Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation seeks damages on lawyers as part of ongoing Denesoline lawsuit | 'She was amazing': Friends mourn Dawson City, Yukon, woman killed in weekend vehicle accident | Cast a ballot, learn about Giant Mine: public info session on arsenic trioxide takes place on election night
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Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation seeks damages on lawyers as part of ongoing Denesoline lawsuit; A sign on a building says Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation band office treaty 8\.

Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation seeks damages on lawyers as part of ongoing Denesoline lawsuit

November 1 , 2023 • 04:51 PM CDT

A lawyer representing Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation said in court Wednesday that the First Nation would be seeking damages from a law firm that previously represented LKDFN companies. The update is the latest in an ongoing lawsuit against the CEO of Denesoline Corporation.

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'She was amazing': Friends mourn Dawson City, Yukon, woman killed in weekend vehicle accident; Samanroop Bisla \(33\) lived in Dawson City, Yukon for years\. Friends of Bisla say she was loved by everyone who knew her\.

'She was amazing': Friends mourn Dawson City, Yukon, woman killed in weekend vehicle accident

November 1 , 2023 • 02:48 PM CDT

People in Dawson City, Yukon, say they're heartbroken by the death of local resident Samanroop Bisla, who was killed in a car accident on the weekend. The driver of the vehicle Bisla was a passenger in has been charged with impaired driving.

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Cast a ballot, learn about Giant Mine: public info session on arsenic trioxide takes place on election night; Here are rows and rows of about 360 shipping containers, filled with the toxic remnants of the roaster building, which used to separate the gold from the rocks\. These shipping containers will eventually be buried underground, according to the remediation project's deputy director Natalie Plato\.

Cast a ballot, learn about Giant Mine: public info session on arsenic trioxide takes place on election night

November 1 , 2023 • 02:36 PM CDT

An independent board meant to review the Giant Mine clean-up is holding an information so people can learn more about long-term plans for the highly toxic arsenic trioxide buried underneath the mine site. But it will be taking place on the same day as the election.

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Dean McNeely sentenced to 3 years for fatally beating 35-year-old in Yellowknife; Erik Madsen pleaded guilty to refusing to give a breath sample to a peace officer during an incident on April 26th\.

Dean McNeely sentenced to 3 years for fatally beating 35-year-old in Yellowknife

October 31 , 2023 • 03:22 PM CDT

Several mitigating factors led to three year recommended submission from crown and defence lawyer

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Coroner's inquest to examine deaths of 4 people at Whitehorse emergency shelter; The shelter is located at 405 Alexander Street\. It provides temporary emergency housing to community members in need of a bed, hot meal, shower, laundry and access to medical aid\.

Coroner's inquest to examine deaths of 4 people at Whitehorse emergency shelter

October 31 , 2023 • 03:28 PM CDT

A coroner's inquest into the deaths of four people who died while accessing services at Whitehorse's emergency shelter in 2022 and 2023 has been set for next spring.

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'Joking, even in difficult times': Remembering Edward Sangris, former chief of Dettah, N.W.T.; Man stands in black jacket outside\.  

October 31 , 2023 • 08:17 PM CDT

'Joking, even in difficult times': Remembering Edward Sangris, former chief of Dettah, N.W.T.

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Cabinet shuffle poses challenges for advancing Inuit priorities, ITK president says; President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Natan Obed, left, and Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree take their seats at the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee in Ottawa on Oct\. 30, 2023\.  

November 1 , 2023 • 01:29 PM CDT

Cabinet shuffle poses challenges for advancing Inuit priorities, ITK president says

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Yukon Human Rights Commission struggles with growing number of complaints; Outside the Yukon Human Rights Commission office in Whitehorse\.  

November 1 , 2023 • 06:39 AM CDT

Yukon Human Rights Commission struggles with growing number of complaints

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Sentencing arguments continue for Whitehorse bar shooter; Police tape at the scene of a shooting in downtown Whitehorse on Dec\. 1, 2019\.  

October 31 , 2023 • 07:01 AM CDT

Sentencing arguments continue for Whitehorse bar shooter

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Settler history and Indigenous relationships: A look at FOXY's N.W.T. all-candidates debate; A little more than a third of the candidates in the N\.W\.T\.'s 2023 territorial election participated in a debate at the Explorer Hotel on Monday evening\. Visible from left to right are Kate Reid, Ambe Chenemu, Robert Hawkins, Stacie Arden Smith, Keiron Testart, Nicole Sok and Katrina Nokleby\.  

October 31 , 2023 • 06:48 PM CDT

Settler history and Indigenous relationships: A look at FOXY's N.W.T. all-candidates debate

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October 31 , 2023 • 03:00 AM CDT

New workshop series brings traditional knowledge to downtown Whitehorse

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November 1 , 2023 • 02:16 PM CDT

'Be gentle with yourself': Indigenous Northerners wrestle with legacy of Buffy Sainte-Marie

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October 27 , 2023 • 06:53 PM CDT

20 sea cans and 'assorted freight' fall off sealift barge near Iqaluit

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October 31 , 2023 • 10:55 AM CDT

Federal carbon tax exemption on home heating oil won't apply to N.W.T.

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October 30 , 2023 • 03:40 PM CDT

Case delayed for sisters, mother charged with fraud for claiming Inuit status

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