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Yellowknifer

Folk on the Rocks announces first wave of 2019 lineup

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  The 39th annual Folk on the Rocks Music Festival has announced that Juno prize winners Wintersleep and Polaris Music prize winner Lido Pimienta will be...
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Arts

Snowking 24 closes out with top brass

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"You guys are excitable, eh?" Snowking Tony Foliot said to a boisterous crowd at the final evening of the 24th Snowking Winter Festival. Foliot and...
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Yellowknifer

Snowking’s heat‐plagued winter festival is closing early

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Snowking’s Winter Festival is folding prematurely. The news comes after weeks of high temperatures caused substantial damage to the snow castle, said Snowking Anthony Foliot...
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NWT News/North

In memory of son, father bikes from Yk to Norman Wells to support Sahtu Search and Rescue

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“One step at a time. One pedal stroke at a time.” Laval St. Germain lost his son Richard five years ago this summer. Richard was following...
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Yellowknifer

Yellowknifers gather for Christchurch vigil

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A crowd of Yellowknifers gathered at the city’s Islamic Centre on Friday to show support for their local community following a tragedy a world...
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Inuvik Drum

Inuvik crafter says she is victim of cyber bullying

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An Inuvik resident says she has become a target of online bullying after she was accused on social media of exploiting Inuvialuit culture through...
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Kivalliq News

Leading in kindness

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Staff members at Victor Sammurtok School (VSS) in Chesterfield Inlet take the ongoing process that is the fight against bullying quite seriously. Every member of...
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NWT News/North

Two earthquakes hit the Northwest Territories

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Two earthquakes struck hours apart in the Northwest Territories yesterday. The first earthquake happened at 10:33 a.m yesterday and registered at a magnitude of 4.5...
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Kivalliq News

Helping young players travel

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Northern Pharmacy stepped up in a big way by donating $5,000 to the Rankin Rock peewee team in Rankin Inlet on March 7. The Rankin...
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Yellowknifer

AROUND KIVALLIQ: Hardware store grand opening

Darrell Greer -
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A weekend's worth of giveaways and special prices marked the official grand opening of the Eskimo Point Lumber Supply Home Hardware store in Rankin...
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Kivalliq News

Film summit a hit

Darrell Greer -
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Three members of the Arviat Film Society (AFS) travelled to Iqaluit to participate in the Avalusiniq Sivuniksaq (Framing the Future) film conference on March...
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Yellowknifer

NGO holds grief talks

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Dealing with grief and loss can be a hard to talk about so a grassroots non-profit group, Northern Conversations, is hosting an event March...
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NWT News/North

Yk-born Scoop survivor leaves life in California to be with mother in Lutsel K’e

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Theresa Harmon’s mother used to call her “the lost one.” Separated from each other in Yellowknife during the Sixties Scoop, Harmon and her birth...
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Yellowknifer

GNWT issues court order to former employee over website

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A five-year dispute between the territorial government and one of its former employees has come to an end. Donn MacDougall, a former manager with the...
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NWT News/North

500-million-year-old worm tunnels in NWT contain clues on life in early oceans

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About 500 million years ago in what is now Northern Canada, the ocean floor was covered in a network of tunnels built by prehistoric...
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Yellowknifer

Federal government pledges $1.7 billion to get Canadians online

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In Budget 2019, the federal government announced its goal to get 95 per cent of Canadian homes and businesses connected to internet speeds of...
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Focus on business

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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Nunavut News

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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Opinion & Editorial Articles

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Friendly people in the NWT

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From: Peter Newland, England I am from England and I have just cycled 1588.67 km from...

COLUMN: Quite the ride for player and arena

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The grand old lady on top of the hill received the royal send off it...

University ship plotting course

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A speaker series has been launched with dates set across the Northwest Territories and already...

‘Muses invade city hall’

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Before anyone calls in the exterminator, one has to realize that muses are not necessarily...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Climate effects on Giant Mine arsenic

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From: Danielle Patzer, Yellowknife Let’s talk about the consequences of climate change on the underground arsenic...

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

Aaron Hemens -
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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...
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