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Harper Signature May Mean Huge Changes In Northwest Territories

CP | Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.11.2013 | Canada Politics
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YELLOWKNIFE - A stroke of the pen has brought the Northwest Territories closer to control over its own land and resources.Prime Minister Stephen Harpe...

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Five Things You Must Know About N.W.T. Deal

CBC | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada Politics
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The Northwest Territories is expected to get a final devolution agreement Monday, which will give the territory control over its Crown lands and resou...

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Harper To Mark End Of Devolution Talks In Yellowknife

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada Politics
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YELLOWKNIFE - Prime Minister Stephen Harper will travel to Yellowknife Monday to mark the end of talks granting province-like powers to the Northwest ...

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5 Of Canada's Northern National Parks

CBC | Posted 10.22.2012 | Canada Travel
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper officially announced the creation of Canada's 44th national park, Nááts’ihch’oh (pronounced ‘Naats-each-choh’)...

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The Feds Should Pony Up For Birth Control, Say Doctors

CBC | Posted 10.16.2012 | Canada Living
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Doctors at the Canadian Medical Association's annual general meeting voted today in support of a motion asking the federal government to pay for birth...

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Oil Sands: Native Millionaire Sees 'Economic Force' For First Nations

The Globe and Mail | Nathan Vanderklippe | Posted 08.14.2012 | Canada Business
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Dave Tuccaro is driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, where he will plan the book tour he will mount after Christmas when his biography is released. ...

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Mixed Feelings Over N.W.T. Shale Prospect

CP | Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.12.2012 | Canada Business
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CALGARY - A potentially enormous new shale oil prospect in the Northwest Territories is giving some communities hope that the resource-driven economic...

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Northwest Territories Budget Projects Surplus

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 07.23.2012 | Canada Politics
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YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories is considering a status-quo budget that would deliver a small surplus of money and time."This is a budget, cle...

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Bureaucrat Gone Bad: Spree Included Vegas Vacation

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.13.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The Aboriginal Affairs Department called in an auditor after one of its managers went on a wild, taxpayer-funded shopping spree, new document...

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N.W.T. Boasts All-Female Superior Court

CBC | Posted 02.02.2012 | Canada
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The Northwest Territories is now the only jurisdiction in Canada to have an all-female superior court, following Friday's appointment of S...

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Melting Permafrost Could Cost North Millions

CBC | Posted 01.24.2012 | Canada
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In the Arctic, the ground is melting beneath northerners’ feet. This brings a new and costly infrastructure challenge to a ...

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New Premier Of The Northwest Territories

CP | Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.26.2011 | Canada Politics
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YELLOWKNIFE - A man who started as a bureaucrat for the Northwest Territories is now running the government he used to work for.Bob McLeod, once hired...

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MLAs To Choose New NWT Premier

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.25.2011 | Canada Politics
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YELLOWKNIFE - One of the candidates for the premier's chair in the Northwest Territories is looking for support from an unusual source — the voters ...

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Two Killed In NWT Plane Crash

CP | Posted 12.04.2011 | Canada
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Two people died when an Air Tindi passenger plane crashed east of Yellowknife Tuesday afternoon, while two survivors were taken to hospit...

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NWT Must Pick A Premier

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.03.2011 | Canada Politics
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YELLOWKNIFE - The voters have spoken, but the election is only half complete.The 19 newly elected representatives in the Northwest Territories' new go...

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Bid For Province-Like Powers At Stake In Northwest Territories Election

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.02.2011 | Canada Politics
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YELLOWKNIFE - Voters in the Northwest Territories go to the polls today in an election crucial to a bid for province-like powers.The new government wi...

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Arctic Canada: True North Strong and Free -- and Just

Hon. Carolyn Bennett | Posted 12.19.2011 | Canada
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Hon. Carolyn Bennett

Stephen Harper talks of Northern sovereignty but demonstrates a purely militaristic approach, with the recent addition of a little nod to resource extraction. At no time has the prime minister acknowledged that an essential ingredient to our sovereignty is sustainable and liveable communities in the North.

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