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Tales from the Dump: Visitors of the diminutive variety

Tales from the Dump: Visitors of the diminutive variety

A winter tale.
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Book review — Ramshackle: A Yellowknife Story ‘feels like having a little bit of home in my hands’

Book review — Ramshackle: A Yellowknife Story ‘feels like having a little bit of home in my hands’

Ramshackle: A Yellowknife Story is a comic by Yellowknifer Alison McCreesh that, at its core, is an intensely personal story about learning how to love a place.
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Notes From The Trail: If we’re serious about helping Indigenous children, let Indigenous governments take the reins

Notes From The Trail: If we’re serious about helping Indigenous children, let Indigenous governments take the reins

The GNWT showed its colours recently and some were not pretty.
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When the Heart Says No: Change not needed in selecting ministers

When the Heart Says No: Change not needed in selecting ministers

So, Yellowknife North MLA Rylund Johnson wants to change things in the legislative assembly so that MLAs no longer select ministers for the territorial government based on equal representation for the regions.
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Tales From The Dump: How windy was it? Depends on where you were and how it was measured

Tales From The Dump: How windy was it? Depends on where you were and how it was measured

Well, it is December, and you probably know what that means.
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Memories of the North: Working tirelessly for the community pays off in many ways

Memories of the North: Working tirelessly for the community pays off in many ways

I returned from Ottawa on Dec. 2 after being inducted into the Order of Canada by Governor General Mary Simon at Rideau Hall.
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Labour Views: We must avoid Donny Days 2.0

Labour Views: We must avoid Donny Days 2.0

Costs are rising sharply these days, but one thing that isn’t rising is the wages workers need to keep up with those increases.
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Danny McNeely: Digging our way out of environmental mayhem

Danny McNeely: Digging our way out of environmental mayhem

(Norman Wells resident Danny McNeely is a former MLA for the Sahtu. This is the second half of a guest column on the NWT economy.)
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MLA Kevin O’Reilly: Cabinet’s approach to new carbon tax is totally unfair

MLA Kevin O’Reilly: Cabinet’s approach to new carbon tax is totally unfair

(Kevin O’Reilly is the MLA for Frame Lake.)
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ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Wildflower: Cultural home-based businesses should be none of the GNWT’s business

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Wildflower: Cultural home-based businesses should be none of the GNWT’s business

Recently, a news article about housing policies that do not allow residents to operate their own home-based businesses made headlines.
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