Long John Jamboree, 'in the black,' will go ahead in 2020
Yellowknife's Long John Jamboree looks set to go ahead this year as organizers of the annual event on Tuesday announced tentative 2020 dates of March 27 to 29. More »
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Naka aurora festival returns for second year this March
The Naka festival will return to Yellowknife and Dettah from March 2 to 7, adding new events to celebrate northern culture and the northern lights. More »
Walt Humphries' art comes home to roost at Yellowknife show
Five decades of the Yellowknifer's work is on display – including art so graphic, people said he should be locked up – after a nationwide search for originals. More »
What is the NWT reading? Here are 2019's most popular books
Margaret Atwood, Michelle Obama, Tanya Tagaq and more. We asked the Yellowknife Book Cellar and NWT library network for their most popular books of 2019. More »
Snowking launches line-up but Jamboree's future uncertain
As Snowking’s Winter Festival announced its 2020 line-up, neighbouring event the Long John Jamboree's fate remained unclear. An update is expected soon. More »
Dene Heroes books should be in schools, Sahtu leader says
The fourth volume of Dene Heroes, written by Sahtu residents, is out this month. In Colville Lake, the books are seen to fill a gap in the way youth are taught. More »
Folk on the Rocks starts search for 2020 artists
Want to perform at Folk on the Rocks? Apply by January 31, 2020. More »
Yellowknifers set for Family Feud Canada's TV debut
Want to see how Yellowknife's Hernandez family fares against the rest of the nation as Family Feud makes its Canadian debut? Here's when to tune in. More »
Dead North's new mission: get northern movies to bigger stages
Northern filmmakers have until December 20 to enter the latest Dead North short horror festival. Organizers have grand plans to help films reach a bigger stage. More »
Sisters release 'reimagined' throat-singing Christmas album
Yellowknife duo PIQSIQ are to release a Christmas album in which carols are "reimagined and sung to the beat of katajjaq, or traditional Inuit throat singing." More »
Get paid to protest in the NWT's dystopian future
A Yellowknife short film is looking for extras to get very angry about their future world government. You'll get $15 per hour to go protest outside in December. More »
Nine NWT languages celebrated in children's book series
A story contributed by Eileen and Henry Beaver, about their grandchildren, completes a uniquely northern set of books in each of the NWT's Indigenous languages. More »