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'Think twice, move once': accessibility within Folk on the Rocks

'Think twice, move once': accessibility within Folk on the Rocks

Getting a beverage, going to the washroom take more planning for some festival-goers
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'They all bring something unique': Yellowknife gets six new murals

'They all bring something unique': Yellowknife gets six new murals

Paintings are animated when viewed through an app
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Air quality suffers in three NWT communities

Air quality suffers in three NWT communities

Air quality in Yellowknife and the NWT is expected to take a hit over the next 24 hours, according to the Government of Canada's air quality health index (AQHI).
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Yellowknife resident wins $1 million in lottery

Yellowknife resident wins $1 million in lottery

Plans to pay off mortgage, upgrade boat
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Canada Post building gets an overhaul; to be renamed Akaitcho Post

Canada Post building gets an overhaul; to be renamed Akaitcho Post

The Yellowknife post office is getting a makeover. 6133 NWT Ltd. (6133) the company that owns the building, announced they are working to improve public access and save money on energy and costs.
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For Makayla Mantla, motivating Indigenous youth is 'rewarding and fulfilling'

For Makayla Mantla, motivating Indigenous youth is 'rewarding and fulfilling'

' They can have a better quality of life, they can end the cycle of poverty,' nurse-to-be says of underprivileged NWT youth
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NWT Nominee Program reaches maximum for first time; GNWT to seek higher limit

NWT Nominee Program reaches maximum for first time; GNWT to seek higher limit

The NWT Nominee Program (NTNP) has exceeded its cap of 300 applications per year.
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Feds spend $67M fixing NWT highways

Feds spend $67M fixing NWT highways

The federal government is investing more than $67 million to fix highways across the NWT. Those highways are:
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Fires extinguished behind Stanton hospital, near legislature

Fires extinguished behind Stanton hospital, near legislature

The Yellowknife Fire Division and the GNWT's department of Environment and Climate Change, fought a forest fire about 150 meters behind Stanton Territorial Hospital on Friday. It was declared out on July 20, according to NWT Fire.
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Tent platforms may get caught in jurisdictional crossfire

Tent platforms may get caught in jurisdictional crossfire

Yellowknives Dene have more of a claim to the land that houses homeless people, says proponent
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