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Cleanup of former gold mine in Northwest Territories to cost more than $4 billion

Cleanup of former gold mine in Northwest Territories to cost more than $4 billion

YELLOWKNIFE — Cleanup of one of the most contaminated sites in Canada is estimated to cost taxpayers more than four times what was initially expected. The Treasury Board of Canada recently approved a new $4.
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First Nations and Inuit Policing Program expanding into Nunavut

First Nations and Inuit Policing Program expanding into Nunavut

IQALUIT, Nunavut — A national policing program aimed at serving Indigenous communities is expanding to Nunavut. Through the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program, new RCMP officers are to be hired across the territory over the next three years.
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Nunavut politicians admonish ministers for not providing clear, prompt answers

Nunavut politicians admonish ministers for not providing clear, prompt answers

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok says it's clear better communication and partnership is needed after members of the legislature chastised territorial ministers for failing to provide adequate and timely answers to their questions.
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'We are resilient': Hay River, N.W.T., still recovering months after historic flood

'We are resilient': Hay River, N.W.T., still recovering months after historic flood

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — Kandis Jameson remembers hearing trees on the shore of the Hay River "snapping like toothpicks" as water levels quickly rose this spring. "It was the eeriest feeling," the mayor of Hay River, N.W.T., said.
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'Political hot potato': residents of Hay River, N.W.T. urge dredging in key waterway

'Political hot potato': residents of Hay River, N.W.T. urge dredging in key waterway

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — Aaron Campbell and his brother were boating from Yellowknife to Hay River, N.W.T., earlier this fall when they got stuck on a sandbar in the shallow waters of Great Slave Lake near the mouth of the Hay River.
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N.W.T. begins airlifting goods from cancelled barge into Sachs Harbour

N.W.T. begins airlifting goods from cancelled barge into Sachs Harbour

SACHS HARBOUR, N.W.T. — The Northwest Territories government says it has begun airlifting cargo and fuel from a cancelled barge into Sachs Harbour.
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Iqaluit RCMP investigating reports of pins found in Halloween candy

Iqaluit RCMP investigating reports of pins found in Halloween candy

IQALUIT, Nunavut — RCMP are investigating after receiving two complaints that pins were found in children's Halloween candy in Iqaluit. Police say after receiving the first complaint Wednesday, they alerted the community.
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Propeller malfunction caused plane to go off runway in Naujaat in 2020

NAUJAAT, Nunavut — A report from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a propeller malfunction caused a cargo plane to go off the runway in Naujaat, Nvt., two years ago.
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Suspected vandalism of fuel hose played role in delaying N.W.T. barges

Suspected vandalism of fuel hose played role in delaying N.W.T. barges

TULITA, N.W.T. — The Northwest Territories government says damage to a fuel hose played a role in delaying this year's shipping season for resupply barges headed to coastal communities. The N.W.T.
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Residents waiting on freight after N.W.T. cancels annual barge to Sachs Harbour

Residents waiting on freight after N.W.T. cancels annual barge to Sachs Harbour

SACHS HARBOUR, N.W.T. — Austin Larocque says he doesn't know when he may get most of his worldly possessions, currently sitting in a shipping container in Sachs Harbour, N.W.T.
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