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Three N.W.T. candidates oppose Alberta's youth gender-affirming care ban
The Alberta government is proceeding with legislation that would ban gender-affirming care for youth under 16. The territory's 2SLGBTQ+ community is seeking federal support in light of restricted health care access to puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy under Bill 26.
Pehdzéh Kı̨ gets confidentiality on Mackenzie Valley Highway submissions
The Mackenzie Valley Environment Impact Review board accepted the Pehdzéh Kı̨ First Nation's request for confidentiality to simultaneously protect Indigenous knowledge and ensure project routing impacts can be heard.
Yukon lawyer says N.W.T.'s proposed eviction legislation targeting drug dealers could be unconstitutional
The N.W.T. is expected to put forward three legislative proposals to tackle crime and allow expedited evictions, but a lawyer and civil rights groups say similar legislation has been deemed unconstitutional.
N.W.T. counsellors say $7M from feds will establish new healing lodge
Dene counsellors Roy and Jean Erasmus say a new healing lodge will offer cultural immersion, and healing for grief and traumas to promote wellness for people and families in Indigenous communities.
Only Northview can decide when Sunridge residents can return after fire say city officials
City officials say only Northview Residential REIT, the owner of Sunridge Apartments in Yellowknife, can authorize residents to return, following a fire that displaced people from the 25-unit complex.
Reinstate federal minister for women, gender equality and youth, say northern organizations
Northern women's organizations are calling on the prime minister to reinstate a dedicated federal minister for women and gender equality and youth (WAGE).
Proposed national park in Peel River watershed enters feasibility stage
Gwich’in Tribal Council, Na-Cho Nyӓk Dun First Nation, Parks Canada and the Yukon government are studying the feasibility of a 3,000 square kilometre park in the Teetł’it Gwinjik (Peel River) Watershed.
Pehdzéh Kı̨ seeks confidentiality for traditional knowledge on proposed Mackenzie Valley Highway
The Chief of Pehdzéh Kı̨ First Nation is asking the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board to grant a confidentiality ruling so that it can submit traditional knowledge to back up a request to move the proposed route.
N.W.T. government investigating the waste of 48 caribou
The N.W.T. government is investigating nine cases of caribou wastage involving 48 caribou, an increase from last winter. The Yellowknives Dene First Nation says it will increase guardian patrols next year.
Fort Liard resident says wood stove program recipients chosen ahead of meeting
An initiative to install hundreds of woodstoves in N.W.T. communities was met with frustration when community members in Fort Liard found the list of who would recieve a stove was predetermined prior to the meeting.