Four new bachelor housing units opened in Behchoko
The Tlicho region’s largest community opened four new housing units yesterday, one step in the region’s battle against homelessness. The minister responsible for the NWT…
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First Air and Canadian North airline merger approved by Federal Government
Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, announced Wednesday that the Government of Canada has approved a merger between First Air and Canadian North, the primary air carriers…
Tlicho Grand Chief talks resource development at Intergovernmental Council meeting in Yellowknife
Leaders from the Government of the Northwest Territories and Indigenous governments, who are partners in Devolution, sat down in Yellowknife Tuesday to discuss a range of…
Government closes one territorial park, bans fires at four others due to wildfire threat
The Government of the Northwest Territories has closed one territorial park and enacted fire bans at four other parks – all in the South Slave…
RCMP ask public for help as they search for missing 14-year-old Yellowknife girl (updated)
Yellowknife RCMP are hoping the public can help them locate a missing 14-year-old girl. Police say Selina Dyson was last seen in the Frame Lake…
‘Serious conservation concern’ leads to decreased harvest for Bluenose-East caribou
Updated: June 19, 10:30 a.m. to reflect additional comments from ENR on Bathurst report delay According to Indigenous and scientific evidence “a serious conservation concern…
Three Edmonton men charged after man beaten, drugs seized in Inuvik
Three men from Edmonton are charged after a man was beaten and a substantial amount of cocaine and marijuana was seized in Inuvik. According to…
NWT Premier suggests there could have been Indigenous representation at Raptors’ victory celebration
The premier of the Northwest Territories is suggesting that organizers might have considered adding Indigenous representation at Monday’s Raptors NBA victory celebration in Toronto. Bob…
‘I didn’t cry for 40 years’: YKDFN event focuses on Indigenous women healing
Warning: this story contains details of an assault. When Chuckie Nicotine was 17 years old, she hopped into a truck to go get groceries with…
Golfers tee it up for annual RCMP Chris Worden Memorial Golf Tournament
A full field of nearly 100 golfers teed it up Friday in Yellowknife under gorgeous sunny skies for the annual RCMP Chris Worden Memorial Golf…