Yellowknife strike: Each side tells the other to restart talksThe City of Yellowknife and unions each told the other to take the next step in bargaining as a walkout began. Hear from picketing workers and a councillor.
Rents go up at Yellowknife apartments plagued by heating issues"There has to be something changed to cap these amounts." Residents of Yellowknife apartments with major heating issues now face significant rent increases.
Meet the contenders for Wednesday’s Arctic Inspiration Prize February 8, 2023 - Ollie Williams Inuvialuit and Gwich'in projects are on the shortlist of eight contenders for Arctic Inspiration Prize funding. Winners are announced on Wednesday evening.
Parks Canada closes Fort Chip-Fort Smith winter road again February 8, 2023 - Ollie Williams A troubled season continues for the Fort Smith-Fort Chipewyan winter road, which was closed again by Parks Canada on Tuesday.
United Way urges NWT non-profits to apply to federal fund February 8, 2023 - Brooklyn Connolly United Way NWT is urging the territory's non-profits to "apply quickly" as it prepares to distribute $108,000 from a federal Community Services Recovery Fund.
NWT to start rewarding employees who ‘raise red tape alert’ February 8, 2023 - Ollie Williams The Northwest Territories government is preparing a program whereby employees who flag unnecessary bureaucracy are given rewards.
Three city councillors are UNW members, complicating their role February 7, 2023 - Ollie Williams Three Yellowknife councillors who are also UNW members said unions had sent them a "letter of intimidation" with industrial action at City Hall set to begin.
Mayor says unions ‘categorically wrong’ with lockout looming February 7, 2023 - Ollie Williams A lockout or strike seem almost certain in Yellowknife from Wednesday onward, though the city's mayor hit back at unions' suggestion that mediation had failed.