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Green carts coming to more areas of Yellowknife

Green organics curbside carts are being rolled out across more Yellowknife neighbourhoods. The carts take organic waste to the city's composting facility instead of the...

Hay River celebrates 25 years of NWT track and field

The 2015 NWT Track and Field Championships are officially underway in Hay River.  The three-day event opened with a lively ceremony in the field between...

Edmonton medevac for man after Yellowknife assault

A man is recovering in Edmonton after being assaulted in downtown Yellowknife on Tuesday evening. RCMP say they were called to help emergency medical services after the...

Range Lake child says man followed them home – twice

A child in Yellowknife's Range Lake area says an unidentified stranger has been following them home from school. In a statement on Wednesday, police said the...

Yellowknife protest as minister refuses to halt fracking plans

Protesters outside the legislature called for a fracking moratorium on Tuesday - a call the minister responsible refused to consider. Hydraulic fracturing has been touted as...

How to learn an Aboriginal language through karaoke

Soon, you'll be able to learn the NWT's Aboriginal languages through karaoke. Pinnguaq, a Nunavut-based video game and app developer, is expanding. The Pangnirtung-based company makes an...

Michael Miltenberger ‘the Gary Bettman of the North’

A power company threatened with losing its contract in Hay River has compared minister Michael Miltenberger to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. The Town of Hay...

City’s helmet bylaw ‘a joke’, say parents who fought for it

A helmet bylaw in Yellowknife is not being enforced, and the parents who campaigned for its introduction are furious. Last summer, the City of Yellowknife...

NWT wildfire update: ‘Well in advance of a normal year’

Here's the latest wildfire update from the territory's firefighters. Richard Olsen, the territory's fire operations manager with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, gave...

Morel mushrooms in the NWT – mild panic ensues

Rain in the air over the weekend and into this week may soothe some nerves among the NWT's morel mushroom pickers. The territory's highways are...

Northwest Territories’ minimum wage goes up today

The minimum wage in the Northwest Territories increases from $10 to $12.50 on Monday, June 1. The territorial government announced the increase back in January,...

In pictures: An NWT perspective on walks for reconciliation

Walks for reconciliation took place across Canada - including Yellowknife - on Sunday. Thousands of people, nationwide, marked the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's forthcoming final report,...

Somebody in the NWT just won a million dollars

Somebody in the Northwest Territories won $1 million in Friday's Lotto Max draw. That's according to the Sport and Recreation Council (SRC), which takes the money raised...

Fire season: a list of useful maps

Where's that smoke coming from? How close are the fires? Will it get worse? Various Canadian authorities provide a range of maps during wildfire season...

Photos: Plan to rescue YK racetrack consumed by nature

Trees grow through radiators. Oil drums lie in a heap. This is Yellowknife's old stock car track, almost 30 years after it last saw action. The track...

CKLB to resume live broadcasting starting June 1

For the first time in almost a year, live broadcasting will return to CKLB on Monday. On Friday, the GNWT announced plans to contribute $400,000 to the...

Battle brewing over power in the Northwest Territories

The provision of power to northern homes is becoming the subject of a bitter political dispute in the Northwest Territories. Back in December last year,...

Fracking: Is the territory asking the right question?

Two Yellowknife MLAs warn the territory is missing a basic question when it comes to fracking in the North. Robert Hawkins and Wendy Bisaro spent Thursday's session...

NWT fire bans, road closure highlight start of fire season

It’s been an intense start to the NWT's wildfire season, and if current weather patterns persist, things might not get better anytime soon. As of...

NWT Highway 3 to close between Fort Providence and Behchoko

The Department of Transportation says Highway 3 between Behchoko and Fort Providence will close at 10am on Friday, May 29. The department says a 12-hour closure...

Territory inflates its cushion as finance minister issues warning

The territorial government has earmarked a $160 million financial cushion for the next legislative assembly - an increase of $60 million. The cushion refers to...

NWT celebrates teaching with 2015 Hall of Fame inductions

Nine people were inducted into the NWT Education Hall of Fame Wednesday. The sixth annual induction ceremony, which took place at the legislature, celebrated northerners...

New principals for two Yellowknife schools

The YK1 school district has announced more staffing changes in Yellowknife. Following the appointment of Dean MacInnis as the new principal at Sir John Franklin...

Remembering George Braden, ‘champion of the North’

George Braden, who led the Northwest Territories from 1980 to 1984, died at the age of 65 on Monday. On this page, Bill Braden -...
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