A Simpson Air Cessna 206 went down yesterday at 6:35 p.m. mountain time in the Dehcho region by Little Doctor Lake, confirmed a spokesperson from Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
Classes could start later than expected for some students in six communities due to teacher shortages. The bulk of the 66.5 teaching vacancies that the Government of Nunavut still had to fill as of Aug. 15 exist in Arctic Bay, Cape Dorset, Clyde River, Iglulik, Iqaluit and Kimmirut, according to Heather Moffett, the Department of Education’s director of corporate services.
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The first-annual Wally Schumann Sr. Memorial Show & Shine will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Aug. 18.
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Impassable sea ice in some Nunavut waters coupled with too few Coast Guard ships has led to sealift delays of up to three weeks this year, according to the heads of sealift companies serving Nunavut.
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A nationally-known filmmaker brought her creative knowledge to Hay River last week.
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During my lifetime, I was fortunate enough to know two of Canada’s most noteworthy independent newspaper publishers – Jack (Sig) Sigvaldason of Northern News Services Ltd. fame and Jim MacNeill of the infamous Eastern Graphic of Eastern Prince Edward Island.
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Suresh Joachim has broken more than 60 Guinness World Records in the last 20 years.
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Once again this year, the Coors Mixed Slo-Pitch Tournament in Hay River proved to be a big draw for teams from the NWT and northern Alberta.
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I would like to start this week’s column with a tribute to Jack “Sig” Sigvaldason. He started this newspaper in 1972 on his kitchen table, after he had been fired from the News of the North. Not only did Yellowknifer grow and succeed but in a few years he even bought out News of the North.
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Local youth have a higher likelihood of smoking pot on a regular basis than most of the country, states a new Statistics Canada report shows.
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As a boy in Aklavik, George Koe got into a lot of trouble.
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When you think of the Yellowknife chapter of the Mediocre Golf Association, you don’t really think of scores that would rival a regular tournament score.
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Concerns have been raised over the use of public parks after a private function took over a large portion of Somba K’e Civic Plaza, a popular public space last week.
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Con. Giant. Discovery. Ptarmigan. Burwash. Tom. Negus.
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Once upon a time, someone told me that golf was a place where big-money deals were made.
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As law enforcement and educators in Yellowknife prepare for the legalization of marijuana this fall, another institution in the city is quietly shifting gears to address new realities for young people and impairment behind the wheel: driving schools.
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Summer is almost over … not that it really began to begin with.
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Jawah Bernier opened her very first business at 24 and has since watched her cafe Birchwood Coffee Ko grow into a community and a labour of love.
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Yellowknife
Dear editor,
On the evening of Aug. 9, representatives from the Ekati Diamond Mine – with members of the NWT legislative assembly in attendance – organized a ‘celebration’ in Somba K’e plaza to mark the mine’s 20th year anniversary.
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Five entrepreneurs looking to take their budding businesses to the next level have advanced to the final stage of the City’s YK Win Your Space competition.
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Yellowknife didn’t have a team at any of the three host venues for this year’s Slo-Pitch National Canadian Championships but there were players on teams from outside the city.
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Team New Era of Rankin Inlet showed Nunavut can be quite competitive on the national stage with a strong showing at the annual SPN National Slo-Pitch Championship at St. John’s, N.L., from Aug. 2-6.
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Inuvik Native Band chief Lawrence Neyando resigned August 3.
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The Northern Arts and Cultural Centre is preparing for a “diverse” season of diverse arts and cultural performances across the NWT, says NACC artistic director Marie Coderre.
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As changes to CRA taxation rules on municipal officials loom, councillors say the incoming council should not be forced to vote on their own wages.
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The city needs clarity from the GNWT on its regulatory powers before it gets to work on its review and overhaul of building bylaws, said city administrators Monday.
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Five entrepreneurs looking to take their budding businesses to the next level have advanced to the final stage of the City’s YK Win Your Space competition.
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Residents of Kuglukuk lost power on Aug. 13 following a break and enter into the community’s power plant, according to the RCMP.
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Vince Sharpe was dismissed from his role as an Inuvik town councillor in an in-camera session at the August 8 town council meeting.
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A 36-year-old Yellowknife woman faces a number of charges after a pick-up truck police say she was driving crashed into Sushi Cafe last month, causing significant damage to the Franklin Avenue restaurant.
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Natan Obed was re-elected president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) with a majority vote in Inuvik August 16.
“I’m very pleased. The confidence that Inuit have placed in me to be the National Inuit leader is something I take very seriously. I feel like I did this job to the best of my abilities in my first term, and wanted to continue the good work that we’re doing on things like suicide prevention, housing, education and language,” said Obed. “So to have that confidence in me from Inuit leadership means so much to me and I’m really excited for the next three years.”
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