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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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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Cleanup of historic oil spill in northern Canada underway, source still unknown
There’s an iridescent shine on the wet pavement near the foot of the Northwest Territories Power Corporation property along 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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Electric vehicles in Canada’s North start reliably in cold, but long-distance “range anxiety” is real
Extreme cold might reduce how far her electric vehicle can drive on a single charge by 40 per cent, but
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Meet the 3 northerners being named to the Order of Canada
Being named to the Order of Canada is, for one longtime Yellowknifer, made more special by the fact another Indigenous
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N.W.T.’s Indigenous language program starts to pay off in Canadian Arctic
Susan Peffer says she can have conversations in Inuvialuktun as a result of the N.W.T.’s Mentor-Apprentice Program (MAP). “Every time
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Canada’s Northwest Territories reports 53 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday
Territorial count stands at 246, a decrease of 11 since Friday The N.W.T.’s Office of the Chief Public Health Officer
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Gov’t staff being redeployed to help deal with closure of Yellowknife shelters in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Health Minister Julie Green also said the city has offered up an arena as a possible day shelter space As
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Canada’s Northwest Territories adds 7 new COVID-19 cases, issues containment order for Norman Wells
1 new case reported in Fort Smith, none in Behchokǫ̀ Only seven new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed since Monday
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‘Need is urgent’: Canada’s Northwest Territories asks Red Cross, feds for help dealing with COVID-19 outbreak
Health minister says there was already a crunch in resources, now the need for nurses is especially pressing The Northwest
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Canada’s Northwest Territories in ‘critical moment’ as Sahtu COVID-19 cluster now considered community spread
Health minister says it’s becoming a multi-community event, will place ‘tremendous’ strain on health system Julie Green, the N.W.T.’s health
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Canadians go to the polls on Sept. 20, here’s the northern candidates so far
Canadians are officially heading to the polls on Sept. 20. The campaign will last 36 days — the minimum campaign
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Inuvialuit organization takes control of storied reindeer herd in Arctic Canada
‘We’ve been indirectly, directly engaged for decades,’ says Inuvialuit leader Duane Ningaqsiq Smith A storied reindeer herd first brought to
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Northern climate poses challenge for hybrid power system in community in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Primary goal was to reduce power outages in remote Arctic community More than five years after Colville Lake’s hybrid power
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