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Yellowknife has a new mayor, as Rebecca Alty has an insurmountable lead over her chief competitor, Adrian Bell.
Both Yellowknife school boards will see changes in the coming term as voters cast their ballots Monday.
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Natasha Kulikowski is Inuvik’s new mayor.
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All incumbent Yellowknife city councillors had strong leads as of 10:30 p.m., with three empty spaces looking to be filled by Robin Williams, Stacie Smith and Cynthia Mufandaedza.
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The polls have closed, the liquor stores have reopened, and Yellowknifers are awaiting the results of the 2018 municipal election.
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On Friday, after returning to work from the Yellowknife courthouse – where I spend most of my days as crime reporter – I received a message from a friend.
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RCMP say they now believe the theft of firearms and ammunition from a city home during a recent break-in was a targeted incident and not a random burglary.
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A 34-year-old Cambridge Bay woman has been charged with multiple offences after she was accused of striking and seriously injuring a person while operating an all-terrain vehicle.
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If a private vendor wants to sell cannabis in six months time, they will have to work through red tape and follow strict government regulations.
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This year’s headlines haven’t been great for the mineral industry. The Conference Board of Canada called the NWT’s economic future “grim” even before Dominion Diamond Mines shelved Ekati’s Jay Pipe expansion in May.
Read MoreIt was back in June when I discovered that there was a certified meditation studio in the town of Alliance Alberta where we really hoped to move when our property in Reliance NWT finally sold. I connected with the therapist on Facebook, and made hopeful plans to begin classes after Thanksgiving. Finally this morning, after a very crazy few months, was my first class.
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A Toronto film festival aimed at promoting Indigenous voices in film and media will feature a number of creative’s from the Northwest Territories.
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On this day, Sept. 10, 1982, we did not have today’s temperature of 2 C, but 18.2 C. Ten years before that, in 1972, the mercury dipped to -16.7 C. One thing is for sure, in Fort Simpson we have snow by Halloween, which makes the celebration somewhat wickedly hilarious. Why? The kids have to take off their winter jackets so that those treating them can see their costumes, for the most part.
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The federal government will spend $23-million over four years on projects to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the NWT, said environment minister Catherine McKenna in an announcement last week.
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Parks Canada has received a new deadline to submit their 27.5 million-dollar action plan to protect Wood Buffalo National Park from becoming an endangered site.
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Members of the Union of Northern Workers Local 13 will gather in Fort Simpson Oct. 16.
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Friends, I was gladdened to feast mine eyes upon the beaming visage of Dene film-maker and writer, Raymond Yakeleya, arms suitably akimbo, proudly hoisting his recent The Tree by the Woodpile: and Other Dene Spirit of Nature Tales, stories collected from his grandmother, Elizabeth Yakeleya and elder Harriet Gladue, of Tulita, Denendeh.
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By keeping a low-end gram of legal pot under $10, the GNWT says its on pace to keep the black market at bay come legalization.
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Small Business Week is back for its second year of offerings intended to support, encourage and deepen the skills of Iqaluit’s small business community, and that includes Iqalungmiut who may be thinking of starting a small business.
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Last week I attended the community magic show put on by Influencers Motivating Influencers (IMI) at East Three Elementary School, and the energy in the school gymnasium was unparalleled to any event I’ve attended in Inuvik to date.
Read MoreThe Dehcho First Nation (DFN) has signed an historic agreement protecting the Edezhie as the first Indigenous-led wildlife area in Canada.
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Dozens of Iqalungmiut are reporting mindboggling usage spikes with internet service provider Northwestel.
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Yellowknife mayoral candidate Jerald Sibbeston claims shadowy forces are at work after threatening to shoot intruders following an alleged break-in at his home early Friday morning.
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Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk residents still seeking answers about their sealift orders are hoping to find out Monday if their goods will be flown in or stored in Inuvik.
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Gordie Kasook was doing a patrol for work at the old armed forces base on Navy Road when he found a moose head, two racks of moose ribs and a moose backbone – someone’s abandoned harvest.
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In most cases, people who are going out on the land will do a quick check of the wind direction and the temperature. They get their supplies and fuel, notify someone where they are going, and off they go. They travel with anticipation of a good run with meat or furs to bring home. They also make sure their machines are in good running order with spare plugs, belt and maybe an extra ski just in case and all this is done for their safety and a successful trip.
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Cannabis becomes legal on Oct. 17 but questions still linger about exactly how or if online cannabis sales will work in smaller communities.
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How about that Banksy deal earlier this month?
Read More RCMP have named Bradley James Hunter of Fort Smith as the arrested man in last week’s armed standoff.
Read More A Yellowknife man has become the first-ever Canadian to be convicted of operating a drone dangerously.
Toufic Chamas, 22, was convicted Friday morning in Yellowknife’s territorial court on one count of dangerous operation of aircraft. It’s the first time the use of a drone has been criminalized in this country.
“I apologize,” said Chamas, standing to address Judge Bernadette Schmaltz Friday.
“I didn’t know how dangerous it was.”
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One of the longest-living vertebrates known on Earth, a Greenland shark, was caught in a whaling net near Coral Harbour on Oct. 1.
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