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Buffalo to resume passenger flights in March: Mikey McBryan

Buffalo Airways is hoping to resume passenger flights in March, after Transport Canada reinstated the airline’s licence this week. The Hay River-based airline received the...

Bargaining begins between GNWT and workers’ union

The Union of Northern Workers has begun negotiations on a new collective agreement for Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) employees. The two bargaining teams...

Yellowknife in winter: the best place for a walk?

Why would anyone pick walking as their winter hobby in the bitter cold of Yellowknife? "Oh, wow," says Rosie Strong, a tour operator based in...

NWT mine operator Dominion to appoint new chairman

Dominion Diamond Corporation is replacing its chairman. Bob Gannicott, Dominion's chairman since July 2004 and a veteran of 23 years on the mine operator's board, said he...

Ekati workers’ union says bargaining set to resume

The union representing workers at the NWT's Ekati diamond mine says it is heading back to the bargaining table with mine owner Dominion. An update...

NWT employment rises for the first time in five months

New job figures for the Northwest Territories show employment has risen for the first time in almost half a year. There were 21,700 NWT residents working...

External review ordered after Inuvik prisoner dies in custody

Inuvik RCMP have ordered an external review after a woman died in police custody over the weekend. On Saturday, RCMP say they arrested a woman...

Buffalo Airways cleared to fly again by Transport Canada

Buffalo Airways can resume commercial air operations after receiving the all-clear from Transport Canada. The federal agency, in a short statement on Tuesday afternoon, said it...

Great Slave Helicopters scales back hours for YK employees

Great Slave Helicopters has scaled back work hours for some of its Yellowknife employees in response to the continued slowdown of the oil and...

NWT SPCA shelter in Yellowknife at capacity, needs adopters

If you’ve ever thought about fostering or adopting a dog in the Yellowknife area, now might be the time. The NWT SPCA shelter in Yellowknife...

Should YK host the Canada Games? Report pushed back

A report examining Yellowknife's ability to host the 2023 Canada Winter Games has been delayed until next month. The city is currently earmarked to host the...

Going to Nuuk for the Arctic Winter Games? Get ready to pay

Sport North has started promoting charter flights to get parents to the 2016 Arctic Winter Games in Nuuk, Greenland. But anyone wanting to see their...

Yellowknife wins Northern Hockey Challenge in Hay River

The Yellowknife Flyers won the weekend's Northern Hockey Challenge tournament in Hay River, picking up two wins from three. Hosts the Huskies won Friday's opening contest...

The Revenant: DiCaprio urges world to hear Indigenous voices

Leonardo DiCaprio urged a worldwide audience to acknowledge and learn from Indigenous peoples as he accepted a Golden Globe for his work on The Revenant. The...

Carolyn Bennett: #MMIW inquiry will acknowledge ‘unique’ North

Northern families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls advised federal minister Carolyn Bennett of their "unique situation" as she visited Yellowknife on Friday. Bennett,...

One year after WWOS, Yellowknife hosts #MMIW pre-inquiry talks

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett is in Yellowknife today to host preliminary engagements ahead of the launch of a national inquiry into...

All of Yellowknife’s outdoor rinks should be open Friday

All five of Yellowknife’s outdoor skating rinks should be open to the public in time for the weekend. City staff maintain five rinks throughout the city...

In pictures: 1970s NWT through the eyes of James Jerome

James Jerome, one of the top NWT photographers of the past century, died tragically in 1979 at the age of 30. When his house in...

The Revenant: ‘A giant hipster convention in the woods’

Melaw Nakehk'o is building up to the NWT premiere of her work in The Revenant on Friday, January 8. The Fort Simpson artist-turned-actress spent a...

Yellowknife school reopens after gassy Wednesday

Yellowknife's École Allain St-Cyr will reopen on Thursday after sending students home because of a foul smell on Wednesday. Displeasing classroom smells are more commonly associated...

Yellowknife City Gold Project continues to produce: TerraX

TerraX Minerals Inc. has released what it’s calling encouraging results from its summer exploration program as part of the Yellowknife City Gold Project. In addition...

NWT looks to hold Trudeau to account on northern letter

Justin Trudeau's campaign pledges are on the agenda as NWT Premier Bob McLeod sits down with federal minister Carolyn Bennett later this week. Bennett, the...

City offers YK businesses support to attend BID forum

The City of Yellowknife wants to send a handful of local business owners to a conference on business improvement districts (BIDs) in Vancouver this...

Tickets sell out for The Revenant’s Yellowknife premiere

Tickets for the NWT premiere of The Revenant, which marks Fort Simpson actress Melaw Nakehk'o's Hollywood debut, have sold out. The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio,...
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