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Advocacy Update – January 29, 2025
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Cabin Radio- Regulator pushes back decision on Imperial environmental assessment
For Full article click here The Mackenzie Valley Review Board says it needs more time to decide whether an environmental assessment of Imperial Oil’s Norman Wells facility should go ahead. The Sahtu Secretariat, which represents Sahtu Dene and Métis, referred Imperial’s Norman Wells operations to environmental assessment in part on the grounds that the ecosystem, politics and […]
GNWT Announces Measures to Offset Fuel Costs for Norman Wells, Reducing Wholesale Prices by Up to $0
To help alleviate financial pressures on residents and local businesses resulting from the ongoing fuel airlift resupply in Norman Wells, the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) will provide financial support to offset increased transportation costs for gasoline, motive diesel, and diesel home heating fuel. As a result of this financial support, starting as early […]
Cabin Radio- GNWT will offset some Norman Wells fuel costs
For Full Article Link Visit -> GNWT will offset some Norman Wells fuel costs The NWT government says it will “provide financial support” to offset the increased cost of gas and diesel in Norman Wells. Fuel prices in the Sahtu community have soared. The town’s lone supplier, Imperial Oil, says that’s because the summer barge season […]
CBC- Northwest Territories government to subsidize fuel cost in Norman Wells
For full article link visit -> Northwest Territories government to subsidize fuel cost in Norman Wells Change expected to take effect as early as Saturday The N.W.T. government says it is stepping in to bring down fuel prices in Norman Wells for home-heating fuel, diesel for vehicles and wholesale gasoline. The community has been struggling with high […]
Cabin Radio- Imperial assessment decision due by November 22
For full article visit-> Imperial assessment decision due by November 22 Whether an environmental assessment of Imperial Oil’s Norman Wells facility goes ahead will become clearer later this month, the regulator in charge says. Over the past year, the oil giant had applied to two regulators – the Canada Energy Regulator and the Sahtu Land and […]
CBC- Norman Wells residents hold rally over soaring fuel prices
Fuel prices skyrocketed recently, after low water levels forced the cancellation of the resupply barge this year. For full video link visit -> Norman Wells residents hold rally over soaring fuel prices