Ka’a’gee Tu First Nation recognized for climate change adaptation
Kakisa's Ka’a’gee Tu First Nation won a climate resilience award for work that includes relocating threatened cabins and trails and growing food in fire breaks.
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NWT will launch independent review of cultural camp search
This month's search by wildlife officers at a Łútsël K’é Dene First Nation cultural camp will be referred by the NWT government for review by an outside agency.
Apologize for camp search, Dene Nation and MLA tell GNWT
The Dene Nation and the MLA representing Łútsël K'é demanded an apology from the NWT government for wildlife officers' controversial search of a cultural camp.
Cleaning up Giant Mine will take longer and cost much more than planned
Work to clean up Yellowknife's Giant Mine will take at least seven years longer than planned and cost significantly more than the $1 billion already budgeted.
The NWT promised to remove illegal cabins. Here’s an update.
In February 2021, the NWT launched a $6-million project to examine more than 700 cabins and remove any found to be illegal. We asked for a progress report.
Power outages caused Yellowknife water issue, city says
Yellowknife's water is coming from the river again after four days of drawing water from Yellowknife Bay. The city said power outages caused electronics issues.
Fearing a ‘catastrophic’ fire, Hay River shreds ginormous tire pile
For years, Hay River had an unwanted record: the NWT's largest tire stockpile. The giant fire hazard is being shredded, but the landfill remains a huge concern.
NWT opens another illegal caribou harvest investigation
The NWT government says a fresh illegal caribou harvesting investigation has been opened, less than a week after a controversial raid at a cultural camp.
NWT communities given $20M to combat risk posed by wildfires
NWT communities will receive $20 million to build fire breaks and fund other ways of reducing wildfire risk, work some said would have otherwise taken decades.
Monitor NWT air quality by signing up for a free sensor
Small air quality monitors are being handed out for free across the Northwest Territories so residents can help fill gaps in data. Here's how to get one.
Footage begins to emerge showing search of cultural camp
The first video footage and photography from an NWT government search of a cultural camp earlier this week has appeared on Facebook.
Smoke warning for Fort Smith, Yellowknife and Fort Resolution
An air quality advisory was issued for Fort Smith then extended to Yellowknife and Fort Resolution after high winds fanned the flames of NWT wildfires.