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N.W.T. gov't says new report is climate action tool. Not everyone sees it that way
The N.W.T. government released its first climate change risks and opportunities report this week. It bills it as a tool that all levels of government can use to help plan for the challenges ahead.
Young people and seniors alike confused by language of N.W.T.'s draft climate plan
Ecology North and Seniors for Climate held an event in Yellowknife on Thursday to collect thoughts on the territory's draft climate action plan. Confusion around its language emerged as a key concern.
City of Yellowknife doubles down on Niven daycare rejection, citing traffic and safety issues
Stephen Van Dine, Yellowknife’s city manager, said Wednesday there was “no glee being taken” in rejecting the YWCA N.W.T.’s application to turn 101 Haener Drive into a daycare with space for 32 children.
Women's association disappointed after city rejects its Niven daycare plan
YWCA NWT said it's going to file another application to open a daycare on Haener Drive in Yellowknife's Niven neighbourhood. The city rejected it's initial plan to turn a home there into a daycare with space for 32 children earlier this month.
Most N.W.T. Indigenous governments ink $375M conservation deal. Now what?
A draft version of N.W.T.: Our Land for the Future, tabled in the Legislative Assembly at the start of the month, lays out a governance structure that will how and where the money is used.
Told to update climate models, N.W.T.'s Diavik mine says it's considering how and when to do so
An N.W.T. regulatory board has told the diamond mine it will need to run climate-change models beyond 100 years, or propose a timeline for doing so. Diavik says it's talking with partners to figure that out.
Power corporation relying less on diesel in the N.W.T.'s North Slave this year
The Northwest Territories Power Corporation expects that by the end of March it will have generated 72 per cent of power for the North Slave region using hydro, and 28 per cent from diesel. Last year, about half the region's power was from diesel because of low water levels.
Here's why NTPC wants to hike the cost of power in the N.W.T., and what happens next
The Northwest Territories Power Corporation submitted an application to the Public Utilities Board last week asking to increase the cost of electricity for all its customers by nearly 18 per cent. The application lumps that new request in with an interim rate increase of 7 per cent which already took effect in the summer, for a total increase of 25 per cent.
NTPC looking to increase cost of power across the N.W.T. by 18%
The Northwest Territories Power Corporation says the increase stems from "major issues" beyond its control: lower water levels, high diesel prices, big capital projects and inflation.
N.W.T.'s 2024 wildfire season was 'highly active,' with 1.7M hectares of land burned
The N.W.T.'s 2024 wildfire season may not have seemed as dramatic as last year’s, but a territorial official says it was still “highly active,” with the third-highest amount of land burned in a season, since 2005.