Freezing the toxic dust under Giant Mine is the current plan - but it's not supposed to be permanent. Here are some of the longer-term fixes being investigated.
PositionChloe served as the Wilfrid Laurier University Climate Change Journalism Fellow from 2022 to 2023. Her reporting is published under a Creative Commons CC BY-ND 4.0 licence.
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Here's a summary of your new Yellowknife MLAs. Spoiler alert: some of them are not so new. A wealth of political experience just got elected.
Former Hay River councillor Vince McKay has taken the Hay River South seat, beating incumbent Rocky Simpson and former minister Wally Schumann.
One NWT river is behaving in a way the others aren't, prompting scientists to ask: Where is all the water coming from? We sent a reporter with them.
Fort Smith Métis Council is heading into its first winter of monitoring water and fish – a move prompted in part by incidents at an oil sands mine.
New, small sensors filled big gaps in air quality monitoring through one of the NWT's smokiest summers. There's now a trove of data – and lessons to learn.
