The separate agreements will help Canada unlock about $200 billion in economic potential, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said.

Seven provinces and the Northwest Territories offer full-day kindergarten for five-year-olds. Ontario, Nova Scotia and the NWT also offer it to four-year-olds.

Residents of the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories began fleeing an approaching wildfire Thursday in long convoys while air evacuations were underway for those who could not leave by road.

Thousands of residents are rushing to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as more than 200 fires burn, leaving many to face dangerous road conditions or stand in line for ...

Northwest Territories is a territory whose primary industry is mining. The region has had some successful gold mines in the past, but currently no producing gold mines are present.

Residents of the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories have started to flee an approaching wildfire in long convoys of cars, while air evacuations are underway for those who cannot leave by ...

Ontario has signed series of deals, aiming to unlock $200B in economic activity Ontario, British Columbia, Nunavut, Yukon and ...

YELLOWKNIFE—Prime Minister Stephen Harper will travel to Yellowknife on Monday to mark the end of talks granting province-like powers to the Northwest Territories. Harper’s office confirmed ...

Northwest Territories steps toward province-like powers Bob Weber The Canadian Press Published Monday, March 11, 2013 3:27PM EDT Last Updated Monday, March 11, 2013 6:13PM EDT ...

Northwest Territories on the cusp of becoming de facto province. The federal government is on the cusp of ceding control over land, water and resource revenues to the Northwest Territories ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Residents heeded warnings to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as a large wildfire burned just miles outside the city of 20,000 Friday, while ...

OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced legislation that would give the Northwest Territories province-like control over its resources and reform the way it reviews resource development.