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Yellowknife boy robbed on Frame Lake Trail

Yellowknife, NWT - Yellowknife RCMP are investigating after a 14-year-old boy reported he was choked and robbed Sunday night near the Frame Lake Trail. The...

Folk on the Rocks fundraiser held this weekend

Yellowknife, NWT - A fundraiser for Yellowknife's Folk on the Rocks is set to go Saturday night. David Whitelock is the festival's new executive director. He...

National stats for NWT alcohol sales skewed

Yellowknife, NWT - Some residents of the Northwest Territories are upset about a Statistics Canada report indicating alcohol sales in the territory are among...

Yellowknife’s Francois Thibault dies at 53

Yellowknife, NWT - One of Yellowknife's best known citizens, Francois Thibault, has died. He was better known as T-Bo, and was one of the city's...

First Air fires two pilots for off-course flight

Yellowknife, NWT - Ottawa-based First Air has fired two pilots after a flight to Iqaluit flew hundreds of kilometers off course -- late last month. The airline...

Jim Flaherty dies at 64

Yellowknife, NWT - Former Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has died at age 64. Paramedics were called to his home in Ottawa this afternoon and...

Business Conference and AGM kicks off in Yellowknife

Yellowknife, NWT - Business leaders and local politicians are at the Explorer Hotel in Yellowknife over the next two days, talking territorial business and...

TSB investigating why First Air flight went off course

Yellowknife, NWT - It's not on the scale of the missing Malaysian Airliner, but the North now has its own aviation mystery. The Transportation Safety...

Hay River Arena renovation talks ongoing

Yellowknife, NWT - An update now on talks involving significant upgrades to the Hay River Arena. The community's mayor, Andrew Cassidy, says councillors reviewed the...

RCMP make another drug bust in YK

Yellowknife, NWT - For the second time in less than a week, the RCMP's federal investigations unit helped police in Yellowknife perform a raid...

First annual Ice Fishing Day held this weekend

Yellowknife, NWT - Fishing and fun are the themes for Saturday’s first annual Family Ice Fishing Day on Kam Lake in Yellowknife. The event is...

Weledeh MLA speaks out against super board

Yellowknife, NWT - The Member of the Legislative Assembly for Weledeh says Bob McLeod deserves high praise for being the premier of record as...

Daffodil Days fundraising campaign underway

Yellowknife, NWT - Today marks the official start of the Canadian Cancer Society's annual Daffodil Days fundraising campaign. It will be the final campaign in...

Mackenzie Valley winter road closure looms

Yellowknife, NWT - Truckers are scrambling to get some of their final deliveries completed as winter road closures loom in the territory. The GNWT's Department...

NWT celebrates World Autism Awareness Day

Yellowknife, NWT - People are encouraged to wear blue on Wednesday for World Autism Awareness Day, part of a month-long campaign to bring awareness...

City of Yellowknife celebrates volunteers

Yellowknife, NWT - The city of Yellowknife will be celebrating community volunteers this Sunday with a barbeque at the Multiplex. The public event will also...

Premier welcomes new GNWT employees

Yellowknife, NWT - More than 100 former federal government employees have been welcomed into the fold by Premier Bob McLeod. About 130 people who worked...

Devolution could mean improved mining industry

Yellowknife, NWT - The mining industry in the Northwest Territories is cautiously optimistic better times are ahead now that devolution has been fully implemented. Executive...

NTPC’s new site to shed light on power outages

Yellowknife, NWT - It appears the days of being left in the dark about power outages may be over for some Northerners. The communications manager,...

RCMP continue to investigate death in Fort Liard

Yellowknife, NWT - Police are continuing to investigate the death of a Fort Liard man, in the southwest corner of the NWT. RCMP say they...

Man falls through ice near Co-op underpass on Frame Lake

Yellowknife, NWT - We told you Tuesday about how the city of Yellowknife was warning residents about thin ice on Frame Lake near the...

City warns of thin ice on Frame Lake

Yellowknife, NWT - The city of Yellowknife has issued a warning about thin ice on Frame Lake. City officials say the ice near the Co-op...

Range Lake MLA critical of NWT emergency care

Yellowknife, NWT - The MLA for Range Lake says a new report on emergency preparedness here in the North backs up what he's been...

Devolution day arrives

Yellowknife, NWT - History has been made today in the Northwest Territories. Devolution has finally taken full effect. That means the NWT now has province-like powers...
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