Yellowknife hospital desperately overcrowded: MLA
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Yellowknife MLA says he's worried about overcrowding at Stanton Territorial Hospital and what that could mean for patients.
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[LINK] "Aboriginals push back over hunting rules on caribou, polar bears in the North"
Randy McDonald's Livejournal (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Bob Weber's Canadian Press article explains exactly why I distrust the representatives of local populations dependent on animal hunts--groups like First Nations, and groups like Newfoundlanders who claim a sort of indigenous status--who claim a right to determine the future of local animal populations. They've just got too much invested in the status quo, and are resistant to outside oversight (granted,...
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Mackenzie pipeline's numbers questioned
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Yellowknife social justice group wants proponents of the proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline to produce updated information on whether the project makes economic sense.
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Bering Strait: Cryosphere Today vs Real World...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
Bering Strait: Cryosphere Today vs Real World « The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE So the question is…how much of this “marginal” ice is lost in Cryosphere Today compared to the real world? Copenhagen costs under budget SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - The controversial trip by five MLAs and two staff members to the UN Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in December...
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Tyhee Announces Diamond Drilling Has Commenced On The Clan Lake Main Zone, Yellowknife Gold Project, NWT Canada
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 02/04/2010
TSX Venture: TDC VANCOUVER, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Tyhee Development Corp. (TSX Venture, TDC) today announced the winter road from Yellowknife to its Discovery Camp has been installed and is accessible for light trucks. This has enabled the Company to start drilling on the Clan Lake Main Z
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Newsstand: February 4, 2010
Torontoist (Free subscription) | 02/04/2010
Illustration by Roxanne Ignatius/Torontoist. Our dear old Hogtown may sometimes feel like a pigpen, but it's actually Canada's most sustainable large city ! Corporate Knights Magazine 's nation-wide rankings placed Toronto in second overall behind, surprise surprise, Vancouver, which won for the medium-city category. Yellowknife took the top spot for Canada's small cities. Toronto beat out last year's...
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Toronto, Vancouver, Yellowknife Ranked Tops In Annual Sustainablity Report
CityNews: Top Stories (Free subscription) | 02/03/2010
When it comes to urban sustainability, Toronto has overpowered Edmonton in the big city category and Vancouver has pulled an upset on two-time medium-city winner Halifax.
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Trivello Energy Corp.: Trivello Acquires Historic Tom Mine in the Northwest Territories
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 02/02/2010
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Trivello Energy Corp. (TSX VENTURE: TRV) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has acquired the historic Tom Gold Mine and related claims, located approximately 10 km northeast of Yellowknife, NWT.
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Darnley Bay Resources Limited: Darnley Bay Resources Issued Prospecting Permits, Winter Exploration Program in Preparation
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 02/01/2010
TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Darnley Bay Resources Limited ("Darnley Bay" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: DBL) is pleased to announce that it has been issued sixteen prospecting permits by the Mining Recorder's Office in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. These prospecting permits are located within the Inuvialuit 7(1)(b) lands south of Paulatuk NT and neighbouring Crown Lands....
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Assault plea bargain 'demoralizing' for RCMP
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 02/01/2010
RCMP in Yellowknife say an Inuvik man who punched one police officer in the face and spat blood at another got off too easy when he was sentenced last week.
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back in the land of trees
an arctic life (Free subscription) | 01/30/2010
No trees in Iqaluit...so I'm glad to be back in Yellowknife where there are beautiful arboreal delights just outside my door & window!
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Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency: Canada's Economic Action Plan Supports Responsible Waterfront Development
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (MARKET WIRE) Yellowknife is now one step closer to having a Harbour Commission that will promote responsible waterfront development, thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada.
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Dene hunters demand return of seized caribou
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 01/27/2010
A Yellowknife justice of the peace heard Tuesday from four Dene hunters whose caribou meat was seized by wildlife officers in a controversial no-hunting zone.
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Tyhee Provides Update On Yellowknife Gold Project, NWT Canada
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 01/27/2010
TSX Venture: TDC VANCOUVER, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Tyhee Development Corp. (TSX Venture, TDC) today announced: 1. Installation of the 2010 winter road has commenced 2. Diamond drilling at the Ormsby Zone has commenced 3. Initial metallurgical results from Clan Lake are posit
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Cara Conference
Cara Community - Comments (Free subscription) | 01/27/2010
In reply to Bill Cara’s Blog for January 26, 2010 [See post-close report] : I would just like to thank Bill for organizing the conference. I had a great time and learnt more than I thought. The people I met there were also great. Vad's presentations were very informative and practical. And the weather was great, I must took in more Vitamin D than I do during the whole winter up here. From this...