Guide to 2019's NWT highway construction season
Planning a road trip? Here's the list of work planned for Northwest Territories highways this summer. More »
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NWT campgrounds already filling up after record opening day
Some campgrounds are almost fully booked for key holiday weekends this summer, just days after the territory's online booking system opened for the season. More »
You, the canoe, and two kids. For 110 days in the NWT wild
Could you take on a four-month canoe trip with a partner and two young children in the wilderness of the NWT? More »
Globe & Mail asks: Can you drive a Honda Accord to the NWT?
A national newspaper debates whether one reader's 2018 Honda Accord can "handle a trip" to the Northwest Territories. More »
A question of 'reasonable': CRA mulls airfare tax change
The Canada Revenue Agency says it's considering changing the rules for northerners claiming a key travel-related tax deduction. More »
Outhouse outrage? Tour some NWT highway washrooms
After outhouse conditions made headlines this month, Cabin Radio sent an intrepid reporter to peer trepidatiously into several washrooms along NWT highways. More »
Action pledged on giant pile of nope in NWT highway washroom
A Northwest Territories minister is promising movement on movements after a photo circulated on Facebook of a highway washroom in a sorry state. More »
Northern airline merger 'will raise prices, lower quality'
The federal competition bureau says a merger of northern airlines First Air and Canadian North would be significantly detrimental to residents. More »
Yellowknife Airport runway lights to receive $3M upgrade
Yellowknife Airport's runway lights will be improved as part of upgrade work costing almost $3 million. More »
Semi slides off YK highway in miserable day on NWT roads
A semi truck slipped off Highway 3 just outside Yellowknife on Wednesday afternoon as blowing snow made driving conditions fraught across the NWT. More »
NWTers go camping come hell or high water, statistics show
Campgrounds in the Northwest Territories broke records in 2018 despite the kind of miserable weather ordinarily enjoyed only by ducks and Vancouver residents. More »
How NWT proposes to protect wildlife from new Whatì road
The NWT government believes an increase in hunting is a "key concern" as it prepares to protect wildlife from the impacts of a new all-season road to Whatì. More »