YK Sobering Centre to remain in Salvation Army for 6 more months

What is giving Tuesday? For organizations like the NWT’s SPCA, it is a day that celebrates and inspires giving that can mean giving food, funding or hours of care work to a calling. Nicole Spencer, executive director of the NWT SPCA, says because the SPCA receives very little funding from the territory, they rely on folks at the organization who work hard around the clock.

The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority announced that changes have been made regarding protocols for lab test orders. When physicians in Alta order lab tests that need to be collected in the NWT there will no longer be the need to book a follow up appointment to have your lab requisition form confirmed or re-written.

Melaw Nakehk’o, who is a Moosehide tanner, artist and filmmaker, noted for The Revenant, has just launched a weekly podcast that examines the legacy of the trailblazing drama North of 60. The premiere episode is scheduled to air today. Nakehk’o who has roots in the territory and Brie O’Keefe, with settler roots, both take a look into the legacy of North of 60, and its accuracy. The hosts’ use their own childhoods of growing up in the Dehcho region as a reference point.

One person is facing charges in connection to alleged drug trafficking after 15 people were taken into custody following a number of police led searches on Sunday in Yellowknife. The searches began on Sunday, at three units of an apartment building in Yellowknife, said officers.

While the holiday season has swept over the city of Yellowknife and temperatures have dipped down below the minus twenty degree range, a group of Yellowknifers are taking to the streets to call for an end to the war in Gaza. “We come out here once a week. We stand for an hour and let people know that this is still going on. And it's not just a human rights issue. It is a very specifically Canadian issue,” said Shannon Moore.