers, Roald Amundsen, who became the first
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Online security experts warn against online voting in territorial elections in Northern Canada
Security experts have a message for election officials in the Northwest Territories: don’t use online voting. Officials recently announced online
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Recyclables in Yellowknife, Northern Canada have been dumped in landfill for over a year
While Yellowknife, Northwest Territories residents have been carefully sorting their recyclables and dropping them off in the city’s large blue
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Canadian Francophone Games could be coming to the North in 2023
The Northwest Territories’ francophone federation hopes to submit a bid to host the 2023 Canadian Francophone Games in Yellowknife, in
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Why southern Canadians should brush up on their geography of the northern territories
A large national non-profit wrote CBC North last week promoting two new historic places in the Northwest Territories. Problem is
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Brother of Superman actress Margot Kidder spreads her ashes in Northern Canada
The brother of Superman actress Margot Kidder has returned to Yellowknife to spread some of his sister’s ashes in her
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Canada’s Northwest Territories to use online voting in general election
In a move to increase voter turnout, the Northwest Territories will soon become the first jurisdiction in Canada to use
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New bylaw in Inuvik, Arctic Canada bans cannabis stores in ‘downtown corridor’
If a cannabis retail store eventually opens in Inuvik, N.W.T., it won’t be in the town’s main downtown retail sector.
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Gendered impacts of resource development should be studied, says inquiry into violence against Indigenous women in Canada
Before a resource development project goes ahead, it should be assessed for risks it poses to Indigenous women, girls and
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Water levels unusually low across Beaufort Delta region, in northwestern Canada
Water levels have been noticeably low across the Beaufort Delta region, in northwestern Canada, this summer. “It’s the lowest I’ve
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Land-claim talks: Dehcho First Nations, in Northern Canada, put land issues on backburner
The Dehcho First Nations in the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, are using new negotiating tactics in their decades-old land
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Lawyers in Yellowknife, Northern Canada push back at courthouse bail hearing ban
Criminal defence lawyers have gone to court to fight an “unwritten policy” recently enacted by Justices of the Peace in
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City council in Yellowknife, Northern Canada rejects looking into restricting liquor sales and store hours
Yellowknife city councillors rejected an idea from the mayor to start a dialogue with the Northwest Territories government to potentially
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