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That program was taught in Fort Smith and was suspended indefinitely in 2018. Eight years later, the territory's education system is feeling that loss, with less opportunities for northern Indigenous to teach students from the communities they come from.
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A 2020 report by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., which represents Inuit in Nunavut, suggested infrastructure in the territory lagged behind all other Canadian jurisdictions by a wide margin. Premier John Main has vowed to get Ottawa to narrow that infrastructure gap.
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The N.W.T. government is developing safer communities and neighbourhoods (SCAN) and civil forfeiture legislation, but the proposed laws are receiving criticism from both people concerned with civil liberties, and those worried about safety in their communities.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney recently announced the grid connection as part of his list of "nation-building” projects. While Ottawa has put up $40 million for a pre-feasibility study, the only new money announced earlier this month was $139 million for B.C. Hydro to study the North Coast Transmission Line, to which the Yukon link would...
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The Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce says it is seeing an increase in local businesses paying for security guards. Use of force experts from across Canada say that's happening around the country, but it also comes with a growing grey area in law enforcement.
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In the early hours of Oct. 16, approximately 7,000 litres of furnace fuel overflowed from a tank during fuel delivery and seeped into the ground in Yellowknife's industrial park. The driver who was delivering the fuel says having more prevention measures at the site meant he could have avoided a spill of this size.
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According to many in Hay River, N.W.T., the town's ongoing drug crisis is worsening, leaving residents feeling unsafe, uncertain, and unable to simply wish it away. 'We can't keep doing the same things over and over and expecting a different result,' says one town councillor.
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Police are still investigating after a man walked into a day shelter in Yellowknife with a loaded pistol last week. Although the territory's health and social services authority said it can't give specifics as the investigation is ongoing, one of its directors said staff are trained for cases like this.
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A century-old Inuvialuit kayak once used for beluga and whale hunts, and 61 other cultural objects from First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities have long been held in Vatican Museums vaults. But the items will be returned to Canada on Dec. 6 after Pope Leo on Saturday gifted them to a delegation of Catholic bishops.
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The Yellowknife Women's Society will operate a new transitional housing facility next to the Folk on the Rocks site on Highway 3. The facility is set to open in December. It will help residents with housing applications, income assistance, and developing clients' life skills.
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Programs run Monday to Friday. In the mornings, between 11 a.m. and noon, programming runs out of the tent located near the Yellowknife Women's Centre in Yellowknife. At Spruce Bough, the tent is open from 1 to 4 p.m., with different themes or activities every weekday.
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Twenty-one people have overdosed on contaminated drugs in the community since Oct. 22. Normally, the community only sees one or two overdoses a month. The territory's top doctor attributes the spike in cases to crack-cocaine being contaminated with other opioids.
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Weekend service has resumed at Whitehorse's only supervised consumption site after a months-long closure caused by staffing shortages. Blood Ties Four Directions Centre, which operates the facility, says new funding from the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) will allow the site to remain open seven days a week through March 2026.
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A disagreement between the Kangiqliniq Hunters and Trappers Organization (KHTO) in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, and the Kivalliq Inuit Association has stalled discussions over wildlife management with a nearby mine, and led to a protest to get attention on the issue.
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More than a year after a Yukon Supreme Court struck down elements of Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) legislation, some tenants and advocates say the law still violates civil liberties – while others feel it's their only option to address illegal activity taking place in rentals.
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A public meeting was recently held in Hay River, N.W.T., to discuss a drinking water advisory from earlier this month that warns residents of Hay River, Enterprise, Kátł'odeeche First Nation and Kakisa of a high levels trihalomethanes (THMs), a chemical by-product formed when chlorine reacts with organic matter, in the water.
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The man is believed to have attacked a woman on the Millennium Trail on Whitehorse Saturday. In a news release, RCMP say the man was sitting on a bench on the trail near the Robert Service Campground. A woman noticed that when she jogged past him, he got up to jog behind her.
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While the new Liberal government's first budget proposes big spending on infrastructure and defence – promising to some Northwest Territories leaders – others say what's missing are similar investments in the country's residents, particularly those in the North.
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Aurora College in the N.W.T. is pausing admissions for its early learning and childcare programs until sometime next year and blaming it on funding from a pilot program expiring. The territorial government, however, says the college receives base funding that it can use at its discretion for programs.
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Canada's National School Food Program designates about $7.3 million for meals for school children in the Yukon over three years. But some advocates say that won't fill the gap left by programs that ended earlier this year with changes to Jordan's Principle funding.
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The federal government is proposing $1 billion over four years for Transport Canada to invest in major transportation projects in the North, including airports, seasports, all-season roads, and highways, for civilian and military use. However, the budget tabled on Tuesday is devoid of details about the future of some northern social programs...
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On election night, the Yukon Party won 14 seats and almost 52 per cent of the vote. Unlike 2021, where the Liberals and the Yukon Party finished tied with eight seats apiece, despite the Yukon Party winning the popular vote, there is no question about mandate. The Yukon Party has a clear one and they will be expected to act.
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Dixon's Yukon Party won two-thirds of the seats in the territory's next legislative assembly on Monday. He spoke to CBC about some of his priorities including a hospital expansion, addressing the territory's aging energy infrastructure, and consulting with First Nations on land use planning.
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The Inuulitsivik Health Centre, which provides services to Nunavimmiut on the Hudson Bay coast, said it will be setting up mobile clinics in Inukjuak from Nov. 3 to Nov. 28. After that, IHC said each community along the Hudson coast will have its own screening.
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The city of Yellowknife wants to raise property taxes by seven per cent in 2026, according to the draft budget it presented to city council on Monday. City administration told city councillors that the tax adjustment was necessary because rising costs, aging infrastructure and growing demand for public services have placed an "extraordinary...
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Witnesses reported a 14-year-old boy, who is believed to have been a passenger in the vehicle, fled the scene by foot, RCMP said. That search led police to a house on Whooping Crane Drive, where RCMP said they found a 16-year-old boy inside with 384 grams of suspected cocaine, $6,095 in cash, four cellphones and drug paraphernalia.
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A Fort Smith, N.W.T. parent has launched a petition after kindergarten students were removed from the lunch program at Joseph Burr Tyrrell Elementary School. The school says the change, effective Nov. 3, comes after a review of supervision and safety requirements.
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Kourtney Wolkie, 33, has been leading trips out on the land with a group of women for the last four years. She said her confidence comes from trips she did with her parents during her childhood — and she wants to empower other women so they can have similar experiences.
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