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City supports keeping emergency dispatch services in-house

City of Yellowknife Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi -
City councillor’s support continuing to deliver emergency dispatch services through the City of Yellowknife, despite it being cheaper to privatize the service. A memorandum regarding whether the City should maintain...

First Air adding Sunday service between Yellowknife and Iqaluit

City of Yellowknife Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi -
First Air has announced they’ll be increasing service to their route between Iqaluit and Yellowknife, with a stop in Rankin Inlet, by adding Sunday service starting May 21. The announcement was...

Tool to navigate autism across the lifespan released in NWT

City of Yellowknife Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi -
For those living on the autism spectrum, navigating through a sometimes unaccommodating world can pose major challenges. RELATED: How toques are starting the conversation about autism in the NWT Autism Society...

New photo project tackles Yellowknife’s ‘homeless crisis’

City of Yellowknife Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi -
Homelessness has been a long-standing issue in Yellowknife. Recently it was reported that nearly 10 per cent of the city’s population experiences homelessness at some point each year. Now, a new...

How toques are starting the conversation about Autism

City of Yellowknife Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi -
Despite being almost the end of April, that cold weather is still holding on and we haven't escaped our winter toques just yet. The Autism Society NWT is now using...

Man charged with aggravated assault on Inuvik woman

City of Yellowknife Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi -
A 52-year-old Whitehorse man has been charged with aggravated assault after a woman was seriously injured in Inuvik earlier this week. At around 3:00 a.m. Tuesday, Inuvik RCMP received a...

All 5 of Yellowknife’s outdoor rinks closed for the season

City of Yellowknife Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi -
The ice roads around Yellowknife have already closed for the season, and the ice rinks are following suit. RELATED: Public transit will be free in Yellowknife for Earth Day The skating...

Public transit will be free in Yellowknife for Earth Day

City of Yellowknife Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi -
Earth Day is this Saturday, and it’s a good time to think about reducing your carbon footprint. Experts say a good way to do this is by ditching the car...

Wood bison now a ‘threatened’ species in the territory

City of Yellowknife Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi -
In the Northwest Territories, the wood bison has now been labeled as a ‘threatened’ species on the NWT's List...

Ecology North kicks off Earth Week with a fish fry today

City of Yellowknife Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi -
It's Earth Week in Yellowknife, and Ecology North kicked off their week of celebrating our planet with a fish...

$3.1M in joint funding announced for NWT projects

City of Yellowknife Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi -
The GNWT announced more than $3.1 million in joint funding for four infrastructure projects across the Northwest Territories on...

This year could be Yellowknife’s last 4/20 rally: Organizer

City of Yellowknife Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi -
With the Federal government poised to legalize marijuana, the annual 4/20 rally and march is planned for Thursday in Yellowknife...

Applications for city’s Spring Clean-Up contract close today

City of Yellowknife Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi -
As the snow melts and we usher in spring, we’re also ushering in spring cleaning; so why not get...

Escorts now offered for all NWT expectant mothers: Minister

City of Yellowknife Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi -
For expectant mothers in the NWT having to travel outside of their home communities to give birth, they won’t...

De Beers to move chartered flights from EDM. to Calgary

City of Yellowknife Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi -
De Beers Canada is moving its twice-weekly charter flights for employees from Edmonton to Calgary this summer. The move was...

Memorial Hockey Challenge raises $6,500 for Disabilities Council

City of Yellowknife Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi -
The numbers are in: the tenth annual Memorial Hockey Challenge raised $6,500 for the NWT Disabilities Council this year...
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Minister Caroline Wawzonek speaks about Northern infrastructure investments

Northwest Territories
Caroline Wawzonek, Minister of Finance and Minister of Strategic Infrastructure, Energy and Supply Chains, has released a statement on the infrastructure investments in the North announced earlier this month.  

Hay River conducting public survey on impacts of climate change

Town of Hay River
The town of Hay River is conducting a public survey on the impacts of climate change as part of their Climate Adaption Plan. The plan will focus on how climate change is affecting people in town, what actions and priorities are identified as important and will gauge how concerned people are about it.

Investigators interviewing witnesses in Yellowknife after 35-year-old dies in custody

Northwest Territories
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.

Freezing of chambers at Yellowknife’s Giant Mine to begin this summer

Northwest Territories
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 completes hybrid housing project in Délı̨nę

Northwest Territories
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.