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Focus on business: Music Space

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The recent winner of the YK Win your Space contest Mary Kelly was able to take her growing home based business to the next...
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Inuksuk for British Museum’s 2020 Arctic exhibition

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Under the direction of Piita Irniq, front left, British Museum curator Ian Taylor, left, conservator Tomasina Munden and curator Amber Lincoln built an inuksuk...
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Yellowknifer

MP McLeod reacts to 2019 federal budget

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Northwest Territories MP Michael McLeod said he was pleased overall with the 2019 federal budget. “I think it was a good budget for us,” McLeod...
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Nunavut News

Cooking up more ways to help others

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Even as Tasha Tologanak wraps up a two-year culinary arts program in Edmonton, she’s still thinking about ways she could help others. Tasha Tologanak of...
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Sports

Another top-10 for Wren Acorn at national event

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Wren Acorn's competitive season is done and she wrapped it up with another fine showing on the national stage. The 15-year-old competed at the Canadian...
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Sports

Skiers wrap up season at Canadian Ski Championships

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You could forgive the Yellowknife Ski Club's high performance program if they seem a bit fatigued. They have, after all, had a busy last few...
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Nunavut News

Inuit, Baffinland seek common ground on Phase 2 proposal

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Inuit and Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. are together grappling with the main issues related to the company’s Phase 2 bid in a series of...
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Yellowknifer

City banks big on bright idea

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The City of Yellowknife is vying for the Canada-wide Smart Cities Challenge grand prize  – banking big on its bid to turn street lights...
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Hay River Hub

Hay River RCMP investigating high-rise fire, ask for public’s help

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A fire that displaced over 100 Mackenzie Place residents last week is being investigated by police in Hay River - and they're turning to...
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Inuvik Drum

Inuvik RCMP search for suspect after alleged arson at apartment complex

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Inuvik RCMP are searching for a suspect following an alleged arson incident at an apartment complex in the community this morning. Mounties were called to...
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NWT News/North

Edmonton man charged after Fort Simpson RCMP seize $18K worth of crack cocaine

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An Edmonton man faces a slew of charges after Fort Simpson RCMP say they seized cash and crack cocaine - valued at $18,000 -...
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Sports

Yk gymnasts win big at University of Calgary International Cup

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If you were to ask the Yellowknife Gymnastics Club, it was worth the trip to Calgary last weekend. A total of 12 gymnasts from the...
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Hay River Hub

Organizers cancel Hay River’s Polar Pond Hockey tournament

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Polar Pond Hockey will not be going ahead this year. The annual and popular event – which had been set for March 22 to 24...
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Nunavut News

Polar bear hunting still touches George Angohiatok’s soul

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More than 40 years after his first polar bear hunt, lining up a huge predator in the sights of his rifle still deeply moves...
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NWT News/North

Winter roads melting too soon

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As much of the territory experiences unseasonably warm weather, the Mackenzie Valley Winter Road has been closed, announced the Department of Infrastructure in a...
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Yellowknifer

James Schiller, charged alongside son in death of cab driver, granted bail

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James Schiller, a Yellowknife man charged with murder alongside his son in the death of an on-duty taxi driver, has been granted bail. NWT Supreme...
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Hay River Hub

Minister commits to preserve funding for Growing Together

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It appears that Growing Together – a long-running program in Hay River for young children and their parents – has succeeded in convincing the...
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Hay River Hub

Hay River hosts territorial darts championships

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Hay River will be well-represented at this year's national darts championships. That follows the championships of the Territorial Darts Association held at the Royal Canadian...
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Hay River Hub

Riverview Lodge seniors’ complex may be replaced within five years

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The territorial government is planning to replace the Riverview Lodge seniors' complex within the next five years, and building at a different site. In the...
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Nunavut News

Trauma and treatment centre likely, but overall federal budget disappoints Nunavut leaders

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Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau laces up his budget shoes March 19 prior to delivering a 2019 budget confusing and disappointing for Nunavut.photo courtesy...
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Yellowknifer

Fish camp hooks visitors with art

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On the eastern side of Jolliffe Island, the Rainbow Coalition is putting on a free and open fish camp to provide inclusive access to...
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NWT News/North

Federal budget 2019 highlights

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Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled the 2019 federal budget in the House of Commons today. Here are some of the highlights and investments in the...
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Nunavut News

Cambridge Bay seeks new recreation complex

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After a year and a half, the Cambridge Bay arena has finally been cleared to reopen. Even so, the Hamlet of Cambridge Bay is...
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Yellowknifer

‘It feels amazing:’ Yellowknife student selected for RCMP training camp

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At age four, around the same time he first saw “Cops” on TV, Mathieu D'Aigle knew he wanted to be a police officer. Now 18,...
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Sports

Frostbite 50 brings out dozens of competitors for annual event

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It would be hard to say you got frostbite at this year's Frostbite 50. The Yk Multisport Club's annual event happened on a very warm...
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Sports

DT Electric Futures U13 and U15 basketball squads win seventh place games at Alberta Basketball Youth Provincials

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For the first time, Basketball NWT had teams playing in the Alberta Basketball Youth Provincials. And it wasn't a blowout by any stretch of the...
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Sports

Jamie Koe skips rink to victory at NWT Mixed Curling Championship

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Jamie Koe is all done with curling for this season and he ended off on a winning note. Koe skipped his rink of Kerry Galusha,...
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Yellowknifer

Yellowknife vigil planned in wake of New Zealand mosque attacks

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Yellowknife’s Islamic Centre will host a vigil Friday night to commemorate the lives of dozens of Muslims killed last week in terrorist attacks at...
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NWT News/North

MLAs support more women in office

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The legislative assembly passed a series of motions last week aimed at removing barriers that prevent women from running for office. The recommendations came from...
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Inuvik Drum

Inuvik Curling Club hosts second annual Mixed Doubles Funspiel

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The Inuvik Curling Club hosted its second annual Mixed Doubles Funspiel on March 17, where nine teams came out to the Midnight Sun Complex...
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Let’s talk about the consequences of climate change on the underground arsenic storage and long-term...

GUEST COMMENT: Comment failed to consider bad side of mining

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Tom Hoefer’s comment on MLA Kevin O’Reilly’s critique of the Premier’s Red Alert II (Yellowknifer...
Aaron Hemens is the editor of the Inuvik Drum.

Climate change is a humanitarian crisis, not a youth problem

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On March 15, students around the globe decided to skip class and strike for climate...

GUEST COMMENT: I beg to differ with MLA O’Reilly

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by Tom Hoefer, executive director of the NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines Editor's note: The...

EDITORIAL: Women are leaders too

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Women have been working harder, stronger, faster and smarter in business and politics for quite...

Confessions of a ‘Grammar Nazi’

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We consider languages to be among the greatest creations in human history. Each language offers something...

Love each other as much as possible

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Editor’s note: Columnist Catherine Lafferty is writing a series on the Dene laws. This week’s...

EDITORIAL: The story of Inuit and TB is Canada’s story

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s apology to Inuit March 8 acknowledges the human rights abuses visited...

Plumbing matters

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In the immortal words of American actress Jenifer Lewis, "You sit in (expletive) too long,...

Go green? Go local

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Yellowknife, during its formative years, was not just pulling gold out of the ground but...
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