Northern Canada: Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod not seeking re-election
Premier Bob McLeod has confirmed that he will not be standing for election to the 19th Legislature of the Northwest
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Canadian gov to fund runway upgrades for Inuvik, Northwest Territories airport
Two months after announcing $22 million to protect permafrost underneath Inuvik’s airport, the federal government has returned to the Northwest
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Northern Canada: Telecom outages cost Yellowknife economy $10M, chamber says
Two telecommunications outages in Yellowknife, Northern Canada over the summer have cost the local economy close to $10 million, estimates
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Indigenous groups in Northern Canada celebrate Porcupine caribou agreement
People from eight Indigenous communities are celebrating a groundbreaking collaboration agreement on how they will share the harvest of the
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Elections in Canada’s Northwest Territories officially underway
The N.W.T.’s territorial election campaign is officially underway, after 19 writs — one for each electoral district — were signed
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After 4 years, Canada’s Liberal government hasn’t released its plan for the Arctic
After four years in power, the Liberal government still hasn’t delivered on a promise of a detailed plan for developing
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Government to boost fuel storage in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The Canadian and Northwest Territories governments have announced a plan to increase fuel storage in the territory, which they say
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MLA worried hydro expansion in Northern Canada is ‘subsidy’ for mining project
A Yellowknife, Northwest Territories MLA is questioning whether a proposed transmission line connecting Whatì, N.W.T., to the Snare Forks hydroelectric
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Yellowknife, Northern Canada hospital receives $2M anonymous donation
An anonymous donor has given $2 million to the Stanton Territorial Hospital for a three-year mental health program for youth
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Man in Arctic Canada found guilty of killing polar bear without tag
A man who killed a polar bear on an isolated island in Canada’s Arctic cannot claim self-defence because he got
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Violence against Indigenous women: Northwest Territories gov not yet committing to recommendations
The N.W.T. government is not yet committing to act on all the recommendations from the inquiry into missing and murdered
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Judge sends sex offender back to Arctic Canadian community despite lack of treatment
The Northwest Territories newest judge recently faced a challenge N.W.T. judges have been confronting for decades — what to do
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Construction of Tlicho all-season road in Northern Canada begins
Elected officials stabbed at muddy ground with clean shovels at the official groundbreaking on the Tlicho all-season road in Whatı̀,
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New Corrections Act brings big changes to jails in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories’ overhaul of its corrections law could be a new model for reconciliation and offer inmates “a light
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Dene, Métis end self-government talks in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Three land claim organizations in Tulita, N.W.T., have “unanimously” decided to end self-government negotiations with the federal government, according to
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