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Emergency response on School Draw is training exercise

Sirens blared by the CKLB station down to the Yellowknife Lift Station next to the recycle bins on School Draw Avenue. When reporters arrived, the station was cordoned off with yellow police tape; three ambulances, two firetrucks and two municipal enforcement vehicles were scattered at the scene. Upon arriving, we…





NWT voter turnout highest in a decade

Early figures show the 2019 election’s voter turnout was a full ten per cent higher than in 2015—at 54 per cent. The last time voter turnout was over 50 per cent was in 2007, when 67 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballot. Much of the jump can be…


6 Indigenous women will be part of 19th Assembly

A record-setting 9 women will be part of the 19th Legislative Assembly, according to unofficial results from Elections NWT. Lesa Semmler, who won the Inuvik Twin Lakes constituencies, told reporters last night, “We don’t want to be given our seats, we will earn them, we are not token women.” Joining…