Earlier this week there was a rescue operation near Gahcho Kué diamond mine involving a furry, four-legged infant. Tom Ormsby is a spokesperson for De Beers Canada, which owns the mine located about 280 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife. He explained that Sunday the baby muskox was spotted on the mine’s…
Northwestel says a damaged fibre line leading Yellowknife is to blame for what it calls a major disruption of telecommunications services, including Internet connection, to the city and surrounding areas last night. Northwestel states in an email that its technicians responded immediately and performed temporary repairs. Service is now restored….
Ahead of the wildfire season, Yellowknife firefighters are going door-to-door giving FireSmarting advice to residents whose properties back on to forested area. According to a news release from the city, firefighters are providing information on how residents can limit forest fire damage through FireSmarting techniques. Those techniques include cleaning up…
May 26th at 6:00 am. You might want to mark that on your calendar – that’s three weeks from this Sunday. That’s when the emergency department at the new Stanton Territorial Hospital will be up and running. It’s not far from the emergency department at the old Stanton, but hospital…