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Yellowknife resident says he's lost faith in the health-care system after repeated privacy breaches
A Yellowknife resident says he’s lost faith in the territory’s health-care system and wants more transparency after repeated breaches of his privacy. Such privacy breaches have happened hundreds of times over the past decade in the N.W.T., ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yellowknife-resident-says-he-s-lost-faith-in-the-health-care-system-after-repeated-privacy-breaches-9.7127915?cmp=rss

CBC North 6h ago

As Inuvik shelters switch hands, operators want to see transitional supports next

A new contractor will assume operations of the Inuvik Warming Shelter, closely following a separate switch at another Inuvik shelter, as Housing N.W.T. takes a step back from operating the two locations.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/inuvik-shelters-transitional-supports-nwt-9.7132395?cmp=rss

Carl Englander 16h ago

Here's some green (and red and brown) for St. Patrick's Day! A photo of mine of Mountain Cranberry, Crowberry, Alpine Bearberry, & Spruce Cone, Whitefish Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. ©Carl R. Englander

#StPatricksDay #ThrowbackThursday #Tundra #NaturePhotography #Nature #Naturalist #Conservation #Outdoors #Photography #Biodiversity #Film #Velvia #Canada #Inuit #NWT #Barrenlands #Dene #Environment #Ecosystem #Ecology #Plants #PhotographersOfMastodon

Nancy Marguerite Anderson 18h ago

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
In 1855, James Anderson and his team of men make their way through the enormous, and enormously complicated, Lake Garry, on their way home to Great Slave Lake, up the Great Fish River from the Arctic Sea. #Journeys #NorthwestTerritories #NWT #ThreeJourneysNorth https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/anderson-at-lake-garry/

CBC North 20h ago

RCMP officer in N.W.T. pleads not guilty to sexual assault
An N.W.T. RCMP officer who was charged with sexual assault in November last year, has pleaded not guilty in court on Tuesday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/rcmp-yellowknife-plea-not-guilty-9.7132130?cmp=rss

CBC North 20h ago

N.W.T. MLAs say trespass law is urgent, civil liberties lawyer cautious
N.W.T. trespass legislation could make it easier to remove uninvited guests who bring drugs or crime into communities. MLAs and the public say there is broad support for the legislation, but that giving arrest powers to agencies other than police is complex, and must consider vulnerable groups.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/trespass-act-regs-9.7128513?cmp=rss

CBC North 20h ago

N.W.T. promises review after MLAs vote to support creation of child and youth advocate office
The N.W.T. cabinet says it will review whether or not the territory needs an independent child and youth advocate after a motion by Range Lake MLA Kieron Testart calling on it to establish such a position was carried in the legislative assembly.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-mla-child-youth-advocate-vote-cabinet-review-9.7130824?cmp=rss

Nancy Marguerite Anderson 1d ago

THREE JOURNEYS NORTH TO THE ARCTIC SEA:
Their work was done as well as they were able to do it, and now it was time to leave the shores of the Arctic Sea, and begin their journey southward, to Great Slave Lake. #Nunavut #NWT #ThreeJourneysNorth #Journeys https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/journey-home/