N.W.T. updates its emergency plan ahead of ‘high-risk season’
By Emma Tranter · CBC News No major changes to plan before after-action review of last year’s wildfires is complete The government
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Northwest Territories
Union: N.W.T. wants right to use private agencies for all healthcare roles.
Union of Northern Workers and N.W.T. government in mediation on new collective agreement In an update on negotiations over a
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N.W.T. could lose hundreds of jobs and residents when the mines close, economist warns
A territorial economist says he loses sleep at night over the lack of economic vision and planning in the Northwest
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N.W.T. oil heating carbon tax exemption kicks in as carbon price rises nationally
Starting today, people in the Northwest Territories will pay more for gasoline and diesel at the pumps, and less for
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Canada’s mild winter disrupts key ice road to remote Arctic diamond mines
An unusually warm winter in Canada this year has delayed the opening of a 400-kilometer (250-mile) ice road that is
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BHP explores copper exploration project in the high Arctic
Project would explore copper potential in 6 vast areas during 2024, 2025 summer seasons Mining company BHP is proposing an
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N.W.T. wildfires evacuations may hinder 2023 overdose death count
There is no mechanism for officially documenting deaths that occurred outside the NWT The Northwest Territories’ chief public health officer
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Joint venture behind winter road to diamond mines offering assistance to workers injured in Air Tindi crash
A joint venture between arctic mining companies says it is offering assistance to workers who were aboard a plane that
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Supreme Court overturns N.W.T. appeal court ruling on who can attend French school
Ruling sets aside a N.W.T. Department of Education decision from 2018 blocking non-Francophone students. The Supreme Court of Canada has
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COP28 :Closure of hospitals in Northern Canada, an example of climate change, doctors
Canadian Medical Association wants a cleaner, more resilient health-care system. A group of Canadian doctors are in Dubai, United Arab
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Yukon man facing ‘unthinkable’ 2-year surgery wait pursues $30,000 private option
Arnold Hedstrom is one of about 200 people on the territory’s hip replacement wait list. A Whitehorse man plans to
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Would-be homeowner faces long odds in Yellowknife
“I’m surprised there’s not a mass exodus, honestly,” says Caleb Patrick. Sunken ceilings, loose electrical wires, and broken windows are
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As disaster costs add up, N.W.T. nears its debt ceiling
N.W.T. has ‘Cadillac taste’ with a ‘Chevrolet budget,’ past finance minister says The Northwest Territories’ 20th Assembly will inherit a host
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Yellowknife Women’s Society calls for change after ‘chaotic’ evacuation
Open letter calls for solutions to ongoing emergency of homelessness in Yellowknife. An organization that looks after vulnerable women is
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Work on N.W.T. roads a priority in final capital budget of 19th Assembly
Over a quarter of the money the N.W.T. government budgeted for next year’s infrastructure projects is expected to go toward
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