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GNWT politely points out Yellowknife school boards cannot count

Yellowknife, NWT - The Government of the Northwest Territories says complaints by Yellowknife school boards regarding the cost of junior kindergarten contain "critical factual...

Missing Japanese tourist in Yellowknife: more photos released

Yellowknife, NWT - RCMP have released more photos of a Japanese tourist missing in Yellowknife. Atsumi Yoshikubo, a 45-year-old woman, was reported missing on Monday when she failed...

Yellowknife schools predict $4m junior kindergarten funding loss

Update - October 29: The Yellowknife school boards' press release on which this story was based contained a critical mathematical error regarding the $4 million...

Murdered and missing Aboriginal women: National roundtable coming to Yellowknife

Yellowknife, NWT - A new, national roundtable on murdered and missing Aboriginal women will come to Yellowknife in February 2015. That's according to the Premier...

How my hero brother Kevin Vickers saved me – Yellowknife teacher

Yellowknife, NWT - When Will Vickers was 12, he already knew Kevin Vickers was a hero. Will, the brother of parliamentary Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin, teaches grades...

Ottawa shooting: Dennis Bevington urges cautious Canada terror response

Yellowknife, NWT - Northwest Territories MP Dennis Bevington says the nation must be wary of overreaction in the wake of Wednesday's Ottawa shooting. Bevington was aboard...

Allan Shortt remembers 2011 plane crash as Yellowknifers collect bravery medals

Yellowknife, NWT - Allan Shortt drives past the scene every day. "I live there. It's still fresh in my mind," he says, thinking back to...

Riding with the by-law officers: Meet Yellowknife’s municipal enforcement division

Yellowknife, NWT - "I did 26 years' military police and decided, you know what? Time to retire." Retirement, for Steve Hitchon, is municipal enforcement in...

Municipal enforcement in Yellowknife ‘lacks clear priorities and policies’, review finds

Yellowknife, NWT - An independent review of municipal enforcement in Yellowknife says officers have been given neither clear priorities, nor clear policies to follow. The...

Court places conditions on convicted sex offender in Yellowknife

Yellowknife, NWT - The Territorial Court of the Northwest Territories has placed a set of conditions on convicted sex offender Travis Casaway following his...

Hay River library fears funding cut despite rise in popularity

Yellowknife, NWT - Hay River's library fears for its funding, despite being at its most popular for a decade. The library has asked the Town...

Hay River could have new fish plant by 2016 as GNWT allocates more than $1.5m funding

Yellowknife, NWT - Hay River could have a new fish processing plant by 2016. Documents published last week confirmed the GNWT's commitment to replace the...

Shock! Horror! Yellowknife man’s movie is a Hollywood winner

Yellowknife, NWT - The Northwest Territories. Birthplace of a horror classic? Possibly. Berkshire County, which tells the story of Halloween gone wrong for a teenage babysitter,...

‘When my head hit the wall, that was the final straw.’ How would you respond?

Yellowknife, NWT - How would you respond if you saw someone being abused? Family Violence Awareness Week, which begins today, asks people in the Northwest...

Yellowknife man dies in Highway 1 collision near Kakisa

Yellowknife, NWT - A Yellowknife man has died in a collision on Highway 1 near Kakisa. RCMP confirmed the death on Wednesday afternoon, with the...

Ice Pilots NWT is ending: Mikey McBryan channels ‘Saved by the Bell’

Yellowknife, NWT - Ice Pilots NWT's sixth season will also be its last. Show star and Buffalo Airways general manager Mikey McBryan confirmed the news...

RCMP investigating death of female in Yellowknife

Yellowknife, NWT - RCMP are investigating the death of a female in a downtown Yellowknife alley. Officers sealed off an alley behind the Gold Range...

GNWT pays (some of) your power bill, prepares to borrow big

Yellowknife, NWT - "We're just hoping there are going to be no more unforeseen, big expenses like this." That's what GNWT finance minister Michael Miltenberger...

NWT health is broken – minister pushes plan to fix it by 2016

Yellowknife, NWT - Health minister Glen Abernethy says his plans to fix the Northwest Territories' 'broken' health system "won't save a whole whack of...

How Tanya Tagaq’s Polaris-winning album came together

Yellowknife, NWT - Tanya Tagaq has Canada's best album, and the $30,000 prize will put her kids through school. The Polaris Music Prize, which disregards...

Mayor’s deciding vote buys downtown Yellowknife lot

Yellowknife, NWT - The City of Yellowknife will spend $1.45m purchasing a vacant downtown parking lot after the mayor broke a tie among councillors. Mayor...

City says ‘no shortage of parking’, pushes free transit day

Yellowknife, NWT - The City of Yellowknife says there is "no shortage of parking" downtown. New parking meters have been appearing in the city, each...

No park – yet. City clarifies 50-50 corner plans

Yellowknife, NWT - The City of Yellowknife has urged residents to take a step back regarding 50th Street redevelopment plans. Artists' renderings - like the...

Zombies? Yes. Cars? No. Parking Day heads for Yellowknife

Yellowknife, NWT - If you're looking for a parking space in Yellowknife on Friday, be careful. You may run into a zombie. Parking Day is...
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