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Early morning fire reduces houseboat to ash

A houseboat on Yellowknife Bay now lays in ash after an early-morning fire on Wednesday. According to RCMP, the fire began shortly after 3 a.m. and was “out of control” by the time officers and city firefighters reached the area. Two residents left the house safely with one being brought…


Where do you want to buy cannabis?

The City of Yellowknife is asking residents to weigh in on where you can buy cannabis in town. Right now, the liquor store on Old Airport Road is the only physical store that sells cannabis. While federal government legalized cannabis last October and the territorial government regulates the distribution and…



Man charged after cocaine bust in Yellowknife

A Yellowknife man, who’s originally from Toronto, is charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking after the RCMP’s Federal Investigations Unit raided a Range Lake-area apartment in the city. Mounties state in a news release that a search warrant was executed on a home last Thursday at…


Yellowknife woman, wanted in two robberies, has been arrested

A Yellowknife woman, wanted by RCMP since late April for two robberies, has been arrested. According to a news release from the Mounties, Cynthia Lafferty, 20, was apprehended without incident in Yellowknife early Monday morning. Police state officers located and arrested Lafferty following a tip they received from the public….


Bear-sized beavers’ diet may have led to extinction

A recently published article in the Journal of Scientific Reports is suggesting Giant Pleistocene beavers diet, helped lead to their extinction during the last ice age, 20,000 some years ago. Dr. Grant Zazula is a paleontologist with the Government of Yukon and a co-author of the recent report. He was…