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Smoke prevents Yellowknife from holding welcome home celebration

Smoke prevents Yellowknife from holding welcome home celebration

YELLOWKNIFE — Smoke has forced Yellowknife to cancel a celebration marking the return of residents to the city after a wildfires-prompted evacuation that lasted for weeks.
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Yukon 'trying to understand the path forward' following India trade mission

Yukon 'trying to understand the path forward' following India trade mission

WHITEHORSE — Yukon's premier says meetings in India aimed at attracting more workers to the territory went very well, but the path forward is murky after the prime minister suggested India was involved in the death of a B.C. activist.
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Ontario women accused of fraud after Inuit status with Nunavut groups questioned

Ontario women accused of fraud after Inuit status with Nunavut groups questioned

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut RCMP have charged three women after receiving a complaint that they used Inuit status to defraud two organizations.
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Residents of Hay River and surrounding communities return after month-long evacuation

Residents of Hay River and surrounding communities return after month-long evacuation

HAY RIVER, N.W.T.
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Residents of Hay River, N.W.T., allowed to return home starting Saturday

Residents of Hay River, N.W.T., allowed to return home starting Saturday

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — Residents of Hay River, N.W.T., are being allowed to return home on Saturday. Hay River's 3,500 residents will be able to come home starting at 9 a.m.
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Essential workers to come back as Hay River, N.W.T., eyes Sunday for public's return

Essential workers to come back as Hay River, N.W.T., eyes Sunday for public's return

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — The 3,500 residents of Hay River, N.W.T., could be returning home on Sunday if all goes well. Essential workers are being allowed to return starting Wednesday at 9 a.m.
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Pre-registration for re-entry flights set to begin for some N.W.T. communities

Pre-registration for re-entry flights set to begin for some N.W.T. communities

YELLOWKNIFE — It remains unclear when residents in the Northwest Territories' South Slave region will be allowed to return home, but officials are set to open pre-registration for re-entry flights in anticipation.
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Town of Hay River, N.W.T., releases plans for structured return for wildfire evacuees

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — It will likely be next week before wildfire evacuees from Hay River, N.W.T., learn when they can return home.
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Thousands of residents return to Yellowknife, but many still out in other communities

Thousands of residents return to Yellowknife, but many still out in other communities

YELLOWKNIFE — Thousands of people from the Northwest Territories have returned home this week after a wildfire evacuation order was lifted for Yellowknife's 20,000 residents.
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Only media report spurred Yukon to tell parents of sexual abuse in school: ombudsman

Only media report spurred Yukon to tell parents of sexual abuse in school: ombudsman

WHITEHORSE — Yukon's ombudsman said in a new report Thursday the territory's government had a policy and legal duty to notify parents at a school where a child was sexually assaulted, but instead delayed revealing the information for 19 months.
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