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Reinstate federal minister for women, gender equality and youth, say northern organizations
Northern women's organizations are calling on the prime minister to reinstate a dedicated federal minister for women and gender equality and youth (WAGE).
Proposed national park in Peel River watershed enters feasibility stage
Gwich’in Tribal Council, Na-Cho Nyӓk Dun First Nation, Parks Canada and the Yukon government are studying the feasibility of a 3,000 square kilometre park in the Teetł’it Gwinjik (Peel River) Watershed.
Pehdzéh Kı̨ seeks confidentiality for traditional knowledge on proposed Mackenzie Valley Highway
The Chief of Pehdzéh Kı̨ First Nation is asking the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board to grant a confidentiality ruling so that it can submit traditional knowledge to back up a request to move the proposed route.
N.W.T. government investigating the waste of 48 caribou
The N.W.T. government is investigating nine cases of caribou wastage involving 48 caribou, an increase from last winter. The Yellowknives Dene First Nation says it will increase guardian patrols next year.
Fort Liard resident says wood stove program recipients chosen ahead of meeting
An initiative to install hundreds of woodstoves in N.W.T. communities was met with frustration when community members in Fort Liard found the list of who would recieve a stove was predetermined prior to the meeting.
Housing NWT sometimes evicts tenants in winter. MLA asks why notices served in coldest months
The N.W.T.'s housing corporation has evicted seven tenants from their homes since November for what it describes as illegal activities or disturbances, according to a spokesperson for the corporation. It's an issue one MLA raised in the Legislative Assembly last month.
N.W.T. faces uncertainty over changes to Jordan's Principle, which funds 60% of school support assistants
The N.W.T. education department will meet with federal Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu about how sweeping changes to Jordan's Principle funding will affect N.W.T. which relies on the fund to pay more than 60 per cent of the territory's educational assistants.
Mackenzie highway route 'should be our call', says Pedzéh Kı̨ First Nation
The chief of Pedzéh Kı̨ First Nation says his community does not oppose the highway but takes issue with the current proposed route, which enters moose habitat and runs over unstable landslide-prone areas.
Use of N.W.T. man's Indigenous name in integrity commissioner complaint an 'invasion'
Three complaints dismissed against two N.W.T. MLAs were made using the namesake of a well-known broadcaster. The complaints alleging code of conduct violations and conflict of interest were roundly dismissed by the integrity commissioner.
Indigenous leaders say lack of oversight on tailings spills a danger to water rights
The Keepers of the Water and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation say research analyzing the last decade of tailings spills backs up their concerns about monitoring of the oilsands and shows Alberta's energy regulator is failing to independently investigate a majority of spills.