Alternatives North has sent a letter to the Honourable Jay MacDonald, NWT Minister of Environment and Climate Change, asking the Government of the Northwest Territories to act before oilsands tailings are released into the Athabasca River. The concern The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has endorsed ...
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Yellowknifers for Climate: The Water Issue Created by Yellowknife Seniors for Climate alongside ten partner organizations and more than thirty local contributors, this issue explores the waters that shape our lives and the shared responsibility of caring for them. The issue connects responsible stewardship of ...
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Bill 11 lets Alberta physicians bill patients directly for care outside the public system. Thousands of NWT residents depend on that same system every year. What’s Happening A law twelve health coalitions call a threat to Medicare itself Alberta’s Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 (No. ...
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Alternatives North is calling our GNWT for dismantling independent oversight on diamond mining in the NWT. GNWT did not allow for any public engagement in the decisions to shut down independent oversight at the Diavik and Snap Lake diamond mines. Following devolution, GNWT has not proven itself as a responsible resource manager with repeated receiverships, public liabilities and contaminated sites. It’s time for the Auditor General of Canada to be called in to do a performance audit.
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A new feasibility study says a utility-scale solar plant in the Northwest Territories could pay for itself in four to five years and cut diesel use during drought years. Alternatives North agrees the idea has real promise, but our review found the numbers understate solar’s ...
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Submission — March 2026 Alternatives North thanks the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment for the invitation to submit on renewable heating opportunities in small communities of the Northwest Territories. Alternatives North has been an active participant in the development, implementation, review and improvement ...
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Amidst the chaotic unravelling threatening human and ecosystem security, it is hard to watch Canada’s Prime Minister abandon climate action while increasing reliance on high-emitting and expensive fossil fuels. Most of us are experiencing climate impacts already and worry about costs to our families and ...
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Alternatives North Submission to OROGO – May 2026 New Submission · May 2026 Making regulation of oil and gas more transparent Alternatives North is challenging proposed Environmental Protection Plan guidelines for oil and gas operations — calling for more transparency, public reporting, and a role ...
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Alternatives North has uncovered that the GNWT met secretly with the mining industry about developing new mining regulations for at least a year before allowing the rest of the public into the latest public engagement. The discovery was made through an Access to Information request ...
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The GNWT’s policy papers on the long-overdue regulations for the Mineral Resources Act show progress — but there are major gaps in transparency, weak environmental protections, and far more engagement with industry than with civil society. Alternatives North and Ecology North are calling for stronger ...
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