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Chief says speaker posed as women's group representative
A woman who publicly condemned Behchoko Chief Leon Lafferty at last week's Dene National Assembly misled chiefs into believing she was a representative from the Native Women's Association of the NWT, according to National Dene Chief Bill Erasmus.

Rain floods Centre Square
Opera music played at YK Centre Mall's south entrance took on biblical connotations Tuesday afternoon as a flash thundershower resulted in significant flooding causing two retailers to close their doors for cleanup the following day.

Fires continue to burn in North Slave
Twenty-three fires in the North Slave region this summer have burned more than 14,000 hectares according to Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) fire management division.

Mining company to repair graves
Snowfield Developments, a mining company with a camp in the vicinity of a June 30 forest fire in the Drybones Bay area, is going to repair grave markers damaged in what the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has called a "person-caused" fire.

Lawyer awaits misconduct penalty
A Toronto lawyer who may be living in Yellowknife admitted last month to acts of professional misconduct, including the misappropriation of a client's money, and is awaiting penalty.

Fieldhouse not dead yet
While plans for a new fieldhouse in Yellowknife appear to be on the backburner, one city councillor is trying to get things back on track.

Dene to hold caribou summit
The Dene Nation will hold a First Nations' caribou summit this year, Ndilo Dene Chief Fred Sangris announced at the Dene National Assembly last week.

Taking Yellowknife to the Delta
With eight Yellowknife artists scheduled to attend the Great Northern Arts Festival in Inuvik, the city would have had the largest representation after Inuvik itself.

Reaching out to all faiths
Those with an interest in spiritual matters may be interested in hearing the thoughts of Swami Kripamayananda when he comes to speak in Yellowknife this August.

Direct from Yellowknife
After over a decade of acting in film and television, Yellowknifer Tobias Mehler can add directing to his resume.

More money for basketball courts
In a surprising turnaround, Yellowknife city councillors voted Monday to increase funding for a pair of basketball courts at Mildred Hall to $28,000 from $18,000.

Serving up drinks and skin
Working at a strip club is one job Crystal Dowbush never talked about with her guidance counsellor. "I assumed a lot of things about people working at a strip club," she said, "you'd have to be a certain type of person, have a thick skin and roll with the punches."

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