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Downtown Yellowknife apartment building won't get tax break after motion fails
;Resize=(620)) The motion to extend a tax relief for the next five years on “The Nest,” failed to pass after a tie in votes. The building is home to 72 apartments.
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3 Arviat residents share $600 in prizes in hamlet's video game competition
;Resize=(620)) Josiah Narijaq is the winner of the Hamlet of Arviat’s first PUBG Battlegrounds video game competition.
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N.W.T. MP touts affordability measures as 'a good start,' says Ottawa looking at doing more for the North
;Resize=(620)) The MP for the Northwest Territories says new federal measures aimed at addressing food affordability are “good start.”
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Wait for public housing means this Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T., man is living in a tent
;Resize=(620)) George Chocolate, 63, moved into a wall tent without power or running water after his house burned down last summer. He's been waiting for a public housing unit since then.
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Yukon coroner identifies man fatally shot by police outside Whitehorse
;Resize=(620)) RCMP said on Tuesday that police had shot and killed a man south of Whitehorse. The Yukon Coroner Service has identified the deceased man as Christopher John Delaney, 55, of Whitehorse.
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Dozens of N.W.T. health-care providers sign on to AI note-taking pilot
;Resize=(620)) The territorial government said the AI note-taking program was being tested in an effort to give doctors more time to focus on patient care, with less time focused on paperwork.
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Whitehorse biathlete Nadia Moser heading to the Olympics
;Resize=(620)) Nadia Moser, 28, of Whitehorse has been named to Biathlon Canada's team for the Milano Cortina Games in Italy next month.
She's one of two Yukon women in the Olympics this year — Sonjaa Schmidt was named to Canada's cross-country ski team last month.
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Inuvik man cautions others about blood quantum requirement when crossing U.S. border under Jay Treaty
;Resize=(620)) A family from Inuvik, N.W.T., says their journey home from a trip to Costa Rica last Thursday was disrupted when U.S. border agents pulled one of them aside during a layover in Texas.
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Dene Nation to restart work on updating its constitution
;Resize=(620)) Dene Nation is working to revise its constitution, picking up on work started before the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal is to update the document so it reflects the realities Dene First Nations are currently facing, including different governance structures.
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After decades of calls from First Nations, Yukon gov’t says it’s close to finalizing a cancer strategy
;Resize=(620)) Nearly two decades after the Council of Yukon First Nations first released a report calling for a cancer strategy, the Yukon government says it’s close to finalizing one. The strategy would support Yukon First Nations in collecting and analyzing cancer data – a longstanding gap that means First Nations don’t know how prevalent cancer is in their communities.
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Alaska Highway closed south of Whitehorse, traffic being rerouted
;Resize=(620)) RCMP in Yukon say the Alaska Highway is closed in both directions near the McClintock River bridge and North McClintock Road, south of Whitehorse.
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Western provinces and territories sign pact to develop critical minerals strategy
;Resize=(620)) The Yukon government signed onto the new agreement Sunday alongside British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
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Dawson City fire department rolls out fire suppression gear for oft-isolated West Dawson
;Resize=(620)) Once the skids, which contain a water tank, hose and pump, are operational, members of the West Side Association can use the equipment to suppress fires until professional crews can arrive.
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Iqaluit businesses concerned with recent rise in break-ins
;Resize=(620)) Break-ins in Iqaluit have been on the rise the past two months, leaving some businesses worried for the safety of their store.
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RCMP looking for suspect after Whitehorse 'firearms incident'
;Resize=(620)) Whitehorse RCMP are looking for a 55-year old man wanted in connection with what police are calling a "firearms incident" that took place Sunday night.
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