NNSL publisher Bruce Valpy explains what has gone wrong with the land claim process over the years in the Sept. 16 edition of News/North.
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The two candidates vying to represent the Frame Lake constituency in the next legislative assembly concur – homelessness is out of control in downtown...
Yellowknife Centre, which contains the downtown portion of the city, is one of the most contentious in the North.
Candidates see it as geographically small,...
The New Democratic Party (NDP) this evening announced Mumilaaq Qaqqaq as their pick for the Oct. 21 federal election.
“Some of my priorities as Member...
Council voted unanimously Wednesday evening to nix the proposed development of RCMP duplexes on Carmichael Drive.
Speaking to council on Monday evening, neighbors urged against...
Superman. Wonder Woman. Mountie?
While you won’t see Yellowknife RCMP members donning capes and scaling walls, they’re still superheroes – at least according to a...
There are no reports of injuries after engine failure forced an aircraft to land in Cambridge Bay Wednesday night, the Transportation Safety Board of...
Fresh off a grueling, month-long training course with the Canadian Armed Forces in Ontario, Justin Powder is flying high.
The young Yellowknifer has just earned...
Dozens of students and community members marched through downtown Tuesday afternoon to end the stigma around suicide.
Community members raised signs like "Suicide Stops Here"...
Mary Beckett, an Inuvik-based businesswoman and devoted New Democrat, has officially joined the federal race.
The NWT NDP hosted an official acclamation party on Wednesday...
The first evening of numerous public forums scheduled over the next month was held Tuesday night at Northern United Place featuring three electoral districts...
There were a record number of teams for the $50,000 Handgames Tournament held recently on the Hay River Reserve.
Sharon Pekok, the recreation director with...
A large haul of bootlegged alcohol nearly made its way into Tuktoyaktuk on Friday before RCMP intercepted the shipment, arresting a driver under the...
Liang Cheng, the businessman responsible for Yellowknife's Copperhouse restaurant and outspoken advocate for Northern tourism, has won the annual YK Win Your Space contest with...
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Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik (MUI) Class of 2019 graduate Katrina Anderson was recently presented with the Governor General's Academic Medal during graduation ceremonies...
The Liberal government has delivered on its promise of a long-term vision for Canada’s North a little over one month before October’s federal election.
Minister...
Inspiration can come in curious ways.
For Tom Lakusta, it was an unexpected run-in with an insect that inspired him to write a children's book.
Lakusta...
K'atlodeeche First Nation (KFN) held its first ceremony to recognize and honour its workers, including some long-time employees from the recent past.
"This is the...
With Rommel Silverio and Niels Konge running for MLA in the upcoming territorial election, should either of them be successful, city council will have...
Students at Jonah Amitnaaq Secondary School (JASS) benefitted from a recent partnership of sorts between their school and conservation officers at the Government of...
Inuvik town council was packed Monday evening as residents crowded to express concern over a proposed development of RCMP duplexes on Carmichael Drive.
A relatively...
Education minister Caroline Cochrane’s recent decision to deny five students admittance into French-lanugage schools in the NWT has been met with sharp criticism from...
I sense a bit of bewilderment at Premier Bob McLeod’s 11th hour announcement (literally – he emailed the news to Yellowknifer reporter Simon Whitehouse...
Fourteen Sir John Franklin High School students got a science lesson today.
The students headed over to the Yellowknife Airport for a tour of Gulfstream...
