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Whitehorse council balks at cost to buy and demolish house in landslide zone
Since the 1970s, the City of Whitehorse has been gradually buying homes in a downtown landslide zone in order to tear them down. Now councillors are wondering if it's money well spent.
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Yukon reports 6th case of COVID-19, and 'good news' of 3 recoveries
Yukon's chief medical officer of health confirmed a sixth case of COVID-19 in the territory on Wednesday, and said there's also good news — three Yukoners have recovered from the infection.
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N.W.T. extends public health emergency as its 2nd COVID-19 case confirmed in Inuvik
The person is self-isolating in their home in Inuvik, N.W.T., along with members of their household. They're doing well and are not expected to need hospitalization, says Dr. Kami Kandola, the N.W.T.'s chief public health officer
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Cambridge Bay bans alcohol imports to encourage physical distancing
A letter from Mayor Pamela Gross posted on her Facebook page shows community is banning alcohol to reduce police calls to crowded homes and encourage physical distancing.
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Instagram? Drive-in hotspots? How N.W.T. educators aim to keep teaching amid COVID-19
The Northwest Territories has closed its schools for the rest of the year, but wants students to learn from home. Educators are thinking creatively as they figure out what that'll look like.
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Yukon makerspace producing face shields as 'Plan C' for COVID-19 pandemic
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Yukon schools plan for distance education as classrooms stay empty
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Kitikmeot Inuit Association announces COVID-19 programs for beneficiaries
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RCMP seek suspect in shooting at Yellowknife apartment
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Yukon schools plan for distance education as classrooms stay empty
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Federal government, Suncor Energy deliver 40,000 N95 masks to territories
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Housing Minister gives more detail on self-isolation units for homeless in N.W.T. communities
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Prisoner worried for fellow inmates' lives at Baffin Correctional Centre amidst COVID-19
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RCMP seek witnesses to December apartment flooding in Inuvik
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Nunavut schools, daycares to stay closed until April 20
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COVID-19: The latest cancellations and closures across the North
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Does Yukon have enough ventilators to handle COVID-19? That depends, say doctors
Karen McColl
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Some inmates being released to ease COVID-19 concerns about N.W.T. jails
Richard Gleeson
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It's rent day: Here's what some N.W.T. landlords are doing for those who can't pay
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Hilary Bird
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RCMP seek help finding missing Whitehorse youth
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Tulita elder Gabe Horassi remembered as man with deep connection to the land
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4 cases of COVID-19 among Cree reported in territory and Montreal
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Susan Bell
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Fort Smith RCMP arrest 2 for armed robbery after hours-long 'situation'
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Canada's airline, tourism sectors facing 'catastrophic' decline due to COVID-19 pandemic
John Paul Tasker
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Two Alberta men gunned down in what may have been random attack
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Janice Johnston
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1 week, 135 swabs and counting: Drive-thru COVID-19 testing underway in Yellowknife
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Nunavut drumming group finds new way to get together, despite physical distancing
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Put mining on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, say Yukon First Nations
Mike Rudyk
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