Tsiigehtchic to bring in engineer to address cemetery erosion
Tsiigehtchic plans to bring in an engineer later this year to provide advice on how to deal with erosion affecting its cemetery.
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Housing NWT seeks public input on new eco-friendly strategy
Housing NWT is developing a strategy to reduce the energy used – and emissions generated – by the units it owns. Residents are asked for their feedback.
Yellowknife land transfer ‘slower than we’d like,’ city says
A plan to change how land within Yellowknife's boundaries is managed – seen as a pilot for other communities – is taking longer than the city would like.
Young, northern, and asked to come up with climate change advice
Young northerners are increasingly asked to join panels that offer politicians climate change advice. What is that achieving? Hear from some of those involved.
Network of guardians working to protect Bathurst caribou
Indigenous governments throughout the Bathurst caribou’s range are pooling information and collaborating to form a plan to help the herd recover.
NWT’s revised carbon tax ‘still better than any alternative’
"Theoretically, almost everyone would be getting back what they've paid in." The NWT's finance minister defended proposed carbon tax changes to meet federal demands.
Is the GNWT’s climate change progress reporting too complicated?
Struggling to understand if the NWT is hitting its climate change targets? You're not alone. Two experts said some GNWT reporting amounts to "gobbledygook."
Ekati says ‘12,000-litre diesel spill’ was a typo
A typo is to blame for an NWT diamond mine reporting a 12,000-litre diesel spill last month, staff involved say.
MLAs threaten carbon tax revolt that would send NWT to federal backstop
Some regular MLAs said they will oppose the NWT's latest carbon tax legislation, a move that would send the territory to the federal backstop by default.
NWT, warming faster than anywhere in Canada, feels it most in winter
The Northwest Territories has warmed more than any other jurisdiction in Canada, trends over the past 75 years show. Winters are 5C warmer than in the 1940s.
Rare earths mine sponsors Yellowknife electric vehicle car-share
Owners of the NWT's Nechalacho rare earths mine are now sponsoring an electric vehicle used by a Yellowknife car-sharing group.
NWT still needs more home energy auditors to address growing backlog
NWT homeowners now face a two-year wait to get a mandatory evaluation before claiming federal energy efficiency rebates. Efforts to hire more staff continue.