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Grassroots emergency response support group in West Dawson, Yukon gains association status
;Resize=(620)) A group of West Dawson, Yukon residents who provide volunteer emergency services during the winter months when access to town is limited have officially been recognized as an association by the Yukon Government.
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Mental health, affordability, climate change among priorities for young Nunavut voters
;Resize=(620)) Mental health, affordability, and climate change are some of the big issues for young Nunavummiut heading into the Oct. 27 territorial election. Young voters could have a significant impact on the election. In 2020, 48 per cent of Nunavut’s population was aged between 15 and 24 years old.
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Fort Smith animal shelter warns it may have to close if more help doesn’t come soon
;Resize=(620)) The Fort Smith animal shelter says it needs urgent help to stay open. President Robyn Brown says volunteers are exhausted, and vet costs are piling up as more dogs arrive each week. She’s asking residents to adopt, foster or volunteer, even for an hour a month. A new petition calls on the town to fund a full-time shelter manager and strengthen bylaws to reduce stray and neglected animals.
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Power returned after broken pole causes outage in downtown Iqaluit
;Resize=(620)) Qulliq Energy Corporation (QEC) has restored power to downtown Iqaluit, repairing the broken pole that caused it, the company said in a Facebook post shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday.
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Election notebook: Housing and health care up first in Yukon campaign
;Resize=(620)) Week one of the Yukon election campaign brought us some big swings from the Yukon Party and the NDP on health care, while the Liberals focused on housing.
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N.W.T. needs new development, minister says, but it must be sustainable
;Resize=(620)) With the N.W.T.'s diamond mines all nearing closure, the environment minister says the territory needs new development — but not at the expense of its climate goals.
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Trial in death of Behchokǫ̀ teen wraps up first week after hearing from pathologist, investigator
;Resize=(620)) The trial in the death of a teenager in Behchokǫ̀ entered its fifth day of witness testimony Friday.
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Economic development group highlights year of growth in the N.W.T. at 2025 annual general meeting
;Resize=(620)) The activities of The Conseil de développement économique des Territoires du Nord-Ouest cover a lot of ground, namely supporting entrepreneurs, job seekers and newcomers. It is primarily a French-language organization, but it also offers many services in English, including those offered through its Yellowknife-based N.W.T. career centre. Over the last year, it has started new programs and built new partnerships outside the North Slave region.
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Leaders concerned for laid-off Ekati workers as mine owner awaits tariff relief
;Resize=(620)) The N.W.T. Government, Tlicho Government and Yellowknives Dene First Nation are partnering to support laid-off mine workers planning their futures after diamond mining. The union representing workers says it's in talks with the mine's owner, Burgundy Diamond Mines, about laid-off workers, severances and workload for remaining employees.
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'Not a crossing of the floor': N.W.T. senator denies change in partisanship after move to Conservative caucus
;Resize=(620)) The senator for the Northwest Territories says her decision this week to move from the Progressive Senate Group to the Senate Conservative Caucus does not represent a shift in partisanship or ideology. She said she was appointed to the senate as an independent.
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Man dies in Rankin Inlet ATV collision, RCMP say
;Resize=(620)) Rankin Inlet RCMP say a man has died after an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) collision by the local Northern store.
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Coroner rules out third-party involvement in death of Inuk woman in Montreal
;Resize=(620)) The Quebec Coroner released a report into Tukkiapik’s death on Oct. 7. The investigation found no medication or drugs and no traumatic or natural injuries and concluded the cause of death is unknown.
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Alaskan journalists resign from Homer News over what they call political overreach by state rep
;Resize=(620)) Journalists with the Homer News in Homer, Alaska have resigned saying the newspaper's parent company, Carpenter Media, unilaterally removed, edited and re-posted a story about Charlie Kirk after a politician complained.
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1 person dead, another injured after vehicle rolls in Mayo, Yukon
;Resize=(620)) RCMP in the Yukon say one person was killed and another received minor injuries after a vehicle rolled in Mayo on Sunday.
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Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link would strengthen Nunavut’s connection to the rest of Canada, proponents say
;Resize=(620)) Ottawa is expected to announce its second list of nation-building infrastructure projects within the next month. One of the proposals is the $3-billion Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link, which would start in Manitoba and connect western Nunavut to electric grids and high-speed internet.
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