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’The toll on families is tremendous:’ N.W.T. sees increase in opioid-related deaths
Health officials in the Northwest Territories say they're responding to an increase in deaths caused by opioid toxicity. Chief Coroner Garth Eggenberger says there were six such deaths in the territory last year, which all occurred in the Town of Hay River. The Hay River and the town are shown on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Emily Blake
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Indigenous groups plan to develop new protected conservation area in N.W.T.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Premier of the Northwest Territories Caroline Cochrane in his office in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. Trudeau announced this week $800 million in funding over seven years for four large Indigenous-led conservation across Canada.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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More than half of Canadians facing food budget constraints: Salvation Army poll
A woman shops for produce at the Granville Island Market in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Food prices in Canada will continue to escalate in the new year, with grocery costs forecasted to rise up to seven per cent in 2023, new research predicts.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Ottawa commits $39.4-million to support Indigenous languages in the North
Yellowknives Dene First Nation Dettah Chief Edward Sangris, left to right, N.W.T. MP Michael McLeod, and Yellowknives Dene First Nation Ndilo Chief Fred Sangris pose for a photo in Dettah, Northwest Territories on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. The federal government says it's investing $39.4 million to support Indigenous languages in the territories. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Emily Blake
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Large fancy vivid yellow diamond discovered in Northwest Territories
Owners of a diamond mine in the Northwest Territories say workers have recovered what is likely Canada's largest fancy vivid yellow diamond. The Arctic Canadian Diamond Company says the 71.26-carat diamond was recovered from its Ekati mine on Aug. 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO- Arctic Canadian Diamond Company *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Parks Canada monitoring suspected anthrax outbreak among bison in Wood Buffalo National Park
Bison trotting in Wood Buffalo National Park, c. 2005. Wood Buffalo National Park was created in 1922 to protect one of the last remaining free-roaming Wood bison herds in the world. Credit: J. McKinnon / Courtesy of Wood Buffalo National Park / Parks Canada
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Canada lacks clear funding, overall plan to commemorate treaty anniversaries with First Nations, document says
The flag flies at half mast on the Peace Tower near the Three Watchmen statue, created by hereditary chief of the Staast'as Eagle Clan James Hart, is seen near Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday June 2, 2021.Many First Nations are preparing to mark significant anniversaries of their treaty relationships with the Crown in the next several years but Ottawa has no plan to commemorate the treaties, according to a government briefing document. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Residents who fled flooded N.W.T. town warned some services might be unavailable as they return home
Flooding is shown in Hay River, N.W.T., on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. A town in the Northwest Territories says people will be allowed to return to their homes starting Sunday evening, three days after about 3,500 had been ordered to evacuate as water rose to dangerous levels caused by flooding. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Caitrin Pilkington, Cabin Radio, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Northwest Territories to drop COVID-19 mask mandate, isolation measures Friday
From left, the Territorial flag, Canadian flag and the flag of the State of Alaska fly outside the NWT Legislative Assembly, in Yellowknife, Tuesday Aug. 21, 2001. The chief public health officer for the Northwest Territories has declared a workplace COVID-19 outbreak at the legislature building in Yellowknife. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Stoody
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Chasing the aurora borealis
The northern lights dance over Yellowknife City, in the Northwest Territories, which offers some of the most enviable conditions in the world to observe them. PHOTO MARIE-SOLEIL DESAUTELS
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Northwest Territories says Omicron has arrived; updates advice for passengers of WestJet flight last week
The Northwest Territories provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Monday July 6, 2020. Health officials say the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed in the Northwest Territories. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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N.W.T. replaces Alberta curriculum for junior kindergarten to Grade 12 with B.C.’s
A cleaned classroom is seen during a media tour of Hastings Elementary school in Vancouver, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. The Northwest Territories announced Thursday that it will no longer teach Alberta's curriculum in its schools.The territory says it has signed an agreement with British Columbia to teach its curriculum instead. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Federal government sending more help to NWT to deal with COVID-19 surge
Liberal candidate for Scarborough Southwest Bill Blair speaks during a campaign event in Ottawa, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. Blair says Ottawa has approved a request from the Northwest Territories to provide "surge capacity support" for infection prevention and control, contact tracing and testing amid a spike of COVID-19 cases. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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N.W.T. reports first death related to COVID-19 as outbreak grows
A basket of needles containing Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine waits to be administered to patients at a COVID-19 clinic in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Military called in to help Northwest Territories amid surge of COVID-19 cases
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. Public Safety Canada says it has approved a request for help from the Northwest Territories as the territory deals with a surge in COVID-19 cases. THE CANADIAN PRESS/NIAID-RML via AP
