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High-to-extreme fire risk in most communities in Canada’s Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 13:18
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A wildfire by Vee Lake outside Yellowknife, an abandoned campfire near Norman Wells among recent reports A wildfire was burning

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Fort Liard, Nahanni Butte should be on ‘high alert’ for flooding in coming days, says N.W.T. gov’t

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 15:21
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The communities of Fort Liard and Nahanni Butte should be on high alert for possible flooding in the coming days,

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 News 

Part of Dempster highway closed due to blizzard, June snow showers hit the North

Amy Tucker, CBC
Posted: Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 12:35 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 12:42
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Fort McPherson, N.W.T., got a cool surprise Wednesday morning. Resident Mary Teya said just the other day the hamlet was

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N.W.T. gov’t agreed to sell its tungsten mining project — and could make $15M from it

Amy Tucker, CBC
Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 13:41
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The Northwest Territories government has agreed to sell Mactung to Fireweed Zinc Ltd, a private company, and it could make $15 million

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Health minister in Canada’s Northwest Territories responds to report criticizing addictions and recovery services

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 3, 2022 at 13:09
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‘We needed that outside perspective,’ says Julie Green The N.W.T.’s health minister says a federal report criticizing addictions and recovery

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Gov. in Canada’s Northwest Territories not doing enough to treat, prevent addictions, says federal auditor

Amy Tucker, CBC
Posted: Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 10:40
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‘This audit demonstrates a need for improvement’ in N.W.T.’s addictions prevention and recovery services The Northwest Territories government is not doing

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Society Society (Canada) 

Residents worry about evacuation strategy ahead of spring breakup in northern Canadian village

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 12:09
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‘I’m not upset about it. I’m insulted by it,’ said one resident of his situation last year On Monday morning

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Guy Lafleur in the North – ‘He just wanted to meet his fans’ says former NHL teammate Steve Shutt

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 09:41
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While some people travelling to northern Canada for the first time are lured by adventure or the rugged terrain, when

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Move over Boomer: Millennials, Gen Z dominate in Canada’s northern territories, StatsCan says

Paul Tukker, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 10:35
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2021 census data show the North’s population still trends younger than elsewhere in Canada The North’s population continues to skew younger

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Several communities in Canada’s Northwest Territories at risk of spring flooding

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 15:31
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Snow levels around the Hay River basin are at the highest level ever recorded at this time of year Excessive

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Record number of worker deaths across northern Canada in 2021

CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 25, 2022 at 09:53
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When news broke of Markus Dyck’s death, it rocked not only the small Nunavut community where he lived but the

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Resource extraction in North needs tools to fight climate change, says Canada’s transportation minister

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 15:59
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Canada’s transportation minister says all economic sectors — including resource extraction in the North — need their own tools to

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Residents in Canada’s Northwest Territories welcome highway project, but concerned over social impacts

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 08:52
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The $700-million highway project is a two-lane gravel road that would connect Wrigley to Norman Wells The Mackenzie Valley Highway

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Russia’s assault on Ukraine: MLA in Canada’s Northwest Territories asks for assurances about Arctic security

Sidney Cohen, CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 4, 2022 at 14:56
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Inuvik Twin Lakes MLA says Russia has long expressed interest in Arctic waters As Russia intensifies its assault on Ukraine,

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Communities in Canada’s Northwest Territories need more money; minister says gov’t can’t give it to them

Sidney Cohen, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 10:39
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Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs says closing municipal funding gap is ‘not realistic’ The Northwest Territories’ minister of Municipal

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