Cuts to midwifery program in N.W.T. a concern say advocates
Advocates in the Northwest Territories say recent budget cuts to the midwifery program is sending the wrong message.
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N.W.T. seeking exemption after Ottawa cuts funding for most of its heating rebates
A federal program that gave the provinces and territories money to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — and which largely funded the N.W.T.’s rebates — stopped at the end of March. A new version of that program now stipulates the money can’t be used to offset the cost of fossil fuel appliances.