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On average, the billionaires on Maclean’s and @cdnbiz Rich List will earn a typical Canadian’s yearly salary by January 2. macleans.ca/society/canadas-…
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Salluit residents protest following shooting death involving police, serious injury to another person
Friend identifies shooting victim as Joshua Papigatuk, whose twin brother was medevaced due to injuries
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A sad day.
In a statement released Monday morning, his family says a sacred fire will be set up outside the Legislative Building. The family is asking other across the country to not light any other fires for him.
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Building a new Yellowknife hospital and refitting the old one is costing 62% more than planned, the auditor general found. The new price tag is over $1 billion.
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Renovations began on Yellowknife apartments outside which a tent encampment remains. Meanwhile, the GNWT plans "temporary measures" to increase shelter options.
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A 21-year-old received an 18-month conditional sentence after a 2021 fire caused damage worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to Fort Simpson RCMP housing.
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Who gets to manage the harvesting of a Northwest Territories caribou herd could come down to how a single word is interpreted.
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"It's shocking." Federal officials who've retrieved abandoned nets containing dozens of dead fish and birds on Great Slave Lake say it's a major concern.
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"We're still sitting here." People keep recommending an ambulance service be created in Tuktoyaktuk, but the mayor sees no sign of it actually happening.
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I promised to do a residential school denialism wrap-up thread, debriefing and revealing the denialism we saw in September with receipts, so here we go. I hope this is helpful to share etc. Sadly, there is too much to cover, so I’ve limited it to some representative samples 🧵
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Sylvia Panaktalok, a mother to eight and grandmother to six, passed away in RCMP custody in 2021. On Tuesday, an inquest began into her death.
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NEW: Feds withheld report showing contaminated water in Fort Chipewyan, say local leaders.
A 2017 report found toxins above legal limits at 33 of 35 test sites, but local communities were never notified.
Brandi Morin (@Songstress28) reports.
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Yellowknifers chanted and held signs as they marched through the city's downtown on Saturday night to reclaim the streets from gender-based violence. cabinradio.ca/202327/news/ye…
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United States ambassador to Canada, David L Cohen, completed his first visit to the NWT where he discussed a range of shared priorities. cabinradio.ca/201890/news/po…
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A judge struck down a section of Yukon's safer communities act as unconstitutional. Advocates say that should influence NWT's plans to develop such legislation. cabinradio.ca/200908/news/po…
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The GNWT keeps missing information and privacy deadlines set by its own elected officials, a situation described by a watchdog as "difficult to understand."
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Hay River's new fish plant opened its doors on Tuesday, and some of the facility's first processed fish was fried in celebration. Take a look inside.
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The NWT government is using community visits to help residents learn how to prevent and respond to overdoses amid growing concern about drug contamination.
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NWT Indigenous leaders who remember the Bennett Dam's effect worry what the Site C dam will do. This is what those leaders, scientists and governments predict.
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The social media accounts of two Canada's most vocal far-right pundits have fallen unusually silent after U.S. officials accused them of being collaborators of a covert Russian propaganda campaign. cbc.ca/news/investigates/rus… .
