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Jan 30, 2025 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Jocelyn Shepel |Russ Taylor |Russ Taylor Global |David Elstone
Transition to more biomass heating in Northwest Territories requires better supply chain, advocates say By Jocelyn Shepel CBC News January 30, 2025 Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy Region: Canada, Canada West A gathering of advocates, researchers and government officials in the N.W.T. this week is looking at biomass as a viable alternative to diesel in the territory. The Arctic Energy Alliance’s “Biomass Week” started Monday in Yellowknife and continues all week. Biomass is organic...
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
msn.com | Jocelyn Shepel
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
cbc.ca | Jocelyn Shepel
North·NewThe N.W.T. Department of Environment and Climate Change (ECC) says it received multiple calls this past weekend about a wolf spotted in Yellowknife. It also says those calls have stopped since officials scared a wolf away on Sunday afternoon.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
cbc.ca | Jocelyn Shepel
North·NewThe N.W.T. government has announced it will dissolve the leadership council that oversees the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority and replace it with a public administrator. Public administrator will be more 'nimble' than board, territory saysJocelyn Shepel · CBC News · Posted: Dec 10, 2024 2:57 PM EST | Last Updated: 5 minutes agoYellowknife's Stanton Territorial Hospital in January 2022. The territory's health authority will be under new leadership as of Dec. 16.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
canadianinquirer.net | Arianne Lacanilao |Jocelyn Shepel
By Cocaine the most commonly-seized illicit drug in the territory, according to policeDrug-related charges in the N.W.T. have almost doubled over the last four years, according to RCMP. According to data from Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) investigations, there were 46 charges laid in 2020, while so far for 2024 there have been 90 charges laid.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
canadianinquirer.net | Arianne Lacanilao |Jocelyn Shepel
By Machine allows for same-day results, compared to previous 6-week waiting periodThe N.W.T. has a new tool that allows officials to more quickly determine whether toxic drugs were involved in a person’s death. The new machine, being used by the territory’s coroner service, can provide toxicology results from a deceased person within a day. According to officials, illicit drugs in the N.W.T. are sometimes deliberately contaminated with other substances, and it’s becoming more common.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
cbc.ca | Jocelyn Shepel
North·NewDrug-related charges in the N.W.T. have almost doubled over the last four years, according to RCMP. Cocaine the most commonly-seized illicit drug in the territory, according to policeJocelyn Shepel · CBC · Posted: Dec 03, 2024 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago The RCMP detachment in Hay River, N.W.T. (Natalie Pressman/CBC)Drug-related charges in the N.W.T. have almost doubled over the last four years, according to RCMP.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
cbc.ca | Jocelyn Shepel
North·NewThe N.W.T. has a new tool that allows officials to more quickly determine whether toxic drugs were involved in a person's death. Machine allows for same-day results, compared to previous 6-week waiting periodJocelyn Shepel · CBC News · Posted: Dec 02, 2024 6:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 4 minutes agoN.W.T. coroner Tony Jones stands in front of the Randox MultiStat analyzer machine, which tests for 29 different drugs and can provide preliminary results from a deceased person in 30 minutes.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
cbc.ca | Jocelyn Shepel
North·NewCanada Post workers in Yellowknife held a rally in the city's frigid downtown on Wednesday, the sixth day of an ongoing national strike. Staff say support from the public means a lot to them as strike continuesJocelyn Shepel · CBC News · Posted: Nov 20, 2024 9:18 PM EST | Last Updated: 8 minutes agoStriking Canada Post workers in Yellowknife held a rally on Wednesday in the city's downtown.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
cbc.ca | Jocelyn Shepel
North·NewFIFA Football for Schools (F4S) has come to Canada, with a pilot program in the N.W.T. already underway and offering coach training. Workshops kick off this week for teachers and coaches Jocelyn Shepel · CBC News · Posted: Nov 12, 2024 9:15 PM EST | Last Updated: 14 minutes agoParticipants in the FIFA Football for School program's first on-the-field workshop of the day at the Yellowknife Fieldhouse on Tuesday.
