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Residents of Hay River and surrounding communities return after month-long evacuation
Small spot fires continued to flare up alongside Northwest Territories highways leading into Hay River, Fort Smith and Yellowknife, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Braden
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Elections NWT says legislature has delayed election over wildfires
A wildfire burns south of Enterprise, N.W.T., Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. The mayor of an evacuated community in the Northwest Territories says her community is "in much better condition" than anyone could have imagined only a day earlier, when high winds and hot temperatures propelled a wildfire closer and forced fire crews and other non-essential workers to retreat. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canada’s climate adaptation plans were built for a world that no longer exists
Elliott Cappell
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Aerial view shows wildfire smoke in Northwest Territories and convoy of evacuees
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Video from Yellowknife evacuees shows heavy smoke over highway
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Evacuees recount harrowing escape from wildfires in Northwest Territories
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Rio Tinto to build solar plant to power Diavik diamond mine in Canada
FILE PHOTO: The Rio Tinto logo is displayed above the global mining group's booth at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Four homes in Northwest Territories lost in wildfire, road closed
The Northwest Territories provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on June 30, 2020. Five homes have been lost to a wildfire in a community in the Northwest Territories in the last two days, as the fire remains out of control about 100 kilometres northwest of Yellowknife. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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NWT is rich in critical minerals, but its economy faces neglect and inadequacy
Caroline Cochrane
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Environment Canada reports record-breaking heat across communities in Northwest Territories
A soapstone carving is seen in front of the Western Arctic Regional Visitor's Centre in Inuvik, N.W.T., Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Environment Canada says parts of the Northwest Territories are seeing record-breaking temperatures this summer as heat waves sweep the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Emily Blake
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Northwest Territories firefighter killed as wildfires continue burning in record-breaking season
Fire and smoke from a wildfire are shown in Hay River, Northwest Territories in a handout photo. A First Nation reserve and nearby town in the southern Northwest Territories have been evacuated as a wildfire spreads in the area. THE CANADIAN PRESS/James Cardinal Jr. **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Environment Canada issues heat warnings for B.C., parts of Alberta and the North
A person cools off in Lynn Creek in North Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday, July 6, 2023. Parts of southern and coastal British Columbia as well as large swaths of Alberta and the North are under heat warnings as temperatures are forecasted to soar near or above 30 degrees over the weekend and into Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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N.W.T. reports suspected anthrax outbreak in Slave River Lowlands bison
Bison graze at the Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve north of Pawhuska on Aug. 18, 2021. The Northwest Territories government says there is a suspected anthrax outbreak among the Slave River Lowlands bison population. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Tulsa World, Tom Gilbert
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Wildfire maps 2023: Tracking fires and air quality across Canada
BC Wildfire Service says critical equipment used to fight some of the devastating fires in the province has been moved and sometimes stolen, in one case three times. Hot spots from the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire burn in Scotch Creek, B.C., on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Private real estate investor Hazelview sees surge in requests to cash out of $1.2-billion Four Quadrant fund
The early morning view looking west from 351 King St. East towards the office towers in Toronto’s Financial District, is photographed on Dec 2, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
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New Canada Post stamp honours first Indigenous woman to lead a Canadian government
A stamp bearing the portrait of Nellie Cournoyea is seen in an undated handout photo. The first Indigenous woman to lead a provincial or territorial government in Canada is being honoured with a new stamp. Canada Post says it has unveiled a stamp in honour of Cournoyea, known as a champion of her people in Canada's western Arctic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canada Post, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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’The toll on families is tremendous:’ N.W.T. sees increase in opioid-related deaths
Health officials in the Northwest Territories say they're responding to an increase in deaths caused by opioid toxicity. Chief Coroner Garth Eggenberger says there were six such deaths in the territory last year, which all occurred in the Town of Hay River. The Hay River and the town are shown on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Emily Blake
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Indigenous groups plan to develop new protected conservation area in N.W.T.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Premier of the Northwest Territories Caroline Cochrane in his office in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. Trudeau announced this week $800 million in funding over seven years for four large Indigenous-led conservation across Canada.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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More than half of Canadians facing food budget constraints: Salvation Army poll
A woman shops for produce at the Granville Island Market in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Food prices in Canada will continue to escalate in the new year, with grocery costs forecasted to rise up to seven per cent in 2023, new research predicts.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Ottawa commits $39.4-million to support Indigenous languages in the North
Yellowknives Dene First Nation Dettah Chief Edward Sangris, left to right, N.W.T. MP Michael McLeod, and Yellowknives Dene First Nation Ndilo Chief Fred Sangris pose for a photo in Dettah, Northwest Territories on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. The federal government says it's investing $39.4 million to support Indigenous languages in the territories. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Emily Blake