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1 month ago | 
nnsl.com | Simon Whitehouse
The Canadian people have spoken by re-electing the Liberals, this time led by Mark Carney.
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1 month ago | 
nnsl.com | Simon Whitehouse
Among my first memories coming to the North and working for NNSL Media over a decade ago was hearing former Dene national chief Bill Erasmus saying something to the effect that when the Americans have an insatiable desire for water and resources and look northward, the treaties will ensure that they remain locally owned and controlled.
At the time, it felt like a distant concern. But heading into this federal election, it seems his insight may have arrived sooner than expected.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
paypal-community.com | Simon Whitehouse
Wellnee patches. Made an order and have been charged for a second order I never ordered. Contacted company but said there is nothing they can do. Happened to others on a regular basis ... View more
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
nnsl.com | Simon Whitehouse
City council will vote on a motion next week calling for the federal government to advocate for a long-term ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict. The three-part motion, to be voted on at the Dec. 11 regular council meeting, was heard at council’s governance and priorities committee meeting on Monday afternoon.
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
nnsl.com | Simon Whitehouse
“Close your eyes and picture the most decrepit shed you can imagine,” ‘Big Baby’ Brian Weadick enthusiastically encouraged. “What would liven it up? Punk rock. Think about punk rock rocking out the speakers in that decrepit shed. That is what we are doing.”NNSL Media sat down with three of four members of emerging new rock band Big Independent, self-proclaimed inventors of a new genre called ‘shed punk’ (think The Stooges or The Ramones within the confines of a basic backyard shed, they insist).
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Nov 26, 2023 | 
nnsl.com | Simon Whitehouse
City council will be under pressure to prioritize programs and projects in an increasingly challenging economy heading into the new year. Kavi Pandoo, the city’s director of corporate services, provided an overall context for Budget 2024 preparations during a presentation at the Nov. 20 governance and priorities committee meeting.
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Oct 13, 2023 | 
nnsl.com | Simon Whitehouse
Fifty new affordable homes will be built in Yellowknife by 2025, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced during a press conference at Somba K’e Park on Thursday morning. NNSL Media has learned that three city-owned lots sitting vacant on 50 Street for more than a decade will see development as an apartment complex. Jeanne Yurris, manager of communications with Housing NWT, confirmed that the GNWT was granted approval to begin construction of a 50-unit apartment building.
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Sep 8, 2023 | 
dentistry.co.uk | Simon Whitehouse
Simon Whitehouse explains how he went from springs to sings to release a CD in support of two dental charities. I started out on my dental journey on Tuesday 5 May 1981. That was the day I started my apprenticeship at Quality Prosthetics in Shrewsbury. I gained a BTEC national diploma in 1986 followed by two years doing a City & Guilds diploma in orthodontics.
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Aug 28, 2023 | 
nnsl.com | Simon Whitehouse
Michael McLeod, MP for the Northwest Territories, addressed some concerns among some residents that federal representation has not been visible so far during the wildfire evacuation. Stated one social media post on Aug. 24:“I saw a post in my feed that asked the question: Who in the heck is Michael McLeod? That’s a darned good question, isn’t it? Where has our MP been through this emergency? “I never see him in the news and kind of forgot he even exists.
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Aug 22, 2023 | 
nnsl.com | Simon Whitehouse
Yellowknife evacuees were on lockdown following a reported shooting that took place at West Edmonton Mall on Monday evening. Edmonton Police Service had issued a warning just after 8 p.m. requesting that ‘all pedestrians and motorists stay away at the mall and the immediate area as police report multiple reports of a shooting’. Edmonton Police later confirmed three people had been seriously wounded and the shooter was taken into custody.
