Northwest Territories News
Six new environmental monitoring projects receive GNWT funding
How will climate change affect Giant Mine's cleanup? Are there new ways to assess water? These are among six newly funded cumulative impact monitoring projects.
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New data indicates violent crime involving firearms in the NWT jumped 23 percent in the first year of the pandemic. It had been rising before that, too.
The post NWT violent gun crime increased during pandemic first appeared on Cabin Radio.Fort Smith artist accepted to paint mural in Vancouver
Dene artist Melanie Jewell will take part in the Vancouver Mural Festival this month. Creating a mural is exciting, she said – despite her fear of heights.
The post Fort Smith artist accepted to paint mural in Vancouver first appeared on Cabin Radio.Why must I pay the GNWT a ‘cost of living fee’ for a fishing licence?
NWT residents buying fishing licences are being charged "cost of living fees." We attempted to figure out what that fee is and where it's going.
The post Why must I pay the GNWT a ‘cost of living fee’ for a fishing licence? first appeared on Cabin Radio.Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library expands to 15 NWT communities
I'm begging of you, please don't take my Green Eggs and Ham. A book program created by Dolly Parton is coming to 15 NWT communities.
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A Fort Smith resident who impersonated teenage celebrities to receive images of naked children was sentenced to seven years in prison.
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Fort Liard and Nahanni Butte "should be on high alert," the NWT government said, after British Columbia issued a flood warning for the Liard River.
The post Fort Liard and Nahanni Butte warned of possible flooding first appeared on Cabin Radio.CRTC seeks second round of northern telecoms feedback
The CRTC wants to hear from northern residents about how to make phone and internet services more affordable, reliable and competitive.
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NWT tour operators are each eligible for up to $22,500 from a fresh round of funding designed to help the industry prepare for post-pandemic reopening.
The post More tourism restart funding offers operators up to $22,500 first appeared on Cabin Radio.Inside the research on fly-in, fly-out work
Many of us either do fly-in, fly-out work or know others who do. But we don't talk about it much. We asked workers about the effects and looked at the research.
The post Inside the research on fly-in, fly-out work first appeared on Cabin Radio.Man who raped former partner after brain injury is sentenced
An NWT man received three and a half years in prison for the rape of an ex-partner, an incident that took place after he had received a traumatic brain injury.
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New regulations, under public review, are set to help NWT parents request changes to child support payment amounts without going to court.
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Ecologist Jennifer Baltzer is the new Canada Research Chair in Forests and Global Change, studying the effects of permafrost thaw and wildfires on NWT forests.
The post New research chair to study climate change effects on NWT forests first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT agrees sale of Mactung property for up to $15M
The NWT agreed to sell Mactung, a tungsten deposit in the Mackenzie Mountains, to a private company for a fee that could rise to $15 million if a mine is built.
The post NWT agrees sale of Mactung property for up to $15M first appeared on Cabin Radio.Three candidates for Dehcho First Nations grand chief
Herb Norwegian, Jim Antoine and Tim Lennie are the three candidates to become the next Grand Chief of the Dehcho First Nations in an election this month.
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As the climate warms, industrial farming operations will become increasingly viable in parts of the NWT. Don't do it, a study warns.
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Judge Donovan Molloy, accused of misconduct, has asked for public hearings into complaints lodged against him. He is filing a human rights complaint of his own.
The post Judge Molloy insists complaints against him be argued in public first appeared on Cabin Radio.Sahtu Secretariat refers ‘colonial’ Imperial Oil for assessment
The Sahtu Secretariat accused Imperial Oil of "colonialism by any other name" after the company suggested the south should not have to accept northern waste.
The post Sahtu Secretariat refers ‘colonial’ Imperial Oil for assessment first appeared on Cabin Radio.YK airport demonstrates another way to decide a location
In deciding where a new Yellowknife Airport terminal should go, some GNWT staff are taking a contrasting approach to the one used for a Tin Can Hill campus.
The post YK airport demonstrates another way to decide a location first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknife councillors vote to sign Tin Can Hill campus memo
Yellowknife city councillors voted almost unanimously to sign a memorandum that labels Tin Can Hill the "intended site" for a university campus.
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