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Have Your Say on NWT Species at Risk
YELLOWKNIFE (August 14, 2025) – The public is invited to comment on two proposed listings under the Species at Risk (NWT) Act. The Act provides a process to assess which wild species are at risk of disappearing from the Northwest Territories (NWT), identify threats facing those species, and identify actions to help them recover. The […]
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Update on Kugaaruk Landfill Fire Response
August 8, 2025 The Department of Community Services’ Nunavut Emergency Management (NEM) division coordinated the deployment of three firefighters from the City of Iqaluit and a Government of Nunavut (GN) Deputy Fire Marshal to assist with the landfill fire response in Kugaaruk. After several days of on-the-ground support, the team has now returned to Iqaluit. […]
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Carcross/Tagish First Nation ‘in the driver’s seat’ for remediation projects – CBC
Aug 01, 2025 First Nation signed governance agreement with federal gov’t over remediation of 3 sites The Carcross/Tagish First Nation (C/TFN) in the Yukon will play a leading role in the clean-up of several contaminated sites on or near its traditional territory, after the signing of an agreement this week with the federal government. One federal […]
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GNWT Nearing Completion of Hazardous Waste Stockpile Removal from Communities
July 31, 2025 The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is completing the final year of its program to remove hazardous waste stockpiles from solid waste sites in communities across the Northwest Territories (NWT). Since the program started in 2022, nearly one million kilograms of hazardous waste have been removed from 20 communities in the […]
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Jean Marie River ‘on standby,’ chief says, as crews work to keep nearby wildfire at bay – CBC
Jul 29, 2025 Wildfire officials in the N.W.T. on Tuesday were hopeful that weather conditions in the next day or two would help keep a fire from moving any closer to Jean Marie River. The community was placed under an evacuation alert on the weekend, as a wildfire burned about 14 kilometres from the community. […]
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Shipping company charged after tanker reported in Nunavut wildlife area – Nunatsiaq News
Jul 30, 2025 Transport Desgagnés Inc. faces 4 charges under federal Wildlife Act Transport Desgagnés Inc., one of the major shipping companies serving Nunavut, is facing four charges under the federal Wildlife Act after one of its chemical/oil tankers was allegedly spotted in protected waters off the coast of Baffin Island. Federal wildlife officers received […]
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Caring for the Land: How Wildlife Research is Shaping the Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link
Last year, as part of Nukik’s ongoing fieldwork to prepare for the Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link (KHFL), we carried out our most ambitious wildlife field program to date. Together with community members and researchers, we gathered important data across Nunavut and northern Manitoba on vegetation and species like caribou, muskox, polar bears, waterfowl, bats, and birds. […]
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Canada signs $300 million grant to launch one of the world’s largest Indigenous-led land conservation projects
From: Environment and Climate Change Canada Today, the Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and Danny Yakeleya, Chair of the Our Land for the Future Trust, signed a historic grant agreement to launch NWT: Our Land for the Future, one of the largest Indigenous-led land conservation initiatives in the world. Backed by […]
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Risk of wildfire smoke in Nunavut communities
July 10, 2025 Communities across Canada regularly experience wildfire smoke events. This is expected to continue as Canada’s changing climate provides ideal conditions for more frequent wildfires and longer wildfire seasons. Wildfire smoke may be carried thousands of kilometers from the fire zone. This means smoke can impact air quality in areas close to, and […]
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Oversight board continues to push for permanent arsenic solution – Cabin Radio
July 10, 2025 The oversight board for the cleanup of Giant Mine says it remains convinced arsenic trioxide dust at the site can be safely extracted and stored. Approximately 237,000 tonnes of the highly toxic dust, which was produced by the historic roasting of gold ore, is stored in underground chambers at the former mine […]
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