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Environment, Featured, Law courts, News June 12, 2025

A Mi’kmaq man named Pond must tear down his family’s cabin by an NWT lake, a court has ruled

Matt Pond built told court that removing the late-’90s era cabin would cause him ‘significant and irreparable prejudice’ as he tries to join the YKDFN

A Yellowknife-born Mi’kmaq man must remove his family’s quarter-century-old cabin on public land north of Narcisse Lake, as he is not a member of an NWT Indigenous group, a court has ruled. In the late 1990’s, Matt Pond built a cabin located north of Narcisse Lake on lands now administered…

Environment, Featured, News, Weather

Great Slave Lake, Mackenzie River water levels ‘well below average,’ says report

May precipitation across the NWT was variable — Yellowknife, Hay River, Inuvik had average precipitation — and levels this summer will depend on rainfall in northern Alberta, B.C.

Environment, Featured, News

Water report: ‘No evidence that industrial activity impacts water quality’ in NWT’s Mackenzie River basin

Climate change emerges as a significant influence, particularly through permafrost thawing, says GNWT in 10-year summary report

Culture, Education, Environment, Featured, News

NWT non-profit group offering on-the-land education trip for youths

Camp will combine traditional indigenous practices with cutting-edge monitoring in partnership with NASA and Ecology North

Environment, Featured, News, Wildfires

NWT Fire: ‘Last few weeks have made for a rough start to this year’s fire season’

Several unnattended campfires discovered over May Long Weekend, information sought in dangerous mid-May Fort Smith fire

Environment, Featured, News, Weather January 6, 2025

Power generation struggles with frigid weather across NWT

Fort Smith's power cut for up to seven hours on Friday; NWT Power Corp pleads for conservation over weekend

“Getting a little cold in here,” was one comment made over the weekend by a resident in response to a lengthy power outage in Fort Smith, attributed to the extremely cold weather which gripped the territory. Starting Friday afternoon at 1 p.m., the blackout lasted for some NWT Power Corporation…

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Environment

A Mi’kmaq man named Pond must tear down his family’s cabin by an NWT lake, a court has ruled

Matt Pond built told court that removing the late-’90s era cabin would cause him ‘significant and irreparable prejudice’ as he tries to join the YKDFN

Matt Pond built told court that removing the late-’90s era cabin would cause him ‘significant and irreparable prejudice’ as he tries to join the YKDFN

Great Slave Lake, Mackenzie River water levels ‘well below average,’ says report

May precipitation across the NWT was variable — Yellowknife, Hay River, Inuvik had average precipitation — and levels this summer will depend on rainfall in northern Alberta, B.C.

May precipitation across the NWT was variable — Yellowknife, Hay River, Inuvik had average precipitation — and levels this summer will depend on rainfall in northern Alberta, B.C.

Water report: ‘No evidence that industrial activity impacts water quality’ in NWT’s Mackenzie River basin

Climate change emerges as a significant influence, particularly through permafrost thawing, says GNWT in 10-year summary report

Climate change emerges as a significant influence, particularly through permafrost thawing, says GNWT in 10-year summary report

NWT non-profit group offering on-the-land education trip for youths

Camp will combine traditional indigenous practices with cutting-edge monitoring in partnership with NASA and Ecology North

Camp will combine traditional indigenous practices with cutting-edge monitoring in partnership with NASA and Ecology North

NWT Fire: ‘Last few weeks have made for a rough start to this year’s fire season’

Several unnattended campfires discovered over May Long Weekend, information sought in dangerous mid-May Fort Smith fire

Several unnattended campfires discovered over May Long Weekend, information sought in dangerous mid-May Fort Smith fire

Ecology North kicks off 2025 Earth Week with over 30 events

Programming runs from April 22 to May 3 across Yellowknife

Programming runs from April 22 to May 3 across Yellowknife

Taltson Hydro returns to service after nearly two-year shutdown

The project cost approximately $115.6 million

The project cost approximately $115.6 million

Tłı̨chǫ Government, Ottawa invest $53M to plant 12M trees

The project aims to restore land, reduce emissions, and create local jobs

The project aims to restore land, reduce emissions, and create local jobs

Court upholds Colville Lake’s authority in caribou management

The ruling supports Indigenous-led conservation efforts for the Bluenose West caribou herd

The ruling supports Indigenous-led conservation efforts for the Bluenose West caribou herd

Power generation struggles with frigid weather across NWT

Fort Smith's power cut for up to seven hours on Friday; NWT Power Corp pleads for conservation over weekend

Fort Smith's power cut for up to seven hours on Friday; NWT Power Corp pleads for conservation over weekend