Damaged fibre line caused Yk Internet outage says Northwestel
Northwestel says a damaged fibre line leading Yellowknife is to blame for what it calls a major disruption of telecommunications services, including Internet connection, to…
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Several communities under extreme fire risk
Updated on May 10, 12:30 p.m. with comments from ENR. Several communities in the South Slave and Deh Cho regions are currently at extreme risk…
Update on Cambridge Bay, Nunavut by Mary Rose Maksagak.
Mary Rose Maksagak moved to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut from Dettah Northwest Territories years ago, she has manage to hold on to her Wilideh Yati. She…
Yellowknife RCMP look for woman accused of using fraudulent prescriptions
Mounties in Yellowknife are trying to identify and locate a woman who they allege used fraudulent prescriptions to gain illegal access to medication in local…
Preliminary hearing for Yk man, charged with attempted murder, set for Oct. 4
A Yellowknife man, charged with attempted murder after a vicious New Year’s Eve stabbing, is to be back in court on Oct. 4 for a…
Amid pilot shortage, aviation schools looks locally
Northerners—especially youth—have more career paths than just working the mines, says James Heidema. Heidema is the Chief Operating Officer of Northwestern Air Lease (NWAL), which…
Changes coming to nurse registration in NWT
To kick off National Nurses Week, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Registered Nurses Association of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (RNANT/NU) signed…
Obituary
Ernest Bailey’s family thought they would lose him to cancer but they were not prepared to lose him suddenly to a heart attack, his wife,…
TSB to investigate downed Buffalo Airways plane near Hay River
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) now says it will investigate after a Buffalo Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing off…
Conservatives open call for nominations in the NWT, Greens have a two candidate race
For the first time in the Northwest Territories, the federal Green Party has two people seeking the nomination to run in this fall’s general election….