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Fire at Yellowknife’s Jackfish power plant damages generator

The Northwest Territories Power Corporation says a generator at its Jackfish power plant was damaged by a fire last night. Nobody was injured in the...

Firefighters tackle car fire on Yellowknife’s Otto Drive

Firefighters have brought a car fire under control on Yellowknife's Otto Drive. Latham Island residents were woken by sirens in the early hours of Tuesday...

NWT’s Mary Caroline sings her way across Canada by train

It's a rock'n'rolling stock lifestyle. Northwest Territories singer-songwriter Mary Caroline has traded her cabin on the Liard River for the rough and tumble of life as...

Operation Nanook getting underway across NWT

Canadian Armed Forces personnel are in Inuvik, Fort Smith and a number of other Northwest Territories communities for an annual exercise known as Operation...

Photos and video: Latham Island Paddle Race 2015

Tyler Kidd and Dan Wong took the honours in the 2015 Latham Island Paddle Race. The pair made it home in 25 minutes and 15...

YK e-democracy campaign plans at least three candidates

Members of a Yellowknife group expect to field at least three candidates in this fall's municipal election - all of whom will pledge to...

Photos: Marathon record-holder drops in on Yellowknife (again)

"This is number 511, today." Richard Holmes is back in Yellowknife, and his marathon clock is still ticking. Last year, Holmes set a record in Yellowknife...

Black bear killed in Yellowknife neighbourhood Thursday

A lone black bear was shot and killed in a Yellowknife neighbourhood Thursday afternoon, according to a wildlife official with the GNWT. A spokesperson for the Department...

Missing Stanton patient Allan Aklok found safe near Frame Lake

Allan Aklok, the man who was reported missing from Stanton Territorial Hospital on Sunday, has been found safe. Police say he was found shortly before...

Stephen Harper’s election tour comes to Hay River this week

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's election tour will head North this week, according to the Globe & Mail. Harper is expected to fly to the NWT...

Driver sustains life-threatening injuries in Highway 2 crash

One person was medevaced to Edmonton with life-threatening injuries following a serious accident on Highway 2 Sunday night.  The single-vehicle crash happened just north of Enterprise...

Michael McLeod secures NWT Liberal nomination over Cyr

The race to become the territory's next MP became a little more clear over the weekend.  Michael McLeod, former MLA for the Deh Cho region,...

Fire bans lifted in Yellowknife and surrounding parks Monday

Fire bans in Yellowknife and surrounding territorial parks were lifted Monday due to recent rainfall.  Bans implemented at Fred Henne and the Yellowknife River are no...

Yellowknife RCMP need your help finding a missing Stanton patient

Yellowknife RCMP are asking for the public's help in tracking down a missing man. Allan Aklok, 25, was last seen leaving for a walk from...

Highway 3 to close between Behchoko and Fort Providence

Highway 3 will close between Behchoko and Fort Providence Friday afternoon, according to officials with the territory's Department of Transportation.  The DOT's Twitter account says the stretch...

RCMP overcome barrier, sword in Lanky Court drug search

One police officer and one suspect were sent to hospital following the execution of a search warrant on Lanky Court in Yellowknife Wednesday night....

Boater arrested for operating vessel while impaired in Back Bay

Yellowknife RCMP say charges are pending after a boater was caught operating a vessel under the influence on Back Bay. At approximately 10:30pm on Tuesday,...

Cabin owners in Reid Lake area warned of advancing wildfire

Cabin owners in the Reid Lake area, 50 kilometers east of Yellowknife, are on alert today because of an approaching wildfire. Property owners in the...

Evacuation order issued for Reid Lake campground

An evacuation order has been issued for the campground at Reid Lake Territorial Park, roughly 50 kilometers east of Yellowknife, because of an advancing...

Extremely dry conditions prompt another fire ban in Yellowknife

The city of Yellowknife has imposed an open-air burning ban with immediate effect. “Due to the extremely dry conditions, an immediate mandatory open burning ban...

Man dies in hospital following ATV accident in Fort Providence

Update 17:15 MST: A man has died from injuries he sustained in an ATV accident in Fort Providence over the weekend. Police say the man...

Man hospitalized in Yellowknife following armed attack

Yellowknife RCMP say a man is in stable condition after being attacked with a weapon early Friday morning. Police say they responded to a disturbance...

Ramble and Ride festival rolls into Yellowknife’s Old Town

The ninth annual Ramble and Ride festival will take over Yellowknife's Old Town this weekend. The three-day event, which coincides with the August long weekend,...

Kieron Testart drops out of NWT MP race to support McLeod

Kieron Testart has dropped out of the race to become the territory’s next MP. In a press release issued Thursday, Testart says he’s withdrawing his...
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