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Who's investigating the Yellowknife tent pad fire? No one, according to these three government agencies
Neither the city of Yellowknife, the Northwest Territories Fire marshal, or the RCMP are investigating the fire that burned down the tent and tent pad of a homeless Yellowknife resident on July 20.
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Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation flies citizens out to freshwater fishing grounds amid salmon harvest ban
With a ban on salmon fishing on the Porcupine River, citizens of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation are being offered the opportunity to fly to alternative fishing grounds where they can harvest freshwater fish.
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Gahcho Kue contractor pleads guilty in workplace death
A contractor at the Gahcho Kue diamond mine has been ordered to pay $200,000 in connection with an accident that killed one of its workers.
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Camp Engies comes to Yellowknife, inspiring girls to become engineers
We bring you to Camp Engies, a non-profit camp created by women in engineering. Today, they were at Yellowknife's Tree of Peace inspiring girls in Grades 5 to 8 to unleash their potential.
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South Klondike Highway reopened to single-lane traffic after rockslide
The South Klondike Highway between Carcross and Fraser re-opened on Friday morning to single-lane piloted travel. A rockslide closed that stretch of highway on Tuesday.
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Amid wildfires, Yukon government takes first step to mitigate disaster at Eagle mine
The Yukon government has hired contractors for work to address the Eagle mine disaster but stressed that Victoria Gold remains responsible for the site.
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Funding cap on residential school searches 'like a slap in the face,' N.W.T. survivor says
The federal government has capped funding for searches of former residential school sites. Some survivors and families in the N.W.T have been speaking out against the change.
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Former student at school in Mayo, Yukon, files lawsuit alleging holds, seclusion
A former student of the J.V. Clark School in Mayo, Yukon, has filed a lawsuit alleging staff put them in unnecessary holds and would lock them in the school’s boot room for hours at a time. 
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Youth-run coffee shop in Faro, Yukon to get its own space with purchase of trailer
More than a decade since first opening, Faro’s youth-run coffee shop, the Kettle Cafe, has received funding from the territorial government to expand its services.
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Yukon gov't gives another update on Victoria Gold mine failure
Experts with the Yukon government planned to give a briefing Friday morning on how the territorial government is responding to the failure of the heap leach facility at Victoria Gold's Eagle mine near Mayo.
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