Woman arrested after flowers uprooted from downtown planters; charges pending
A 34-year-old woman has been arrested after dozens, if not hundreds of flowers were uprooted from downtown planters in Yellowknife Thursday night. According to an…
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Funeral Friday for respected Dene elder Muriel Betsina relocates to St. Pat’s gym
A funeral being held Friday for respected Yellowknives Dene elder Muriel Betsina has been moved from St. Patrick’s Church to St. Patrick’s school gymnasium in…
Mounties promote water safety in boat trip down MacKenzie River
NWT South District RCMP have just wrapped up the first edition of a boating safety tour along the MacKenzie River. Police stated in a news…
Yellowknife woman sours on Air Canada after being removed from plane in Vancouver
A Yellowknife woman is crying foul against Air Canada after she says she feels she was discriminated against due to her Indigenous race when she…
Mediation kicks off to get federal government back to negotiation table for Dene settlement, land claim
Today is the first of a two-day mediation session to try and get the federal government back to the negotiation table with the Athabasca Denesuliné….
Feds invest $3.8 million in clean tech projects
MP Michael McLeod announced a handful of clean technology projects in the territory that will be getting federal funding. The total dollar amount is $3.8 million dollars…
Out-of-control wildfire 40 kilometres from Yellowknife still too dangerous to put crews on the ground
An out-of-control wildfire, burning about 40 kilometres northwest of Yellowknife, is still too dangerous to put firefighting crews on the ground to battle it. That…
Air quality advisory in effect for Thebacha Region and Yellowknife due to smoke
There is an air quality advisory in effect Monday for the Thebacha Region including Fort Smith and the Salt River Reserve as well as Yellowknife….
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…
Committee asking residents to write in with carbon tax questions and concerns
For a place that doesn’t even have a carbon tax yet, the Premier has made a lot of noise about the issue. Again last week,…