Provincial and territorial governments across Canada are eagerly compiling shopping lists to give the federal government – infrastructure wish lists so the feds will send money, honouring the Liberal promise to spark the economy and create jobs.
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Two big elections for Northerners, one federal and one territorial, resulted in dramatic changes in governments. Add to that one whopping all-nations conference in Paris, where participants finally reached common agreement on a progressive goal – to halt climate change at well under two degrees of warming globally. We are already hearing about this from our new leaders.
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Retired teacher Bruce Green is looking forward to being inducted into the Order of the Northwest Territories, if only to find out why he was nominated.
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Communities in the North are challenged with high operating costs, failing infrastructure and an eternal struggle to keep good admin staff to run things. It’s like being stuck in a deep hole, scrambling to get out while the sides keep caving in. Senior governments are sympathetic, but distant. Communities are forced to struggle along finding solutions on their own.
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Teachers at Joseph B. Tyrrell (JBT) elementary school in Fort Smith hope bringing Relay for Life’s cancer fundraising through the school’s doors will enact similarly altruistic action among their students and spread awareness of the cause.
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A Sachs Harbour woman is one of three nurses who received the annual award of excellence in nursing from Health Canada’s First Nations and Inuit Health Branch in Ottawa last week.
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