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The City of Yellowknife has retained the services of Stantec Consulting Ltd. to carry out geotechnical investigations in several areas of the city, in perpetration for upcoming Sewer & Water and paving improvements.

In a media release issued Thursday naming the Taltson expansion, the federal government emphasized the importance of the energy supply in building an “affordable, competitive and sustainable” economy. In response, Northern energy experts agree an expanded countrywide clean electric grid is vital but ask who benefits when the multibillion dollar proposed Taltson expansion won’t reach the communities that need it most.

The Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board just launched a new online Regional Database and Major Project Review Tool. The board said the new tools will help make way for more “timely, coordinated and evidence-based” decisions on major projects in the Slave Geological Province within the NWT.

The third and final wave of artists for this year’s Folk on the Rocks Festival has been released.

NorthWords NWT has released an update to the lineup of authors for their 2026 festival.

Naka Power Utilities is warning residents that they will be conducting scheduled maintenance in the Woolgar Ave region tomorrow, May 15.

With overnight temperatures still dipping below freezing, N.W.T. park officials announced that some parks may not have shower access, but drinking water will be accessible. The popular Fred Henne park in Yellowknife is among the parks where water access is scheduled to be restricted.

Environmental scientists with the territory’s Environment and Climate Change department reported that break-up is nearly complete along the Mackenzie River and Peel River with break up about to begin in the Beafort Delta.

The territory’s Infrastructure Department said construction of the Redknife River Bridge on Highway 1 is scheduled to begin Thursday. The construction is anticipated to continue over the next four months up to October.