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What’s Yellowknife like for air traffic controllers?

For a small city, Yellowknife has a busy airport. The city is a routine stop for rookie air traffic controllers, fresh out of training -...

‘Hold me’ – winless Jamie Koe contemplates end of Brier career

Jamie Koe and the Northwest Territories ended the 2015 Brier with no wins and 11 defeats. Skip Koe lost 8-4 to Ontario in Friday's final...

Yellowknife doctor among NWT Wise Women Award winners

Five women from the Northwest Territories will receive a Wise Women Award this weekend. The Status of Women Council has hosted the award since 1992,...

Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous teams up with Snowking

Two of the North's biggest festivals are teaming up. The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous says it's forming a partnership with Yellowknife's Snowking festival, involving everything from joint...

Update: Gas prices stay the same as Co-op abandons increase

The Yellowknife Co-op has called off a gas price increase scheduled for Friday. The Co-op had earlier warned it expected prices to jump from $1.139 to $1.219...

Drugs and cash seized at Con Road apartments, 7 arrested

Seven people have been arrested after police conducted drugs raids at two apartments on Yellowknife's Con Road. RCMP seized five grams of crack cocaine, phones, scales, and...

Update: Police make third arrest over Yellowknife taxi robbery

Police have arrested a third person in connection with the robbing of a Yellowknife taxi driver last week. Denecho King, 22, was the subject of a police appeal...

Corrections bosses promise ‘we won’t leave report on the shelf’

Officials in charge of corrections in the Northwest Territories promise action is being taken to fix a range of problems outlined in a major...

CRTC directs Northwestel to lower internet rates in May

Your internet bill will likely be going down in May. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has directed Northwestel to lower the rates for...

‘Any suggestions?’ – Jamie Koe desperate at misery Brier for NWT

Northwest Territories skip Jamie Koe suffered his sixth straight defeat as a miserable week at curling's Brier continued. John Morris and Team Canada beat the NWT...

Not much rehab, not much hope – report damns NWT’s jails

Prisoners in the Northwest Territories are being comprehensively failed by the territorial Department of Justice, according to a report released on Tuesday. The Office of...

No device found following bomb threat at Sir John Franklin

Update 17:15 MST: Police in Yellowknife say no explosive device has been found following a bomb threat at Sir John Franklin High School.  School administration...

Missing teen reportedly traced but police operation continues

A 14-year-old reported missing by her Yellowknife family has reportedly been traced to Edmonton - but police say the investigation remains open and they have not...

RCMP won’t rule out third party in Yellowknife homicide, assault

Police in Yellowknife say the possibility of a third party in a December incident that left one man dead and another seriously injured isn’t...

Turbine at Snare Falls could be shut down for months, says NTPC

We should find out in the coming days how extensive – and costly – damage to the turbine at the Snare Falls hydroelectric plant...

GNWT awards scholarships to early childhood educators

The Department of Education has awarded 10 northerners with scholarships valued at $5,000 to support their studies in early childhood development. Education Minister Jackson Lafferty says...

Canada Games inspiring NWT’s next generation

After reaching the Canada Games relay final last month, the Northwest Territories' speed skaters were back on Yellowknife ice on the weekend. The five Team NWT...

In pictures: Snowcastle opens! Snowking festival begins

Yellowknife's Snowking festival began on Sunday as the door to the Snowcastle on Great Slave Lake was revealed. Two saws cut an opening to allow...

Blizzard warning issued for Yellowknife late Sunday

Environment Canada has issued a blizzard warning for Yellowknife on Sunday evening. While the city basked under a cloudless sky on Saturday, forecasters warn a...

Barb Bromley’s life to be celebrated Saturday

A celebration of the life of Barb Bromley will take place in Yellowknife Saturday. Barb, the mother of Weledeh MLA Bob Bromley, passed away peacefully...

Yellowknife RCMP ‘regret failure’ over sexual assaults

Updated 14:10 MST, March 2, 2015 - RCMP in Yellowknife admit residents were not properly warned about a reported sexual assault earlier this month. They also...

Premier McLeod attends national roundtable in Ottawa

Premier Bob McLeod is in Ottawa to lead a national roundtable on missing and murdered indigenous women. Friday’s roundtable includes the families of missing and...

Giant Mine team declares freeze technology test a success

Leaders of the Giant Mine clean-up say technology that freezes toxic material underground has now been tested at the site and proven successful. At a public...

Get ready to pay more for power starting in April

Your power bill will be going up in just over a month. On April 1, the Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) will apply a fourth...
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