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Acting with one mind: Gwich’in lessons for truth and reconciliation

In the early 1920s, on the banks of the Peel River next to the community of Fort McPherson in the Northwest Territories, Dinjii Zhuh (Gwich’in) families gathered in grief. Anglican missionaries were loading children, some as young as two, onto boats bound for the St. Peter’s Indian Residential School in…

The Conversation · Sep 28, 2025

Yellowknife’s Giant Mine: Canada downplayed arsenic exposure as an Indigenous community was poisoned

Decades of gold mining at Giant Mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, has left a toxic legacy: 237,000 tonnes of arsenic trioxide dust stored in underground chambers.

The Conversation · Jul 22, 2025

Some wildfire evacuations end in British Columbia, but fire threatens community farther north

The wildfire situation has showed some improvement in British Columbia, with more people being allowed to return to their homes over the weekend, but blazes continue to threaten communities in Canada’s Northwest Territories

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2023

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Beloved pets in Canada rescued from wildfires by volunteers who stayed behind

Many people who have evacuated communities in Canada's Northwest Territories because of raging wildfires have had to leave their beloved pets behind

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2023

Canada wildfires: Trudeau deploys military to tackle blazes across British Columbia

More than 35,000 residents under evacuation orders across province, while flames are being held at bay 15km from Yellowknife in Northwest Territories

The Guardian - AU · Aug 21, 2023

Firefighters curb blazes threatening 2 cities in western Canada but are 'not out of the woods yet'

Firefighters have kept wildfires at bay near the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as well as a threatened city in British Columbia, though no one is claiming victory as forecasters warn that drier and windier weather is coming

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2023

Thousands flee raging wildfire, turning capital of Canada's Northwest Territories into ghost town

The capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories is virtually deserted after nearly all the residents of the city of just over 20,000 fled as a huge wildfire burned nearby

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2023

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Canada wildfires: British Columbia in state of emergency while 19,000 flee Yellowknife fire

Premier says days ahead will be ‘extremely challenging’, as firefighters in neighbouring Northwest Territories fight to save city

The Guardian - AU · Aug 19, 2023

In pictures: Residents scramble to evacuate Canadian city as wildfire approaches

The last residents of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories, rushed to beat Friday's noon deadline to evacuate as a wildfire moved closer to the city of 20,000. Firefighters worked to keep the only route in and out of Yellowknife open to facilitate evacuation efforts.

France 24 · Aug 18, 2023

Yellowknife residents leave by air, road as wildfire evacuations ramp up

More than 20 evacuation flights out of Canada’s Northwest Territories are expected on Friday as wildfires rage.

Al Jazeera · Aug 18, 2023

Residents flee capital of Canada's Northwest Territories ahead of Friday deadline as wildfire nears

Residents of the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories are facing a Friday deadline to flee an approaching wildfire

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023

Thousands flee as ‘unprecedented’ fires hit Canada’s Northwest Territories

Officials say 20,000 residents of Yellowknife are leaving via land and air, but northern city not in ‘immediate danger’.

Al Jazeera · Aug 17, 2023

Wildfires prompt evacuations of capital of Canada's Northwest Territories

Residents in the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories were ordered to evacuate Wednesday night as wildfires neared the city of 20,000 people.

WEKU · Aug 17, 2023

Residents in the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories ordered to evacuate as wildfires near

Residents in the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories were ordered to evacuate Wednesday night as wildfires neared the city of 20,000 people

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

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Al Jazeera · Aug 17, 2023

Huge wildfire forces evacuation of Canada’s Northwest Territories capital

Residents of Northwest Territories capital, Yellowknife, told to evacuate city by noon on Friday as wildfire approaches.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2023

‘Real threat to city’: Yellowknife in Canada evacuates as wildfire nears

20,000 residents of capital of Northwest Territories ordered to leave after forecast that wildfire 11 miles away could arrive by the weekend

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2023

Canadian military mobilizes to help fight wildfires in Northwest Territories

Members of the Canadian Armed Forces are set to mobilize in the Northwest Territories as wildfires threaten communities including the territorial capital, and hundreds of people have been airlifted to safety

The Walrus · May 24, 2023

The Northwest Territories Has Only Two Animal Clinics. As a Vet, I Have to Be Creative

I once treated a turtle in Tuktoyaktuk

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The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2023

‘I was a 17-year-old versus a 600lb grizzly bear. I was going to die’: Alex Messenger’s ordeal in the wilderness

The boy from Minnesota worried about capsizing as he canoed through the Canadian Northwest Territories. What he encountered was more terrifying than any white water

The Conversation · May 10, 2023

Indigenous women in Northern Canada creating sustainable livelihoods through tourism

In summer 2022, the Northern WE in Tourism study invited Indigenous women entrepreneurs from northern Newfoundland and Labrador, northern Québec, Nunavut, the Yukon and Northwest Territories to collaborate on an Indigenous-led and ally-supported research project.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 4, 2023

U.S. shoots downs Chinese balloon off South Carolina coast

U.S. defense and military officials said Saturday that the balloon entered the U.S. air defense zone north of the Aleutian Islands on Jan. 28 and moved largely over land across Alaska and then into Canadian airspace in the Northwest Territories on Monday.

The Conversation · Oct 30, 2022

An attack of Indigenous rights is an attack on nature conservation

On Oct. 24, the Northwest Territories Supreme Court quashed a search warrant that allowed wildlife officers to raid a Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation culture camp in Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve based on allegations of illegal hunting.

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 31, 2022

Indigenous Canadian Filmmaker Asked to Leave Cannes Red Carpet over Shoes

Indigenous Canadian filmmaker Kelvin Redvers was denied entry to the red carpet at the 75th Cannes Film Festival because he was wearing traditional moccasins, according to Agence France Press (AFP). The director is a member of the Dene indigenous community and grew up in the Northwest Territories of Canada. "I…

The Independent UK · May 20, 2022

Camilla says women fleeing abuse ‘have nothing to be ashamed of’ in refuge visit

The royal was visiting a YWCA transitional housing centre in Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories.

The Conversation · Apr 21, 2022

Diamond mines in the Northwest Territories are not a girl’s best friend

Almost three years ago, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) released its final report and among its findings, the report identified resource extraction as a site of gender violence.

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