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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...

Yellowknife taxi driver attacked, police hunt three suspects

A Yellowknife taxi driver was attacked and robbed on Wednesday night. Police say the driver was assaulted by two men and a woman at around...

Canada Games: NWT’s Brent Betsina captures silver in judo

Team NWT has its first medal of the 2015 Canada Winter Games. Yellowknife's Brent Betsina has won silver in the boys' individual over-100kg judo. He was...

Watch out – ‘snow removal’ man kicking down Yellowknife doors

Police in Yellowknife say a man is going door-to-door in search of homes to ransack. According to RCMP, if you answer the door, the man asks...

Snowking to unveil supersized 20th anniversary castle

Yellowknife's Snowking is preparing to unveil his 20th anniversary castle on the frozen Great Slave Lake. The grand opening takes place at noon this Sunday,...

Justice minister pressured over sex offender warnings

The territory's justice minister, David Ramsay, has been confronted in the legislature over a lack of public notice when sex offenders are released from jail. Earlier...

Mikey McBryan hits up Walmart before Canadian Screen Awards

Mikey McBryan had no idea he’d be going home from the Canadian Screen Awards with some hardware on Tuesday night. The former star of the...

Giant Mine public forum in Yellowknife on Thursday

If you have questions about the Giant Mine clean-up operation, there will be a public forum on Thursday evening in Yellowknife. Head to Northern United...

Canada Games: Female curlers battle hard in loss to Ontario

The NWT’s female curlers put up a fight, but ultimately fell to Ontario 11-7 in round-robin play at the Canada Winter Games in Prince George...

Sexual assault victim demands action in Yellowknife

A victim of sexual assault - who left Yellowknife as a consequence - has demanded more action from the city and territory. Writing on EdgeYK.com,...

Ice Pilots NWT wins Canadian Screen Award

Ice Pilots NWT won Best Factual Program or Series at the Canadian Screen Awards in Toronto on Tuesday evening. The show, which ended its six-season run...

Memorial Hockey Challenge raises $40,000 for Austins

A cheque for $22,000 was presented to the family of Malcolm Austin in the legislature Tuesday. The funds were raised during Saturday's ninth annual Memorial Hockey...

Bad 24 hours for headframes – Giant Mine’s C-shaft at risk

Leaders of the Giant Mine clean-up project say its C-shaft headframe may come down this year to ensure worker safety. The news came hours before...

Bob Bromley calls for changes to Stanton Hospital security

Weledeh MLA Bob Bromley has called for security at Yellowknife's Stanton Territorial Hospital to be strengthened, with changes made to the way security personnel...

Yellowknife council votes to end Robertson headframe talks

The City of Yellowknife is officially breaking off talks to save the Robertson headframe. Two weeks after the revelation that the city is legally powerless to step...

YK ice carving event attracts international competition

Yellowknife’s Long John Jamboree is just over a month away but one event in particular promises to be bigger than ever. Organizers of the De...

Social worker assaulted at Centre Square Tower, say police

A man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a social worker at Yellowknife's Centre Square Tower. RCMP say they were called to the lower...

Former Dene national chief ‘terrorized’ at Yellowknife home

Former Dene national chief Noeline Villebrun says she feels 'terrorized' after returning to find her Yellowknife home daubed in paint. Villebrun left her downtown residence...

Fund for Yellowknife house fire couple passes $15,000 mark

A fund to help a Yellowknife couple whose house caught fire last Friday has surpassed $15,000. Funds raised for Axel and Courtney Jung (pictured), who lost...
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