Oil production in Norman Wells is over after more than a century. Imperial Oil held a Saturday closure ceremony in a town that leaders say is at a crossroads.
Mining
Indigenous leaders are concerned about potential downstream impacts of Suncor's plan to release treated oil sands tailings into the Athabasca River.
Vital Metals, one of two companies trying to start a rare earths mine at the Nechalacho site 100 km east of Yellowknife, parted ways with its managing director.
A regulator that accused the Ekati mine's receiver of "direct non-compliance" said it was now satisfied after a meeting – and walked back part of its complaint.
Ollie Williams and Alice Twa·
"Carney took probably half our platform." Conservative shadow cabinet members touring the NWT this month are focused on whether the Liberal government delivers.
A regulatory board demanded a meeting with an NWT minister after accusing PricewaterhouseCoopers of "direct non-compliance" as the Ekati mine's receiver.
