Indigenous leaders denounce Alberta's plans to alter water management
#IndigenousPeoples #FirstNations #Alberta #NWT #Canada #IndigenousRights #WaterIsLife #Politics #OilSands #Environment #ProtectTheLand #ClimateCrisis #CleanWater #Colonialism #Treaty8
https://the-14.com/indigenous-leaders-denounce-albertas-plans-to-alter-water-management/
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Prime Minister Mark Carney set to visit birthplace in N.W.T.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/prime-minister-mark-carney-set-to-visit-birthplace-in-nwt/
Why would #CBCNorth choose a picture of American liquor for this story on restrictions in a small #NWT community? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/liquor-restrictions-incoming-in-colville-lake-n-w-t-after-plebiscite-1.7590576
CBCLiquor restrictions coming to Colville Lake, N.W.T., after plebiscite | CBC NewsJoseph Kochon, the band manager for Behdzi Ahda' First Nation, said the amount of alcohol in the community is something that has concerned elders and community members for a long time.
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@miki_lou "The new study details a timeline of algal bloom observations in Great Slave Lake, confirming they are a new phenomenon and becoming more frequent.
" 'This was quite a surprising result,' Cederwall said.
" 'It’s quite the unusual type of blooms that we’re seeing up here and kind-of the rapid change that we’ve been seeing.' "
https://cabinradio.ca/249051/news/environment/algal-blooms-becoming-more-common-in-great-slave-lake/
Cabin Radio · Algal blooms becoming more common in Great Slave LakeLife's Better at the Cabin
Wildfires spark demand for Indigenous fire stewardship
#IndigenousPeoples #KahshoGotinecommunity #FortGoodHope #NWT #FirstNations #Canada #Wildfires #FireSovereignty #IndigenousFireStewardship #ClimateChange #CulturalBurning #LandProtection
https://the-14.com/wildfires-spark-demand-for-indigenous-fire-stewardship/
This weekend is the Folk on the Rocks music festival in #Yellowknife #nwt . On the evening before the festival proper, there is a semi-affiliated free music event called Float on the Rocks. A small selection of the Folk on the Rocks performers play a set on the front porch of one of the many houseboats in the area we call Houseboat Bay. To get there, you've got paddle, sail, or motor a boat over, then raft on to the other various canoes, kayaks, paddle boards, etc in attendance. The music's great and so is the atmosphere.
The #municipalgovernment in #Yellowknife in the #subArctic has no vision and no willingness to use policy and taxation tools to require owners of vacant lots to construct affordable #housing. Instead it wants to gobble up green space and make the city unlivable. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yellowknife-housing-green-spaces-1.7587394
CBCCity says building on green space is a solution for Yellowknife's housing shortage | CBC NewsArunkumar Navaneethakrishnan moved to Yellowknife from Toronto in February, having secured a room to live with some friends when he got to town. He and his wife are still looking for a place of their own, while the city has been looking into opening up green spaces for development.
Folk on the Rock : le cœur musical de Yellowknife
Sous le soleil de minuit, le festival Folk on the Rocks célèbre depuis 1980 les artistes du Nord. Autochtones, nordiques et musiciens canadiens s'y rassemblent pour un week-end de musique et de communauté. 
This is what the public #healthcare system has come to in the #NWT. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/n-w-t-launches-new-bidding-system-to-fill-shifts-at-stanton-territorial-hospital-1.7579209
CBCN.W.T. launches new bidding system to fill shifts at Stanton Territorial Hospital | CBC NewsThe N.W.T. Health and Social Services Authority is asking physicians qualified to work in the territory what it would take for them to work certain shifts, in an effort to out-compete other jurisdictions for summer staffing.
"Responsible Environmental Management #NWT details political history and #Indigenous rights in the NWT, #environmental laws that are currently in place, and opportunities for the public to provide input on legislation and regulations under review." An excellent site! https://cabinradio.ca/246912/news/environment/ecology-north-launches-environmental-management-website/
Cabin Radio · Ecology North launches environmental management websiteLife's Better at the Cabin
"#Alberta’s government asserted that no industrial wastewater had reached the Athabasca River leading north toward the #NWT, or its tributaries, and as a result the province was under no obligation to inform the territory about the incidents under their transboundary #water agreement." Still, impacts on the watershed are unknown!! https://cabinradio.ca/246751/news/politics/nwt-and-alberta-say-theyve-worked-out-their-water-differences/
Cabin Radio · NWT and Alberta say they’ve worked out their water differencesLife's Better at the Cabin
Annual #musicFestival is always an eclectic feast of live #music. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/community/folk-on-the-rocks-prepares-for-a-weekend-full-of-music-1.7576426
CBCFolk on the Rocks prepares for a weekend full of music | CBC NewsGet ready to kick off your shoes and dance under the midnight sun at the biggest musical event in the N.W.T.
#SocialMedia fuels #xenophobia even in #SubArctic #NWT! Thankfully the #humanRights commission is calling it out. https://cabinradio.ca/246662/news/science/technology/nwt-human-rights-commission-condemns-rise-of-hate-speech/
Cabin Radio · NWT Human Rights Commission ‘condemns rise of hate speech’Life's Better at the Cabin
The #NWT's only Senator is speaking out against #BillC5. The North is indeed part of #Canada; it's not Carney's colony!
https://cabinradio.ca/243960/news/politics/senator-worried-by-push-to-rush-bill-c-5-through-parliament/
Cabin Radio · Senator worried by push to rush Bill C-5 through ParliamentLife's Better at the Cabin
The #Iran is about as large as the Northwest Territories #NWT and the #Yukon combined.
#Canada #Geography
Another shot of the Bearded Tit from yesterday’s post.
A Swallowtail (Papilio Machaon Britannicus) perched on top of a reed, NWT Hickling Broad.
A Willow Warbler catching caterpillars in an Oak tree at NWT Hickling Broad.
Also, while I was taking this photo, in the corner of my vision something black and yellow fluttered by…