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Community, Environment, Featured, Health, Industry, Life Style, News, Tli Cho Yati July 14, 2020

Bathurst caribou herd ‘not repopulating itself’

The latest results from the Tłı̨chǫ Government's monitoring program show a continuing decline.


Despite two years of “perfect conditions” for caribou, Tłı̨chǫ monitors are still seeing a low calf-to-cow ratio in the Kokètì ekwǫ (Bathurst) herd. Petter Jacobsen is the principal investigator with the Tłı̨chǫ Government’s Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground) monitoring program. “The bulls are growing large antlers early in…

Featured, Industry, News July 13, 2020

Survey says: revenue decline trending in the NWT

New data shows a significant decrease in revenue, across the board for businesses in the NWT. The Government of the Northwest Territories has released a set of surveyed data to better understand the economic effects and recovery plan for COVID-19 in the territory. More than 80 per cent of businesses…

Featured, Health, Industry, Life Style, News July 8, 2020

Cannabis products now cheaper in the NWT

The Northwest Territories Liquor and Cannabis Commission (NTLCC) has cut the price of cannabis products by 10 per cent. The drop in price comes with the effort to end illegal cannabis sales across the territory. “We will continue to assess the operations of the Northwest Territories Liquor and Cannabis Commission…

Featured, Industry, News July 7, 2020

GNWT extends handful of COVID-19 relief measures

NWT businesses and residents are getting an extension on some  COVID-19 relief measures. The Government of the Northwest Territories is contributing $550,000 to support the relief measures, expecting approximately $5.2 million in savings through waived fees. The funding will support licensed child care programs, in addition to waiving fees like…

Community, Featured, Industry, Life Style, News June 23, 2020

NorthwesTel pandemic data limits to become permanent

The North’s largest telecommunications company says the changes to data usage it introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic will become permanent. Following an application to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, NorthwesTel removed the data usage limits for many clients and boosted the limit for others from March to May. In…