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Sahtu MLA says environmental monitoring in place at fraking sites

Yellowknife, NWT - The MLA for the Sahtu says a new report that calls for more research and safeguards before fracking is allowed to...

Yellowknife Centre MLA accuses minister responsible for medevac contract of mismanagement

Yellowknife, NWT - Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins is accusing the Health and Social Services Minister of mismanaging the process to award a new...

Avalon Rare Metals receives permit to start pre-construction work at Nechalacho Rare Earth Project

Yellowknife, NWT - Avalon Rare Metals has received its 'Class A' Land Use Permit from the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board to start...

Amid scare in Alberta, NWT measles-free since 1992

Yellowknife, NWT - It's Immunization Awareness Week in the Northwest Territories and across Canada, and the NWT Chief Public Health Officer is reminding northerners...

Report indicates more missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada than previously known

Yellowknife, NWT - RCMP are not disputing a report that they have identified more than a thousand cases of missing and murdered aboriginal women...

Les Miserables comes to Yellowknife

Yellowknife, NWT - For the very first time, Les Miserables is coming to a stage in Yellowknife. Ptarmigan Ptheatrics will present the musical at the...

Report: dangers of fracking in NWT not fully understood

Yellowknife, NWT - Opponents of fracking in the Northwest Territories have some new ammunition Thursday. A new report commissioned by Environment Canada says there's little...

Federal Court of Canada sides with former Ndilo chief in wrongful dismissal case

Yellowknife, NWT - The Federal Court of Canada has sided with former Ndilo Chief Ted Tsetta in his wrongful dismissal case. Tsetta was removed as...

Yellowknife council supports energy projects for years to come

Yellowknife, NWT - After saving Yellowknife over a million litres of oil, the Community Energy Planning Committee continues to set high standards for the...

Stanton CEO confident cancer patients receive best care

Yellowknife, NWT - The Chief Executive Officer of Stanton Territorial Hospital says she's confident cancer patients at the facility are receiving the best possible...

Fatal fire in Tuktoyaktuk still under investigation

Yellowknife, NWT - RCMP say a fatal house fire in Tuktoyaktuk, in the territory's northwest, is not being considered suspicious at this time. The Mounties...

Deh Cho Bridge affected by road work

Yellowknife, NWT - The Deh Cho Bridge across the Mackenzie River at Fort Providence has been reduced to just one lane of traffic for...

Temporary Foreign Workers Program not a problem in the NWT

Yellowknife, NWT - The Executive Director of the NWT Chamber of Commerce says there doesn't appear to be the problems with the Temporary Foreign...

City of Yellowknife reminds canoe owners to buy tags for government dock

Yellowknife, NWT - The city of Yellowknife has a message for anybody planning to store their canoe at the government dock in Old Town:...

More parking meters coming to downtown Yellowknife

Yellowknife, NWT - It's official: more parking meters are coming to downtown Yellowknife. Councillors have been debating whether to implement 2-hour and 9-hour meters on...

Health and Social Services Minister vows to clean up Child and Family Services

Yellowknife, NWT - The Health and Social Services Minister wants residents of the Northwest Territories to be assured he is addressing long-standing problems within...

Three Hay River residents charged with drug-related offenses

Yellowknife, NWT - A Hay River woman, charged with drug offences, is reportedly the same woman who was renting a house near the fatal...

New book sheds light on Yellowknife’s homeless

Yellowknife, NWT - The public is invited to a book launch at the Gallery on 47th in downtown Yellowknife Friday between 6 and 10pm. Local...

Top NWT cop to retire from RCMP, prepares for new job

Yellowknife, NWT - It's the final Friday on the job for the top Mountie in the Northwest Territories. Wade Blake retires as Chief Superintendent of...

NWT’s Deputy Minister of Health, Social Services on hot seat

Yellowknife, NWT - The NWT’s Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services on the hot seat at the Legislative Assembly. Debbie DeLancey testified in front...

Yellowknife city council talks parking meters in downtown core

Yellowknife, NWT - The issue of parking meters on downtown Yellowknife streets has been reignited at City Hall. Earlier this week, councillors discussed a memorandum...

Court of appeal decision means changes for Métis in NWT

Yellowknife, NWT - The president of the North Slave Métis Alliance says a federal court of appeal decision late last week is a win-win...

Yellowknife Health and Social Services defends closing clinics

Yellowknife, NWT - Yellowknife Health and Social Services has defended the temporary closure of the city's two walk-in clinics over the Easter Long Weekend. Some...

Crime wave hits small NWT community

Yellowknife, NWT - There's a bit of a crime wave going on in the small community of Fort Resolution on the southeast shore of...
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