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Is territory looking in wrong place for energy solutions?

The Northwest Territories' biomass industry believes a shift in government thinking can help to solve its looming energy crisis. The territorial government is set to spend $30...

Life After Dark: Yellowknifers to tell suicide survival stories

Yellowknifers will tell their stories next week to help create a book documenting suicide survival in Canada. Photographer Suzanne Sagmeister arrives in the city on Monday...

Five arrested after drug bust at Yellowknife motel

Police arrested five people and seized crack cocaine following a drug bust at a Yellowknife motel on Tuesday.  According to an RCMP news release, drug-related charges...

Fibre cut causes TV disruption for Northwestel customers

Northwestel TV customers in Yellowknife and Hay River might not be able to watch some of their favourite programs tonight. The telecommunications company has experienced...

Simulated crash takes place at Yellowknife Airport Wednesday

Don't be too alarmed if you see emergency response units at the Yellowknife Airport Wednesday morning.  The territorial Department of Transportation says a training exercise...

YK1’s Caroline Roux among four NWT Literacy Award winners

A teacher with Yellowknife's Education District No. 1 was one of four people to receive a literacy award in Yellowknife Tuesday.  Caroline Roux, who works as a French immersion...

Yellowknife Climbing Club launches youth program

Yellowknife Climbing Club is opening up a youth program for budding climbers aged 10 to 15. The not-for-profit says its 10-week course will teach young...

NWT SPCA says impostor may have stolen family dog

The NWT SPCA believes someone pretending to be a volunteer with the charity has stolen a Behchoko family's dog. The charity thinks the dog could be...

Yellowknife resident wakes up to unknown man in bedroom

Police in Yellowknife are investigating after a resident on Gitzel Street woke up to an unknown man standing in their bedroom Sunday morning. The occupied break...

NWT Kingland Ford dealerships set to be sold to Go Auto

The King family has confirmed to Moose FM that its Kingland Ford dealerships in Yellowknife and Hay River are set to be sold. On Monday, the...

YK’s next big water question: is it worth $20m to avoid Giant Mine?

Does drinking water drawn from Yellowknife Bay, within sight of the remains of Giant Mine, concern you? Or would you happily have the city draw its...

Police find 1,100 bags of crack in car outside Yellowknife

A teenager is one of two men facing charges after police found a huge haul of crack cocaine in their car. Tanner Wade Perkes, 19,...

Boat capsizes in Tulita, man dies after two-day search

A man has died after his boat capsized on the Mackenzie River in Tulita on Saturday. His body was not found until Monday, after a...

Photos: Inside Yellowknife’s new water treatment plant

Yellowknife's new water treatment plant opened its doors to visitors for the first time on Monday. The facility cost a fraction over $30 million to...

Family violence ‘can be hard for victims to recognize’

A Yellowknife resident who suffered abuse as a teenager says realizing you're a victim can be harder than people think. Family Violence Awareness Week runs...

Sex offender Keyuajuk, released on Thursday, back in custody

Violent sex offender Jonah Keyuajuk is once again in Yellowknife police custody. The 44-year-old was the subject of a police warning, issued in late August, about his...

Local accountant to face Heyck in Yellowknife mayoral race

It seems Mark Heyck won’t go uncontested in the race to become the next Mayor of Yellowknife. Earlier today, local chartered accountant John Himmelman filed...

Photos: See tiny Yellowknife home inspired by bear attack

A Yellowknife man is urging residents to get behind the tiny home movement after he built his own miniature unit following a close encounter...

United Way NWT starts 2015 campaign with record sum

United Way NWT hopes to do more than ever for northern non-profits as the organization prepares to hand out a record cash sum in its latest...

Yellowknifer back in Canada team for cycling’s Worlds

Yellowknife cyclist Denise Ramsden will ride for Canada in her fourth road World Championships next week. Ramsden, 24, has been selected in the seven-strong elite...

NWT’s Polar Egg switches, at last, to greener fibre cartons

Northwest Territories egg producer Polar Egg launched new fibre cartons at Yellowknife's final farmers' market of the summer on Tuesday. The Hay River company has...

Case of whooping cough in YK prompts vaccination warning

Health officials are reminding parents to stay on top of their children’s immunizations after a student was diagnosed with pertussis, or whooping cough, in...

NWT SPCA victim of yet another water-tampering incident

For the second time in just over a month, the NWT SPCA has been the victim of water-tampering. The first case was discovered back on...

Ekati owners defend expansion as caribou numbers plunge

Dominion Diamond must convince regulators that its proposed Ekati diamond mine expansion will not further harm fast-dwindling caribou numbers. Earlier this month, the territorial government said...
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