New scholarship offered for early learning and childcare grads
The Gahcho Kué mine says it will donate $24,000 annually to support graduates from Aurora College’s part-time distance early learning and childcare program.
Pope Francis delivers apology in Canada for residential schools
The Pope made a long-awaited apology on Canadian soil to Indigenous peoples at the site of the former Ermineskin Indian Residential School outside Edmonton.
Independent Alberta tailings monitoring data available soon
An Indigenous-led non-profit is establishing its own monitoring of oil sands tailings' impact on waterways that reach up the Athabasca River and into the NWT.
Dog shot in Hay River sent to Yellowknife for treatment
A Hay River dog believed by shelter staff to have been shot is being flown to Yellowknife for veterinary care.
Outside a Yellowknife park, a dash across the highway
Yellowknife's Fred Henne Park requires a fraught hop across Highway 3 for walkers or cyclists approaching from some directions. No plan exists to change that.
Yellowknife director brings dystopian Arctic to Montreal festival
KC Carthew, raised in Yellowknife, just debuted her latest feature at a Montreal festival. It follows a 10-year-old in a dystopian Arctic. Read our interview.
NWT aviators airlift more than a ton of garbage from lake
More than a ton of garbage from a camping destination outside Yellowknife has been removed by a group of NWT aviation enthusiasts.
Syphilis rapid tests arrive to help NWT combat years-long outbreak
Newly developed syphilis and HIV rapid tests are making their way to the Northwest Territories after trials in Alberta displayed promising results.
Fort Resolution childcare centre receives De Beers funding
De Beers says it is contributing $356,000 to an early childhood learning centre scheduled to open on September 1 in Fort Resolution.
How do you rate the NWT government’s Covid-19 response?
The NWT government has launched an online survey for residents to review the territory’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and offer feedback.
Local eggs given go-ahead to be sold at YK Farmers Market
The NWT government granted some Yellowknifers an exception allowing the sale of local uninspected, ungraded eggs.