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As the territory continues through the current period of economic transition, the GNWT is asking residents to share their views on the territories' budgeting decisions.

With bears in the territory awakening from hibernation, the department of the Environment warn bears are “active” in the NWT and urge folks to take steps to keep a distance and keep safe. The N.W.T. is known as “bear country’ and home to black, grizzly and polar bears. While bears generally avoid contact with people, encounters happen.

Fort Providence RCMP says they have arrested and charged a suspect with drug charges following the execution of a search warrant.

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.