Federal budget promises to connect grid ‘coast to coast to coast’Canada's new budget pledges to connect the grid "from coast to coast to coast," highlighting the NWT's Taltson hydro expansion as an example project.
Papa Pete’s pizza delivery launching in Yellowknife in MayOwners of Yellowknife's Monkey Tree pub are creating a new pizza delivery service to compete in a market "oversaturated with the regular franchisees."
In an awkwardly frank discussion, NWT MLAs decide their own pay March 28, 2023 - Ollie Williams NWT MLAs debated the size of their own pay increase late into the evening on Tuesday, a discussion that even they acknowledged was not a good look.
Half-day holiday will now apply to all Yellowknife schools March 28, 2023 - Ollie Williams Yellowknife's three school boards have decided to observe a last-minute half-day civic holiday declared by city councillors for Friday this week.
Blachford owed $3.41M, bankruptcy documents suggest March 28, 2023 - Ollie Williams Blachford Lake Lodge was in significant debt, bankruptcy documents suggest. Meanwhile, tourists asked why payments were taken so close to the company's failure.
YK’s spring carnival half-day civic holiday is confirmed March 28, 2023 - Ollie Williams Yellowknife civil servants will have Friday afternoon off after council granted a half-day civic holiday for the Yellowknives Dene First Nation spring carnival.
A loan forgiven and a church ‘that’s really ours’ in Fort Simpson March 28, 2023 - Caitrin Pilkington "A complicated place for me to be." The story of a church in Fort Simpson illuminates how Dene parishioners blend Catholicism with their own spirituality.
Giant Mine needs hundreds of workers at a time. Staying, uh, where? March 28, 2023 - Caitrin Pilkington The Giant Mine remediation will need accommodation for 100 or more workers every year until 2038. In Yellowknife's housing market, that could be a problem.