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Wind warning issued in Sahtu, gusty Sunday ahead for many

Sat, 10/01/2022 - 18:00

Wind gusts of up to 90 km/h are forecast to rip through Sahtu communities overnight. In Yellowknife, expect a very windy Sunday.

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Park management deal brings jobs, buildings and pride to Nahanni Butte

Sat, 10/01/2022 - 09:22

A new agreement gives Nahanni Butte more control over the massive Nahanni National Park Reserve, a role the community has longed to play for decades.

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NorZinc agrees sale to investment fund with Dehcho mine in doubt

Sat, 10/01/2022 - 08:45

NorZinc, the company trying to develop the Dehcho's Prairie Creek Mine, has agreed to sell itself to a private investment fund as its debts mount.

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Two sets of Yellowknife school board trustees are acclaimed

Sat, 10/01/2022 - 08:24

Seven people have been acclaimed to each of the Yellowknife Catholic Schools and YK1 boards of trustees. They'll serve four-year terms.

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Indigenous leaders chart path forward in Yellowknife on Sept 30

Fri, 09/30/2022 - 16:27

Indigenous leaders addressing hundreds of people in Yellowknife used September 30 to set out how they believe reconciliation can advance.

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Police say Yellowknife teenager reported missing has now been found

Fri, 09/30/2022 - 15:40

Police in Yellowknife say a 17-year-old who was the subject of a public appeal earlier on Friday has now been found.

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NWT legislature begins work to erect MMIWG monument

Fri, 09/30/2022 - 11:11

The NWT Legislative Assembly intends to unveil a monument to murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls within the next year.

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Youth say September 30 should honour survivors, celebrate resilience

Fri, 09/30/2022 - 08:13

Indigenous youth leaders, including a Fort Nelson 26-year-old, believe September 30 should centre celebration, education and healing for people and communities.

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Yellowknife schools mark a day devoted to reconciliation

Fri, 09/30/2022 - 08:05

"A day to acknowledge everything but also try to fix things." Yellowknife kids marked Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

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Wildfire moves closer to research station, teams brace for worst

Thu, 09/29/2022 - 19:41

"The next two days are going to be really critical." The fate of an NWT research station hangs in the balance as a wildfire continues to creep closer.

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Security, fear, and a public housing system that doesn’t help anyone

Thu, 09/29/2022 - 16:48

Yellowknife's public housing now has expensive private security, a stopgap masking a system that experts fear is falling apart. What's really going on?

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Mount Gaudet road project ‘reactivated’ at GNWT’s request

Thu, 09/29/2022 - 08:44

Regulators decided not to close the file on a much-delayed road construction project north of Wrigley after an appeal from the GNWT.

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Imperial Oil halts Norman Wells waste facility process

Thu, 09/29/2022 - 08:10

Imperial Oil said it withdrew applications to regulators for a planned waste management facility in Norman Wells, citing concerns with the regulatory process.

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Rush to protect NWT research station from approaching wildfire

Wed, 09/28/2022 - 20:28

A wildfire is edging closer to the Scotty Creek Research Station, 50 km south of Fort Simpson. Researchers and firefighters are building defences.

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NWT avian flu risk ‘receding’ despite YK gull testing positive

Wed, 09/28/2022 - 17:17

The NWT says the risk of an avian flu outbreak in the territory is now receding, even though confirmation of a case in Yellowknife this summer has now arrived.

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NWT to start testing sewage for flu, checking blood for Covid

Wed, 09/28/2022 - 14:40

Sewage testing in NWT communities will now detect flu outbreaks, while the territory is also starting to test anonymized blood samples for Covid-19 antibodies.

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Privacy authorities launch fresh volley against healthcare faxing

Wed, 09/28/2022 - 10:03

Canada's privacy commissioners have issued a new call for governments to abandon the practice of faxing health records and strengthen privacy protections.

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Yellowknife moves ahead with arts and culture master plan

Wed, 09/28/2022 - 08:27

A new Yellowknife arts and culture master plan calls for dedicated art spaces, a city artist in residence, and a full-time arts and culture development officer.

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Can Tłı̨chǫ become a textbook case of language rebirth?

Wed, 09/28/2022 - 07:56

Tłı̨chǫ has far more young speakers than other Indigenous languages in the NWT. As a new textbook is published, are there signs revitalization is working?

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GNWT job satisfaction increasingly resembles shrug emoji

Tue, 09/27/2022 - 18:21

The latest satisfaction survey suggests life at the GNWT is, for an increasing number of staff, as appetizing as a gentle slap in the face with a wet fish.

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