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Tourists rescued after bear destroys canoe

Two American tourists were left stranded on Sunday after a grizzly bear destroyed their canoe. The couple were on a canoe trip in the area of Hanbury Lake, about 480 kilometres east of Yellowknife. They radioed the International Emergency Response Coordination Centre (IERCC), a global search and rescue dispatch centre….


iPads, cash stolen from Fort Smith library

Updated July 17, 1:30 p.m. with information from RCMP. The Town of Fort Smith is hoping residents can help find two stolen iPads. In a post on social media, officials said the Mary Kaeser Library was broken into over the weekend. RCMP confirmed officers responded to a break and enter…



New chief elected in Fort Good Hope

Daniel Masuzumi was elected on Monday, taking over from Wilfred McNeely Jr. Here’s what Masuzumi wants to get done first. He added that homelessness was another issue he wants to tackle, saying he wanted to offer better support for people to get out of poverty. That also means looking for…



City of Yellowknife and YKDFN propose boundary changes

“We want to be as one.” That’s what Ndilo Chief Ernest Betsina told reporters after the City of Yellowknife supported the Yellowknives Dene First Nation push to re-draw the boundaries between the two communities. In June, YKDFN council passed a resolution supporting the changes. The most noticeable difference would come…