BC mining companies agree to YK mining transaction

Saskatchewan RCMP report that they are currently interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence after a 35-year-old man from Nunavut was found dead less than three hours after being taken into custody on Thursday. A team from Sask. has been deployed to Yellowknife to conduct the investigation as an independent agency.

The Giant Mine remediation project team says thermosyphons are going to be installed at the underground chambers this summer. Currently, 237,000 tons of arsenic remain stored in the chambers on site. Crews are finishing internal work inside the new water treatment plant at Giant Mine. Commissioning activities are scheduled to start later this year and full operation of the new water is scheduled to begin in 2027.

Housing NWT has completed a hybrid housing project, bringing two new duplexes to Délı̨nę, bringing four new social housing spaces to the community. Their hope is that this hybrid construction pilot project can help pioneer new approaches to expanding housing in Northern communities.  

Two pilots are dead and at least 41 others were taken to hospital after an Air Canada Express flight collided with a Port Authority aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, officials said Monday.

The Diavik Diamond mine in operation for over 20 years northeast of the city of Yellowknife plans to process its last truck of ore on Tuesday.  “At the current time, there's no plans for further development of mines. However, at the end of the day, we want to leave that positive legacy that allows that door to be open if that opportunity were to arise," said Diavik Closure Manager Gord Stephenson.