NWT and Alberta ministers to meet on Thursday over tailings spill
The NWT and Alberta environment ministers will meet on Thursday as the territory seeks answers over how a massive spill and ongoing tailings leak were reported.
Latest
South Slave
MLA calls for new Fort Smith schools, citing residential school legacy
Fort Smith’s MLA is calling for the town’s schools and college residence – which are former residential schools or day schools – to be replaced.
Lack of transparency angers communities affected by tailings leaks
A months-long wastewater leak and a separate, huge spill at a northern Alberta oil sands mine have unnerved communities nearby – as has Imperial Oil's approach.
Details of Fort Smith’s deal with union published
Town of Fort Smith workers will receive a pay increase of three percent backdated to January 1 this year, then 2.75-percent increases in 2024 and 2025.
Fort Smith reaches tentative three-year deal with union
The Town of Fort Smith has agreed a tentative three-year collective agreement with the Union of Northern Workers after less than a week of bargaining.
Months of investigation lead to Hay River drug package arrest
A man faces cocaine trafficking charges after a suspicious package at a Hay River courier service sparked an investigation lasting more than a year, police say.
Renovations after 58 years will shut down Taltson for six months
The Taltson hydro plant will spend six months offline for refurbishment this year, moving South Slave communities to diesel power between April and October.
Jurors request changes following Fort Smith inmate’s death
Jurors made nine recommendations to the NWT's corrections service after an inquest into a 2021 death at Fort Smith’s jail.
NWT Métis Nation hosts neurographic art workshop
"It's to help process whatever you may be feeling." The NWT Métis Nation Healing and Wellness Program is holding a neurographic art workshop in Fort Smith.
Osisko ‘signs $100M deal’ to launch Pine Point joint venture
Osisko Metals says it has signed a $100-million deal with an investment group to launch a joint venture that will prepare to reopen a mine at Pine Point.
Hay River RCMP in new drug poisoning warning after lobby scare
Police in Hay River repeated a recent warning about tainted drugs after a man in the town detachment's lobby needed treatment with Naloxone.
Three northerners to receive 2022 Order of the NWT
After a two-year absence, the Order of the Northwest Territories is returning. JoAnne Deneron, Paul Kaeser and Mary Effie Snowshoe will be honoured next month.