Meet the new head of the RCMP’s “G” Division in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Supt. Syd Lecky has spent 26 years with the RCMP in B.C. and he’s a member of Peskotomuhkati First Nation
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Nurses decry ‘unsustainable’ conditions at hospital in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Operating rooms staffed with fewer than half the nurses that should be working, according to union Nurses in the Northwest
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Canada’s territories broke 166 daily temperature records this summer
Nunavut accounted for more than half; Taloyoak saw its hottest-ever temperature The wave of heat that settled over Northern Canada
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Complaints over medical travellers being bumped from flights in Canada’s N.W.T.
A regional airline manager says the problem is caused by pilot shortages and an increase in travel Sahtú leaders heard
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Forum to highlight Greenland’s growing importance on world stage:Grimsson
The Arctic Circle Greenland Forum gets underway in Nuuk this weekend, and is an important moment to spotlight the island’s
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Paramedics to help out at N.W.T. health centres as territory contends with staff shortages
The N.W.T.’s health department is set to contract paramedics to help out at health centres and provide acute care in remote communities.
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N.W.T. has the highest tobacco tax in Canada again
If you buy cigarettes in the N.W.T., you’ll once again be paying the highest rate of taxes in the country on
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Hot days ahead in much of the N.W.T. this week
Sunny skies and soaring temperatures have ushered in heat warnings for many areas of the N.W.T. on the heels of a warm
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Federal government extends pandemic funding for northern food security
Nutrition North program subsidies put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic will continue for at least two more years, says
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Unpredictable winds make wildfires an erratic adversary: experts
Fire generally moves in the same direction the wind is blowing, but mountains can complicate matters Hot weather and dry
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Nunavut led country in violent crimes in 2021, says Statistics Canada report
The territories also ranked highest in crime severity, the new report shows Nunavut has the highest rate of police-reported violent
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‘The rebirth of our nation’: Gwich’in accord passed at biennial gathering
Gwich’in across northern Canada and Alaska will now be more coordinated and unified in efforts to tackle collective issues like
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Massive balloon examining black hole passes over Nunavut before landing in N.W.T.
From the ground, it looked like a second moon floating across the sky. A research balloon that was the size
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N.W.T. residential school survivors, descendants head to Edmonton for papal visit
The residential school system has been a large part of Mabel Brown’s family story. At six years old, her mother
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‘Crazy busy’ for business owners as tourists return to Tuktoyaktuk
Grandma’s Kitchen is run by grandma herself — Joanne Edwards-Steen — and her husband John Steen. With a guest book
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