Study points to depression risks, interventions for NWT teens August 5, 2021 - Emily Blake New research with NWT organization Foxy/Smash examines some of the risk factors for depression among northern teens and points to possible interventions.
NWT and Kátł’odeeche First Nation celebrate Kátł’odeh Bridge August 5, 2021 - Emily Blake Highway 5's Kátł’odeh Bridge – “willow grass river” in Dene Yati – officially opened this week in a ceremony that had been long delayed by the pandemic.
GNWT to give $1.7M to environmental monitoring projects August 5, 2021 - Meaghan Brackenbury The NWT government has announced $1.7 million in routine annual funding for 28 projects to monitor the environment and research wildlife.
Phase one of YK mountain bike park construction begins August 5, 2021 - Catriona Koenig 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.
Clem Paul remembered as Métis advocate and hero August 4, 2021 - McKenna Hadley-Burke Clem Paul, a Yellowknife welder and Medal of Bravery recipient, fought for Métis rights in the NWT while remaining a family man. He passed away last week.
Barren Ground Coffee to host time trial cycling race August 4, 2021 - Emily Blake A Yellowknife coffee house is planning its own 27-kilometre time trial bike race around the territorial capital later this month.
North Slave fires create smoky air as season remains below average August 4, 2021 - McKenna Hadley-Burke Two North Slave wildfires combined to send smoke over Yellowknife this week. Overall, the NWT's season to date remains a little quieter than usual.
Yellowknife recorded its all-time highest temperature on Monday August 3, 2021 - Catriona Koenig 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.
MLA Steve Norn pleads not guilty to public health charges August 3, 2021 - Emily Blake Steve Norn, the MLA for Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of failing to follow pandemic public health orders.
Five NWT communities added to Nutrition North seasonally August 3, 2021 - McKenna Hadley-Burke Nahanni Butte, Tsiigehtchic, Fort McPherson, Inuvik, and Tuktoyaktuk can now access Nutrition North during freeze-up and break-up.
After report, NWT issues new syphilis warning August 3, 2021 - Sarah Pruys The NWT warned of a "significant increase" in syphilis diagnoses, a week after our report assessed what had changed in two years since an outbreak was declared.
Do you have room for a warming shelter? The GNWT is asking August 3, 2021 - Ollie Williams Continuing its quest to find a home for a temporary Yellowknife shelter, the GNWT is now asking anyone interested in housing such a facility to come forward.