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The village's pipeline, which connects the water pumping station to the treatment plant, has been frozen since at least March. That has forced the village to drive further out of town to truck in water and have it manually chlorinated, slowing delivery to the community of roughly 2,100 people.
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During the 2023 wildfires, the government of the Northwest Territories used its 2018 emergency plan — and, according to a consulting firm tasked with reviewing the territory's emergency response, that plan should have worked. The problem? Very few people knew about it.
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Conflict is brewing over the illegal occupancy of a plot of land along the Liard River, which is withdrawn as part of the Dehcho Process. The occupants are ordered to leave by Aug. 1, but they say they have a right to be there and have nowhere else to go.
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A wildfire near Fort Smith, N.W.T., is now under control, meaning it's not expected to grow beyond its current boundaries, according to N.W.T. Fire. The town had been on evacuation notice for a wildfire started around Primrose Lane and Carl's Drive, within a few hundred metres of homes.
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A.Y. Jackson, a member of the celebrated Group of Seven, made several trips to the N.W.T. during his life and created works that depict the territory's colourful landscape, as well as its mining heritage. Some of those works can be seen at the Legislative Assembly building in Yellowknife.
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Richard Olsen, the manager of fire operations for the territorial government, said fire behaviour modelling from Natural Resources Canada shows "normal” fire activity is anticipated in the territory until the end of June, but fire danger is expected to ramp up in July and August.
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Located about 56 kilometres northwest of Haines, American Pacific has been looking for a mix of copper, silver, gold and zinc on the roughly 25,000 hectare property located in the Chilkat Valley, an ecologically significant watershed that provides vital habitat to moose, grizzlies and all five species of salmon.
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David Browne is the head of policy for conservation and advocacy organization Birds Canada. He spoke with Hilary Bird, the host of CBC's Trailbreaker, about why he is concerned changes to the U.S.'s Migratory Bird Treaty Act could impact species in the north.
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Cole Sinclair was arrested in Whitehorse last December on a warrant issued under the federal Extradition Act. He faces nine charges in central Oregon's Deschutes County in relation to the 2023 death of Evelyn Weaver, including first-degree murder, robbery and unauthorized use of a vehicle.
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Fentanyl mixed with a rare benzodiazepine was detected in drugs seized between Fort Good Hope and Norman Wells. The chief public health officer of the N.W.T. is warning that the territory is seeing an increased presence of methamphetamine and higher quantities of fentanyl.
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Gladiator resumed drilling in the Whitehorse copper belt in 2024. An application to expand exploration to a class 3 permit is going through the assessment process. If approved, Gladiator would expand drilling throughout the whole 35-kilometre Copper Belt project, most of which is within city limits.
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Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai, Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson and Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok say they will be exploring the creation of a "territorial trade zone" that would make sure modern treaties with Indigenous people, and the needs of the territories are recognized as trade barriers come down.
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The pool in Ross River, Yukon, will remain closed for at least another year. The territory's department of Highways and Public Works conducted a detailed structural and geotechnical investigation of the pool last fall and found severe foundational and structural issues.
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The Yukon government failed to properly respond to and support students and families affected by the improper use of holds and isolation at Whitehorse's Jack Hulland Elementary School, according to a new report by the office of the territory's child and youth advocate.
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"It hurts to see her trapped in a body that doesn't work anymore,” Virginie Bourque's partner said in a victim impact statement. "It hurts to see her suffer, it hurts to see that her young adult years were taken away from her… It's been nothing but heartbreaking.”
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"It hurts to see her trapped in a body that doesn't work anymore,” Virginie Bourque's partner said in a victim impact statement. "It hurts to see her suffer, it hurts to see that her young adult years were taken away from her… It's been nothing but heartbreaking.”
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Jill Aalhus, the executive director of Blood Ties Four Directions, said a spike in overdoses included some that happened at the supervised consumption site in downtown Whitehorse. Nobody died, but Aalhus said onsite drug testing revealed an unknown substance that has advocates concerned.
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The Nunavut government says it's working on guidelines for employees about using artificial intelligence. The topic came up Friday during hearings of the Standing Committee on Oversight of Government Operations and Public Accounts. The use of unapproved third-party applications, like WhatsApp, was also discussed.
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This week, N.W.T. Premier R.J. Simpson published an open letter arguing that Canada "cannot afford to overlook the Northwest Territories.” He spoke to CBC's Meghan Roberts about that letter, and why he is hopeful that politicians in Ottawa are ready to invest in the territories.
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