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Wear blue on Thursday for autism awareness in the NWT

The NWT Autism Society is asking people in the territory to wear blue on Thursday. One in 68 people across Canada are believed to be...

Territorial election pushed back to November 23 to avoid clash

This year's territorial election has been moved back from October 5 to November 23. In a short news release on Wednesday morning, the Legislative Assembly...

Mushroom pickers ‘asked to carry fire extinguishers’

Updated 4/1/15: Yes, this was an April fools' gag. The territorial government will ask morel mushroom harvesters to carry fire extinguishers this summer. A second...

Online anonymity “damaging and getting easier” in NWT

A Yellowknife business owner who specializes in social media admits to staying far away from anonymous confessions pages because of the damage they can...

Morel mushroom warning: prices could drop 50 per cent

The price of morel mushrooms could disappoint thousands of harvesters this summer. That's the warning from a leading mushroom expert at an information session held...

Man charged for groping woman at Yellowknife gas station

A man has been arrested and charged with sexual assault following an incident at a Yellowknife gas station over the weekend.  On Friday night, RCMP...

YK Farmers Market wants more diversity, urban farming in 2015

General applications are now being accepted for the 2015 Yellowknife Farmers Market. This year’s market will run weekly on Tuesday nights from June 2 until...

Watch clips from ‘Way Up North’ NWT musical documentary

In November and December 2014, a group of composers set out to make music with children from six Northwest Territories communities. The result will be an...

Missing Stanton Hospital patient located, say Yellowknife police

Police in Yellowknife say they have successfully located a patient reported missing from Stanton Territorial Hospital. David Nataway, 51, had been missing from the hospital since...

Photos: Here’s the winning Long John Jamboree ice carving

The votes are in, and the winner of the 2015 Long John Jamboree's ice carving contest has been announced. Japanese carver Junichi Nakamura, alongside team-mate Shinichi...

Moose FM crowns northern sled champions at Jamboree

Moose FM has uncovered the NWT's leading sledders. Contestants gathered at the weekend's Long John Jamboree, in Yellowknife, to test their wits and homemade sleds...

Earth Hour: Why Yellowknife and Hay River should go dark tonight

Residents and businesses in Yellowknife and Hay River will be joining people around the world tonight in turning off their lights to mark Earth...

Get growing in Yellowknife – here’s how to find a garden

As temperatures warm up in Yellowknife, here's one way to start your own garden. The Yellowknife Landshare Program matches up people looking for somewhere to...

Hay River RCMP need help finding missing Delores Deneyoua

Hay River RCMP say they need the public's help to find a missing woman. Delores Deneyoua, 40, was reported missing by her family Wednesday. She...

Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival visits NWT

Vancouver’s International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) invades Yellowknife Thursday night. A total of eight productions from the Vancouver-based event will screen at the Northern Arts...

Happy 50th wedding anniversary. Here’s $10,000 for tai chi classes

A Yellowknife man has transformed 50 years of marital bliss into $10,000 for martial arts. Chris and Rona Williams celebrated their golden anniversary this time...

Malaysian & Mongolian ice carvers pull out of Jamboree

If you were looking forward to the international flavour of this year's Long John Jamboree ice carving contest, things just got a little less tasty. Organizers...

Yellowknife has a hovercraft and you get to ride it (soon)

Updated 3/26/2015: "I've been laughed at and ridiculed," says the man who owns Yellowknife's newest mode of transport. Peter Basko is 67 years old, and...

NWT ranks second last in terms of food security in Canada

When it comes to buying the variety and quantity of food they need, residents in the NWT have it harder than any other jurisdiction...

Warmest-ever Long John Jamboree in prospect this weekend

This year's Long John Jamboree looks set to be the warmest yet - by a distance. Forecasters suggest Yellowknife's winter festival can expect temperatures to...

If you want to learn how to build an igloo, here’s your chance

Anyone in Yellowknife who wants to learn igloo building skills will get the chance this weekend. For the first time, an igloo building contest will...

YK health officials mark World TB Day as NWT rates diminish

Healthcare workers in Yellowknife marked World Tuberculosis (TB) Day Tuesday with a public information session outside the post office. The day is marked annually on...

Social media a saving grace for Yellowknife’s Zehabesha: owner

The owner of Yellowknife’s authentic Ethiopian restaurant says times are slowly getting better for his business, and that he has social media to thank...

Early daffodil calamity befalls NWT cancer charity – help needed

British Columbia's unusually warm winter is causing unexpected problems for a northern cancer charity. The Canadian Cancer Society in the NWT sells daffodils each April...
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