The United Way NWT awarded 22 non-profit organizations new funding as part of its annual Community Investment Fund. According to a news release, “20 successful applicants will receive up to $7,500 for 2020 programming and one successful candidate will receive a multiyear grant.” The Community Investment Fund is a yearly…
The new Canadian North airline will no longer be publishing the lowest return airfare on its website. The change comes after the airline merged with First Air last year. CBC first reported this story after Yellowknife tax consultant Andy Wong said he received the schedule of the lowest return airfare…
There are some long faces in Yellowknife this morning after it was announced that the NBA Championship Trophy, won by the Toronto Raptors last year, will not be making it to Yellowknife after all. Charzie Abendanio, spokesperson for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) the parent company of the Raptors…
With climate change affecting the ferry near Fort Simpson, Mayor Sean Whelly is calling on the territorial government to consider building a bridge over the Liard River. Whelly said the river is melting sooner in the year but that breakup is lasting longer, putting residents at risk with uncertain ice…
An event Thursday night in Yellowknife raised about $6,000 in support of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation in Northern British Columbia. That’s according to organizer and performer Leela Gilday. “We are the Stronghold” was billed as a musical ceremony and celebration in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en. People there have been protesting a…
When Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya says “water is life” he has a good reason. The Dene Nation will host its first northern leaders’ water summit in October in Fort Smith. “The water summit was planned on advice from all the Grand Chiefs,” Yakeleya told CKLB Radio Wednesday in an…
RCMP have recovered a body off Taylor Road near William McDonald School. In an email to CKLB, police state that a person walked into the Yellowknife RCMP Detachment at 8:45 this morning to advise that a deceased person was located in the wooded area off Taylor Road, about 200 meters into…
Housing Minister Paulie Chinna will not step in to help the Yellowknife Womens’ Society secure funding for its Arnica Inn project. A week and a half ago, the womens’ society had its funding application rejected to transform the Arnica Inn into transitional housing. According to Bree Denning, the womens’ society’s…
An inquest has been called into the 2018 death of Richard Binder Jr. whose body was found near the community of Inuvik. That news came from the Office of the Chief Coroner of the Northwest Territories in an email on Monday. The coroner will conduct the inquest in Inuvik starting…
Yellowknife Bay has been turned into a scene from outer space as snow carvers put the finishing touches on their creations for Snowking’s Winter Festival over the weekend. Six teams squared off and all braved the cold to create something special. The judging took place on Saturday and was based…