Community leaders hope to be consulted after Imperial Oil pulls dump application
When Edwin Erutse found out Imperial Oil had withdrawn a pair of applications for a waste management facility in Norman
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Northwest Territories
‘Milestone’ hit as wind turbine arrives in Inuvik, but project now more than $20M over budget
It wasn’t easy delivering a single 3.5-megawatt wind turbine — with blades that at 67 metres span more than the width
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N.W.T. forests absorb more carbon than territory emits — most of the time
Forests in the N.W.T. absorb way more carbon than the entire territory emits — most of the time. “The forest
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Fallen tree responsible for power outage in two N.W.T. communities, power corp says
Multiple city-wide outages were reported throughout the weekend A tree hit a power line at Snare Hydro, triggering the first
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School boards in Canada’s N.W.T. ‘concerned’ by shortage of substitute teachers
The Yellowknife public board’s list of supply teachers for this year is half its average number School boards in the
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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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