All the news stories appearing in NWT News/North
Somba K’e/Yellowknife
A Fort McPherson man accused of stabbing a teen nine times after a night of partying last fall was denied bail in NWT Supreme Court on July 12. Read More
And so the saga in Thailand is over that saw the soccer team and their coach trapped in a cave for more than a fortnight. Read More
The Government of the Northwest Territories has been ordered to pay $15,000 to three NWT residents after a human rights adjudicator ruled its income assistance food voucher program was discriminatory.
Thebacha/Fort Smith
Roberta Bondar, the first Canadian woman astronaut to go into space, is headlining this year’s Dark Sky Festival in Wood Buffalo National Park. Read More
Many residents of Inuvik have a strong entrepreneurial spirit.
The sun shone brightly and the mosquitoes were bitey as a group of paddlers carried their kayaks down to the west bank of Hay River. Read More
The Inuvik Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary (CCGA) received a donation of two customized search-and-rescue Sea-Doos from Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) July 7.
The mayor says certain councillors may have put their personal interests ahead of the town’s when they voted against a new procurement bylaw. Read More
A mother-daughter duo have added a little more colour to the city with their ‘YK Rocks’ initiative. Read More
When it comes to hockey, we think Canada is the best in the world. No one can touch us and gold is the colour of our medals, or it’s a disappointment. Read More
Just how much arsenic is too much arsenic, really? Read More
It costs a lot to live in Yellowknife and it’s only going to get worse come next July. Read More
Imagine picking up 57 kilograms of cigarette butts. Considering the average cigarette weighs one gram, that would represent at least 57,000 cigarette butts. Now imagine that all those butts were picked up in a small Northern town of around 1,700 people. Read More
The carbon tax can be explained using the fabled carrot and stick analogy. Government is looking at us like a stubborn, stupid donkey. Read More
From: Bruce Cooper
Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services
Dear editor,
I am writing to correct the record in response to the July 6 Yellowknifer editorial, “An unhealthy lack of respect for privacy”. Read More
by Candace A. McQuatt
40 years ago
Summer job corps employees were working with the RCMP on an anti-theft initiative by coming to people’s homes and cataloguing their valuables. Read More
Normally, the teams of the Yk Fastball League duke it out against each other in the hopes of winning, just like they will this weekend at Tommy Forrest Ball Park in the NWT Men’s Fastpitch Championship. Read More
There is no easy solution for what to do with the downtown 50/50 lot.
Looking around the NNSL newsroom on a sunny Wednesday morning, faces were glued to the television screen, which is supposed to be for news. Read More
A Fort McPherson man accused of stabbing a teen nine times after a night of partying last fall was denied bail in NWT Supreme Court Thursday. Read More
Twenty-seven Junior Canadian Rangers (JCR) took part in the first-ever Enhanced Training Session (ETS) held in Inuvik July 1 to 7.
The 48th Dene National Assembly will be hosted by West Point First Nation in Hay River in August. Read More
Last week, approximately 20 children participated in the second annual Greenhouse and Community Wellness day camp and learned about building resiliency and healthy food.
The construction on Courtoreille Street could last up to six weeks, but the mayor says it’s worth it. Read More
Boaters who have used Porritt Landing this summer have likely noticed brand new wooden docks floating at the popular boat launch. Read More
A Behchoko man who kicked and punched an abruptly woken resident during a violent and “cruel” 2016 home invasion will learn his fate at a sentencing hearing next month.
This past winter, arts and sports advocates were pitted against each other during negotiations for a revised Western Canada Lottery Act. Read More
A 35-year-old Whitehorse man was found dead at an Inuvik business or work site July 7.
A Hay River senior citizen says she was unable to access home care after undergoing major surgery, even though her doctor had requested it. Read More
The RCMP is interested in bringing its marquee equestrian spectacle, the Musical Ride, to Hay River. Read More
