"Terminations will occur in waves." Most staff at the Ekati mine are losing their jobs. Here's the advice their union is providing about what happens next.
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“Wishful thinking.” The Tłı̨chǫ Government, North Slave Métis Alliance and Air Tindi told us how they're responding to the Ekati diamond mine's closure.
A day after the Ekati diamond mine went into receivership, the GNWT took questions from reporters about what happens now. Here are nine takeaways.
Ekati owner Burgundy said the NWT diamond mine's entry into receivership after nearly three decades was a "deeply disappointing outcome."
The Ekati diamond mine played a large role in the NWT's recent history – and in many people's lives. Send us your memories here.
The NWT's Ekati diamond mine will shut down and enter reclamation in the coming weeks after nobody bid for it in a court-supervised sales process.