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COVID-19 cases in the Northwest Territories more than double in one day
Cases of COVID-19 have more than doubled in the Northwest Territories, going from 34 cases Monday to 74 cases Tuesday night. Specimens to be tested for COVID-19 are seen at LifeLabs after being logged upon receipt at the company's lab, in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Two N.W.T. communities under containment order after new COVID-19 cases identified
FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS IMAGE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY, AN UNPROCESSED VERSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED SEPARATELY.MANDATORY CREDIT/File Photo
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People in 200 homes in Hay River, N.W.T. told to leave due to flood threat
A man stands at the edge of Alexandra Falls on the Hay River south of Hay River, N.W.T., Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. The town of Hay River has issued an evacuation order for about 200 households due to a threat of flooding. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Guardians of Edehzhie adapt to protect Indigenous land during COVID-19 pandemic
Guardians of the Edehzhie protected area in the Northwest Territories are trained in the use of wildlife cameras as seen in this handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Indigenous Leadership Initiative MANDATORY CREDIT
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Inuit women experiencing harassment, lower pay at Canadian mine sites, report says
Rebecca Kudloo, President of the Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, speaks during an Inuit panel in relation to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls held Thursday, January 16, 2020 in Ottawa. A national Inuit women's organization is calling on Inuit women and families across Canada to get vaccinated against COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Northern territories, home to many Indigenous people, lead COVID-19 vaccine rollout
A COVID-19 vaccine is prepared to be administered at in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Refocusing Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout to prioritize long-term care residents would prevent a projected 115 deaths and hundreds more cases, a new report says.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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The big thaw: What Arctic communities on vanishing permafrost are doing to find safer ground to build on
Coastline in the Northwest Territories erodes into the Beaufort Sea.
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Yukon begins immunization program as 103-year-old woman among first to get vaccine
A typical vaccination station at the COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg on Dec. 14, 2020.
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How living in Canada’s North has prepared me for COVID-19 winter
Jessica Davey-Quantick
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COVID-19 detected in Yellowknife wastewater, people asked to get tested
In this illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China. A male in New Brunswick is facing an assault charge for allegedly coughing in someone's face. THE CANADIAN PRESS/CDC via AP, File
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Trump to issue permit for $22-billion railway between Alaska and Alberta to transport oil, other resources
FILE -- An oil sands strip mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, Aug. 28, 2015. Some of the worldÕs largest financial institutions have stopped putting their money behind oil production in the Canadian province of Alberta, home to one of the worldÕs most extensive, and also dirtiest, oil reserves. (Ian Willms/The New York Times)
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Canadians join lawsuit to overturn opening Alaska wilderness to energy drilling
Caribou migrate in the Porcupine River Tundra in the Yukon on Aug. 12, 2009. Canadian First Nations and environmentalists have joined a U.S. lawsuit aimed at overturning a decision that opens an Alaska wilderness to oil and gas exploration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Rick Bowmer
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CRTC providing $72-million to improve internet in 51 northern communities
A CRTC logo is shown in Montreal on September 10, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Travel news: Where to find outdoor markets for food and drink
In Toronto, the Stackt Market shipping container shopping zone has launched El Mercado, a weekly Sunday market featuring BIWOC entrepreneurs.
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Alberta suspended oil sands monitoring without notifying NWT despite agreement, according to leaked e-mails
An oil-sands extraction facility is reflected in a tailings pond near the city of Fort McMurray, Alta., on June 1, 2014.
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Alberta farmers donate seed potatoes to Northwest Territories in effort to promote food security
Alberta farmers donate potato seeds to Northwest Territories in effort to promote food security
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Instrument failure, pilot error caused fatal N.W.T. plane crash: TSB
An Air Tindi float base is shown in Yellowknife on Oct. 4, 2011.
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Ottawa announces $72.6-million in health, social care support for Northern Canadian communities
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses Canadians on the COVID-19 pandemic from Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Northwest Territories creates enforcement squad for public health orders around COVID-19
Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane is pictured during a news conference after a meeting with Canada's provincial premiers in Toronto, Ontario on Dec. 2, 2019.
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Territories prepare for novel coronavirus with limited health facilities
The Nuvanut Legislature is seen in Iqaluit, Nunavut on April 25, 2015. Arctic governments are bracing for the potential impact of the novel coronavirus in far-flung, isolated communites. No cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nunavut, the Northwest Territories or Yukon. But officials in the Northwest Territories acknowledge the territory's public health infrastructure is limited. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson