Eight-year-old on a mission to clean up Frame Lake
Ryelle Whitford, eight years old, organized a cleanup of Yellowknife's Frame Lake after being appalled by the garbage she could see floating in it.
Yellowknife-born Inuvialuk artist shortlisted for $10,000 award
Kablusiak, a Yellowknife-born Inuvialuk artist, is one of four people shortlisted for a $10,000 northern art award honouring the late Kenojuak Ashevak.
NWT releases new mental health and substance abuse video campaign
A new video series, We Need To Talk About This Stuff, uses NWT residents' first-hand stories to tackle the stigma surrounding substance abuse and mental health.
Phase one of YK mountain bike park construction begins
Volunteers have begun work to clear the site of a new pump track at Yellowknife's Bristol Pit. A specialist company will build the track in the weeks ahead.
Yellowknife recorded its all-time highest temperature on Monday
Monday was Yellowknife's all-time hottest day, meteorologists say, reaching a high of 32.6C – fractionally warmer than a record set more than 30 years earlier.
Their habitat melting, mountain caribou become species at risk
Northern mountain caribou became an NWT species at risk, the last of the territory's five caribou species to do so. Their mountain ice patch habitat is melting.
Black bear spotted in Ndilǫ
Environmental officials are warning residents that a black bear has been spotted in Ndilǫ. There have also been bear sightings in Fort Resolution.
Wood Buffalo National Park asks for help naming new building
There are only a few days left to submit a name idea for the new Salt River day-use building in Wood Buffalo National Park. Parks Canada NWT is inviting the public to enter a contest to name their new shelter, which was built to host visitor gatherings and eve...
Watch: Join an intergenerational canoe journey
A group of people of all ages came together by canoe in Yellowknife this week to connect over stories, music and food. On Monday, Narwhal Northern Adventures and the Tree of Peace and Friendship Centre teamed up to organize the intergenerational event, where ...
Watch: A brotherhood’s breakfast offering to Yellowknife men
"Every time you think of crazy Indians, you’re going to think good things. We’re going to kill the stereotype.” Meet the brotherhood helping Yellowknife's men.
River Journeys project publishes sneak peek videos
When the Fort Simpson Historical Society's building flooded, organizers turned to Plan B for Treaty 11 events: a video series previewing what's coming up.
$2.6 million in federal funding to help the NWT’s seal industry
The NWT government says federal funding of $2.6 million will help the territory's seal industry to do a better job of marketing itself nationally and beyond.