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National drowning prevention week ends Sunday

Drowning deaths are on the decline in Canada, but plenty of preventable drowning deaths still occur every year across the country. July 15th to 21st is National...

Town hall screening of Kinder Morgan film comes to Yellowknife

A film about the Kinder Morgan pipeline is coming to Yellowknife this week. The Northwest Territories Chapter of the Council of Canadians is holding a...

Pop-up park competition ends today

Today is the last day to vote on ideas for Yellowknife's first pop-up park. The city of Yellowknife and Ecology North launched the pop-up park...

Inuvik under boil water advisory

The Chief Environmental Health Officer is advising all residents in Inuvik to boil their drinking water for at least one minute. This precautionary advisory is...

Hay River artist’s work on display at Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre

The work of a Hay River artist is now on display at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. The exhibit, Ingrained Landmarks, features woodblock relief...

Circus making a stop in Yellowknife

The Great Benjamin Circus will be making a stop in Yellowknife on July 21 as part of its Canadian tour. This week the circus...

Artists holding “sidewalk” meetings on transformer box designs

The City of Yellowknife is continuing a public art initiative to have transformer boxes decorated by local artists, for the third consecutive year. “Our partnership...

WSCC Lay Charges under the Northwest Territories’ Safety Act

The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission has laid five charges under the Northwest Territories’ Safety Act. On June 29, the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission...

Heat warnings in effect for parts of the Northwest Territories

Heat warnings have been issued for several areas in the territory, the department of Environment and Natural Resources announced on their website this morning. A...

New Five-Year Contract for NWT Physicians

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) and the Northwest Territories Medical Association (NWTMA) announced that they have ratified an agreement on a contract...

Queerlesque searching for venue

Queerlesque is looking for a venue for their 2018 show, which will be held in August. Queerlesque is a queer cabaret show featuring performances from...

33,661 NWT residents affected by security breach

On May 9 a GNWT laptop that contained the personal health information of over 30, 000 Northwest Territories residents was stolen from a locked...

Department of Health and Social Services Confirms Privacy Breach

The Department of Health and Social Services is informing residents of the Northwest Territories of a security breach regarding health information. On May 9, 2018, a...

St-Jean-Baptiste day celebrations part of Yellowknife’s history

The Association Franco-Culturelle de Yellowknife (AFCY) is holding St-Jean-Baptiste day celebrations this Sunday at the beer garden at the Folk on the Rocks site. The...

Local burlesque company aims to help Queerlesque 2018 create dream venue

The recently founded performance company Parkas & Pasties will be holding a fundraiser on the Canada Day weekend to help local LGBTQ+ production Queerlesque build...

Expect “slight decline in prices” Northern Housing Report says

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released its annual Northern Housing Report yesterday. The report focuses on Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit, and offers analysis of economic conditions,...

Yellowknife bans smoking on city property

The City of Yellowknife has banned smoking and vaping on all City-managed recreational properties.  With the exception of trails, designated smoking areas and traditional...

Pop-up park competition launches today

Ecology North and the City of Yellowknife launched a pop-up park competition today. The competition "aims to transform empty lots in the downtown core into...

NSMA hosting National Indigenous Peoples day celebrations

The North Slave Métis Alliance (NSMA) is hosting a free fish fry and stage show at the City of Yellowknife's Somba K'e Civic Plaza...

Music contest aims to engage young voters

Elections NWT have launched a youth engagement project in the form of a music contest. The contest and workshop will be led by the Northwest...

Update on arsenic concentrations in lakes around Yellowknife

The NWT Chief Public Health Officer provided an update on arsenic levels found in some of the lakes located around Yellowknife today. Niven, Range, and...

Nearly half of colorectal cancers diagnosed after they have spread, report finds

An annual report from the Canadian Cancer Society found that about 1 in 2 colorectal cancers in Canada are diagnosed after they have spread to...

Festival on Franklin returns

Festival on Franklin is returning to Yellowknife next week. The festival was launched in 2016, as a way to bring merchants and patrons together to...

Denı́nu Kų́ę́ Health and Social Services Centre opens in Fort Resolution

The new Denı́nu Kų́ę́ Health and Social Services Centre opened in Fort Resolution yesterday. The new centre is "a state-of-the-art facility that for the first...
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