City of Yellowknife implements open air burning ban due to hot dry conditions
The City of Yellowknife has implemented a mandatory open air burning ban. The ban, which includes the use of approved fire pits within the city,…
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Out of control wildfire burning about 45 kilometres from Yellowknife
A wildfire has Yellowknife’s attention and beyond after photos were posted to social media Thursday showing a huge, drifting plume of smoke that was quite…
Activists call on CBC to organize federal climate debate
Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen says Canadians “deserve” to know how the aspiring prime ministers will approach the climate emergency. Gagnon-van Leeuwen is an organizer with Our…
Committee asking residents to write in with carbon tax questions and concerns
For a place that doesn’t even have a carbon tax yet, the Premier has made a lot of noise about the issue. Again last week,…
Wetland map to help Akaitcho land planning
As the Akaitcho Process marches on, negotiators were given another tool to help in land use planning. Ducks Unlimited Canada presented a 77-million acre map…
GNWT gives $1 million to subsidize mining exploration
Nineteen mining exploration projects recently got a helping hand from the Government of the Northwest Territories. The GNWT announced it handed out just under $1…
Environmental and Indigenous groups call for better monitoring and water management to save Wood Buffalo National Park
Canada narrowly missed having Wood Buffalo National Park added to UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger. According to a Canadian Press story picked up…
Indigenous-led groups willing to pay billions for Trans Mountain pipeline
Two competing Indigenous groups are hoping to become the new owners of the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline. Project Reconciliation, which is made up of First…
After relatively close call with Behchoko last week, NWT forest fire season remains mild
The Tlicho community of Behchoko had a bit of a scare last week as at least one wildfire crept to about ten kilometres from the…
Yellowknife city staffers walk the walk when it comes to picking up downtown litter
A group of Yellowknife City staffers put their money where their mouths are last week as they took their lunch hour to clean up littler…