Guy Lafleur in the North – ‘He just wanted to meet his fans’ says former NHL teammate Steve Shutt
While some people travelling to northern Canada for the first time are lured by adventure or the rugged terrain, when
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Northwest Territories
Move over Boomer: Millennials, Gen Z dominate in Canada’s northern territories, StatsCan says
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
Snow levels around the Hay River basin are at the highest level ever recorded at this time of year Excessive
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Record number of worker deaths across northern Canada in 2021
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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Resource extraction in North needs tools to fight climate change, says Canada’s transportation minister
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
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
Inuvik Twin Lakes MLA says Russia has long expressed interest in Arctic waters As Russia intensifies its assault on Ukraine,
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Communities in Canada’s Northwest Territories need more money; minister says gov’t can’t give it to them
Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs says closing municipal funding gap is ‘not realistic’ The Northwest Territories’ minister of Municipal
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MLA in Canada’s Northwest Territories calls on government to establish regional addiction treatment centres
Rocky Simpson says Indigenous community supports establishing proper cultural programming closer to home A Hay River MLA is calling on
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Is Canada’s Northwest Territories in a mental health crisis? MLA, health minister at odds over the answer
Great Slave MLA says territory is at a critical point; Health Minister says it’s nothing N.W.T. can’t handle Warning: This
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Departments in Canada’s Northwest Territories failing to offer services in Indigenous languages, says commissioner
Services offered in English and French, but rarely in 9 official Indigenous languages People should have the option to communicate
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Census 2021: A snapshot of Arctic Canada’s population and dwelling data
The census data for 2021 tells a very different story across Canada’s three territories. Yukon led the country in population
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Canada’s Northwest Territories reports 15th COVID-19 death as active cases decrease
1 new hospitlization and 1 new I.C.U admission since Friday There’s been another COVID-related death in the Northwest Territories, the third in
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Duane Smith acclaimed as chair of IRC in Canada’s western Arctic
Duane Smith, the incumbent chairperson and CEO of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC), has been acclaimed for a new term,
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Canada’s Northwest Territories investigating network of electric vehicle charging stations
Chargers roughly every 100 kilometres would make long-distance travel more feasible Northern winters and long distances between communities pose challenges
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