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Operation Gingerbread proving successful across territory

Police in the territory have laid more charges as part of this year’s Operation Gingerbread. The annual initiative is designed to make NWT roads safer...

Rangers, Arctic Response endure frigid YK waters for training

Members of the First Canadian Ranger Patrol Group and Arctic Response have spent the last two days conducting ice rescue exercises on a frozen...

Yellowknife RCMP seize crack for second time in one week

Yellowknife RCMP seized 57 grams of crack cocaine and two grams of marijuana while executing a search warrant at a residence on School Draw...

Third annual Christmas Farmers Market comes to Yellowknife

The Yellowknife Farmers Market will be holding its third annual Christmas Market tonight. The event will be held in the lower level of Centre...

Yellowknife builder seeks $160K for ‘unreasonable’ City orders

The City of Yellowknife and a local development company went head-to-head during a six-hour appeals hearing Monday. The appellant, Granite Ventures, is blaming the City...

Where would you put a new off-leash dog park in Yellowknife?

Do Yellowknife's dogs need a new off-leash domain to explore? That's what councillors suggested on Monday night. Adrian Bell asked city administration to look into...

Yellowknife soccer players query City’s fieldhouse plan

Soccer players are challenging a proposal to transform Yellowknife's fieldhouse. A $190,000 draft budget item - yet to be approved or discussed by councillors - calls...

You get a say about the NWT’s new Premier, MLAs promise

Newly elected MLAs are pledging to consult the public about the identity of the next Premier of the Northwest Territories. In a statement on Monday,...

Yellowknifers give and remember as festive season starts

Yellowknife residents made statements of intent at events across the city as the 2015 holiday season began. On Saturday, hundreds of locals attended Sir John...

Thanks, Yellowknife – you Stuffed our Bus for the YK Food Bank!

You can consider our bus well and truly stuffed. Yellowknifers turned out in their droves for our annual Stuff the Bus food drive on behalf...

Snap Lake Q&A: What De Beers and the GNWT said

Top officials addressed the media in Yellowknife on Friday as production ground to a halt at the NWT's Snap Lake diamond mine. De Beers Canada...

Snap Lake mine: ‘There were warning signs’ say experts

The territory's mining community says the loss of more than 400 jobs at the Snap Lake diamond mine is sad, but no surprise. In the seven...

It’s official: Snap Lake closing indefinitely, mining stops

The Snap Lake diamond mine will be placed "on care and maintenance" and all mining has stopped, owner De Beers confirmed on Friday. More than...

Yellowknife Ski Club fury over ‘dangerous’ joyriders

The Yellowknife Ski Club has expressed disappointment after its trails were vandalized by a joyrider this week. The incident happened sometime overnight, and could end up...

RCMP’s new YK boss says extra downtown patrols are working

The new commander of Yellowknife's RCMP detachment believes extra downtown patrols are making a difference. Inspector Matt Peggs, previously in Saskatchewan, took charge as Yellowknife detachment...

Photos: Legislature lights up for Christmas in Yellowknife

The NWT's legislative assembly flipped the switch on its Christmas lights to begin the festive season on Thursday. NJ Macpherson School's choir and the St...

Snowfall warnings issued for Yellowknife and Hay River

Environment Canada has issued snowfall warnings for Yellowknife and Hay River on Thursday afternoon. The weather agency says as much as 20 cm of snow...

‘Light the night’ Sunday calls for end to gender-based violence

Yellowknife YWCA will ‘light the night’ on Sunday to raise awareness about ending violence against women. Following a vigil at Northern United Place, red lights...

Yellowknife football teams battle for Ice Bowl supremacy

Seven teams will be competing in this year’s Ice Bowl Tournament in Yellowknife. The annual championship marks the unofficial halfway point of the Yellowknife Arena...

Staying fit this winter? Register for this year’s Walk to Tuk

Registration for this year’s Walk to Tuk fitness program is now open. The program, operated by the NWT Recreation and Parks Association, encourages teams of...

Yellowknife adult colouring book is Christmas sensation

Colouring books are no longer the sole domain of children - as proved by the popularity of a new Yellowknife book aimed at adults. Elizabeth...

Zip ties on northern shipments dangerous, says worker

Is someone sending a shipment north for you this Christmas? Tell them to watch the zip ties. One of the easiest ways to bring goods...

Buffalo Airways suspension Q&A

Buffalo Airways flights in the Northwest Territories have been suspended by Transport Canada over safety concerns. A day after the announcement was made, what else...

Snap Lake diamond mine’s future threatened

The NWT's Snap Lake diamond mine could be forced to close as pressures on the industry mount. The mine, operated by De Beers, faces a...
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