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Gov’t staff being redeployed to help deal with closure of Yellowknife shelters in Canada’s Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 13, 2021 at 15:30
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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

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 11:30
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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

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at 16:01
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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

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 16, 2021 at 15:39
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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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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canadians go to the polls on Sept. 20, here’s the northern candidates so far

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 16, 2021 at 08:32
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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

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 13, 2021 at 08:08 — Last Updated: Friday, August 13, 2021 at 08:11
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‘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

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Monday, August 9, 2021 at 11:02
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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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CBC Explains – Setting the (temperature) record straight in Canada’s Northwest Territories

Walter Strong, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at 10:19
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The hottest days on record in the N.W.T. are not the official hottest days on record It was hot at

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Canada’s Northwest Territories gives $1.75M to 52 anti-poverty initiatives

Karina Zapata, CBC News @bykarinazapata
Posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 10:51
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The funding supports 2SLGBTQ youth and food security programs, among others The Northwest Territories government has expanded their annual $1

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2022 Arctic Arts Summit to be hosted in Canada’s Yukon territory

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 11:10 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 11:17
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Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory will host the 2022 Arctic Arts Summit, the territorial government announced this week. It will be

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Climate change could fuel increase in mosquito-borne viruses in Canada’s Northwest Territories, say officials

Karina Zapata, CBC News @bykarinazapata
Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 13:39
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California serogroup viruses found in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) mosquitoes in 2020 As the climate changes, the risk of contracting

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Northwest Territories residents experience “another world” in Ivvavik National Park

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 12:52
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Seven-year-old Lindyn Fraser is the youngest visitor to Ivvavik National Park in Yukon this summer. “I’m having a lot of fun here,”

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Strong rebound coming for northern territories: Conference Board of Canada

Karina Zapata, CBC News @bykarinazapata
Posted: Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 13:09
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Yukon’s outlook is the strongest, while Nunavut and the N.W.T. may struggle long-term The post-pandemic world looks positive for Canada’s

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Gov’t of Canada’s Northwest Territories tables economic recovery plan, offering little in new support for business

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 04:00
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40-page ‘Emerging Stronger’ document mostly details past interventions and failures The government of the Northwest Territories has unveiled its plan

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Transport Canada gives $19M for airport upgrades in Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 15:11
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The federal government is putting more than $19 million toward upgrade work at three airports in the N.W.T. A Wednesday news

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