Yellowknife street outreach van returns after breakdown
Yellowknife's street outreach van, which runs 12 hours a day every day, broke down – briefly suspending the service for vulnerable people on Friday. More »
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New contract for YK's sobering centre as agreement signed
Yellowknife's day shelter and sobering centre will continue to be run by the NWT Disabilities Council. Meanwhile a good-neighbour agreement has now been signed. More »
Tourism a headache for crowded Larga Kitikmeot
Yellowknife's booming tourism industry is filling hotel rooms, causing difficulties at the already-crowded medical boarding home for Kitikmeot travellers. More »
Canadian Tire in Yellowknife launches 'sensory friendly' night
The store will turn off music and turn down lights, creating what may be the first sensory-friendly shopping experience at a large NWT retail outlet. More »
Centre Square Mall store's sweaters recalled by Health Canada
Health Canada is recalling a type of children's sweater sold at a store in Yellowknife's Centre Square Mall, saying the design could cause strangulation. More »
Workshop teaches tools for talking to people who are suicidal
Knowing when someone is contemplating suicide and how to talk with them can be life-saving, say organizers of a suicide prevention workshop in Yellowknife. More »
What could have been done to prevent NWT domestic homicides?
Survivors of domestic violence, and family or friends who've lost a loved one, are being asked to share their stories. Researchers hope to learn from hindsight. More »
'An NWT treatment centre will fail. Focus on aftercare'
Many election candidates want to build a new NWT addictions treatment centre. The outgoing health minister says all the evidence suggests it won't work. More »
Is the NWT getting any better at protecting your health data?
As a report into one of the NWT's biggest-ever health privacy breaches is made public, the territory's outgoing health minister insists "attitudes have changed significantly." Privacy commissioner Elaine Keenan Bengts' full report is dated May 27 but was only ... More »
Two NWT residents to receive Governor General's Polar Medal
South Slave superintendent Curtis Brown and remote northern health expert Susan Chatwood are to receive the medal at a ceremony in Ottawa on Thursday. More »
Ottawa publishes long-awaited vision for Canada's North
The Liberal government released its "strategic vision" for the North. Three years in the works, some say the document provides a long-overdue guiding light. More »
Downtown shelter neighbour urges 'enough is enough' after death
The death of a man attacked outside Yellowknife's downtown sobering centre led to renewed calls for urgent change from businesses and election candidates. More »