Northwest Territories News
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North Klondike Highway closed by flooding
Heavy rains have flooded part of the Yukon's North Klondike Highway, which remains closed Tuesday morning between Carmacks and Braeburn.
CBC.ca – Aug 26, 2008 3:08 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Heavy rains have flooded part of the Yukon's North Klondike Highway, which remains closed Tuesday morning between Carmacks and Braeburn.
CBC.ca – Aug 26, 2008 3:08 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Embattled chief Martselos re-elected at Salt River First Nation
Frieda Martselos has been re-elected chief of the Salt River First Nation in Fort Smith, N.W.T., despite spending nearly a year and a half battling a band council that tried to fire her.
CBC.ca – Aug 26, 2008 2:58 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Frieda Martselos has been re-elected chief of the Salt River First Nation in Fort Smith, N.W.T., despite spending nearly a year and a half battling a band council that tried to fire her.
CBC.ca – Aug 26, 2008 2:58 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Ambulances, helicopters buzz around Iqaluit as Operation Nanook wraps up
Parts of Iqaluit looked and sounded like an emergency zone Monday, but military officials said the helicopters and emergency vehicles were part of an exercise to train soldiers and emergency crews.
CBC.ca – Aug 26, 2008 01:42 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Parts of Iqaluit looked and sounded like an emergency zone Monday, but military officials said the helicopters and emergency vehicles were part of an exercise to train soldiers and emergency crews.
CBC.ca – Aug 26, 2008 01:42 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
NDP blasts Harper for ignoring real northern issues
On the day before Prime Minister Stephen Harper was set to make his latest trip north of 60, NDP Leader Jack Layton criticized Harper's government for focusing heavily on military measures to secure Canada's claim to the Arctic.
CBC.ca – Aug 25, 2008 10:24 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
On the day before Prime Minister Stephen Harper was set to make his latest trip north of 60, NDP Leader Jack Layton criticized Harper's government for focusing heavily on military measures to secure Canada's claim to the Arctic.
CBC.ca – Aug 25, 2008 10:24 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Jazz removes life vests to save fuel
Air Canada's regional carrier Jazz has removed inflatable life vests from its planes to save weight, a spokeswoman said.
CBC.ca – Aug 25, 2008 8:13 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Air Canada's regional carrier Jazz has removed inflatable life vests from its planes to save weight, a spokeswoman said.
CBC.ca – Aug 25, 2008 8:13 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Whitehorse's former tank farm at centre of NEB meeting
The National Energy Board hopes a public meeting set for Monday night will help settle a decade-old impasse over what should be done with a former tank farm site in Whitehorse.
CBC.ca – Aug 25, 2008 5:12 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The National Energy Board hopes a public meeting set for Monday night will help settle a decade-old impasse over what should be done with a former tank farm site in Whitehorse.
CBC.ca – Aug 25, 2008 5:12 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
N.W.T. francophone school board loses court battle over enrollment
The Northwest Territories' francophone school board has lost its court challenge against the territorial government over who can and cannot attend its French-language schools.
CBC.ca – Aug 25, 2008 3:19 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The Northwest Territories' francophone school board has lost its court challenge against the territorial government over who can and cannot attend its French-language schools.
CBC.ca – Aug 25, 2008 3:19 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Ottawa declares 3 wildlife heritage areas around Baffin Island
The federal government has designated 4,500 square kilometres of land and sea around Baffin Island as national wildlife heritage areas.
CBC.ca – Aug 25, 2008 2:43 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The federal government has designated 4,500 square kilometres of land and sea around Baffin Island as national wildlife heritage areas.
CBC.ca – Aug 25, 2008 2:43 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Youth vandalism cancels Behchoko summer festival
A popular summer festival in Behchoko, N.W.T., has been cancelled this week due to an ongoing rash of youth vandalism in the community, local officials say.
CBC.ca – Aug 22, 2008 11:25 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
A popular summer festival in Behchoko, N.W.T., has been cancelled this week due to an ongoing rash of youth vandalism in the community, local officials say.
CBC.ca – Aug 22, 2008 11:25 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Outfitter dies in plane crash near Fort Liard
A passenger who survived the crash of a light aircraft on Thursday that killed the pilot used a satellite phone to bring rescuers to the site of the tragedy near Fort Liard, N.W.T.
CBC.ca – Aug 22, 2008 10:36 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
A passenger who survived the crash of a light aircraft on Thursday that killed the pilot used a satellite phone to bring rescuers to the site of the tragedy near Fort Liard, N.W.T.
CBC.ca – Aug 22, 2008 10:36 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
