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…
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Fort Good Hope rapper Dylan Jones aka Crook the Kid is performing this Saturday at the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC). The doors open at 7:00 p.m. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are by donation ($15 suggested). He is fresh off a performance at the Ottawa…
The public is invited to a screening this Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife called “Turning Points.” It’s a series of eight documentary shorts about alcohol, addiction, resilience and recovery in northern communities. The short films are co-created with local Indigenous storytellers and…
Digawolf is heading to this year’s JUNO Awards, the album Yellowstone has been nominated for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year. “It’s quite an honour to be nominated,” Jesse Gon, Digawolf frontman said. “I’m in Toronto right now and it’s quite an awesome feeling.” Digawolf, who is a highly…
It’s that festive, magical time of year once again and it’s now time to untangle the cords. The City of Yellowknife and Northland Utilities are again partnering to bring residents the annual Holiday Lights Competition with a few exciting changes this year. According to a news release from the city…
A well-known Yellowknife bartender said her goodbyes on the weekend as she bid an emotional farewell to the city and the bar she has called home for the past 14 years. Jenna Conrad has tended bar at the Raven Pub in downtown Yellowknife since 2005. She says she came here…
The latest album from renowned Yellowknife musician Carmen Braden is set to drop on Friday, Sept. 27. The album is entitled “Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars.” A news release states it’s being released on the Centrediscs label on all major audio digital distribution systems, hard copy compact disc (CD)…
Increasing funding for artists in the North, and debunking the myth of applying to bureaucrats, and appealing to fellow artists, that’s the message the Canadian Council for the arts CEO is bringing to all three Territories this month. Simon Brault is in Yellowknife this week, fresh of the trail from…
Former NWT Commissioner and accomplished musician George Tuccaro will headline a fundraising concert at Old Town Glassworks Saturday night. The event is in support of Stephane and Allyce Hervieux who lost their houseboat to a devastating fire on Yellowknife Bay back in May of this year. The couple is well-known…