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The Bank of Canada hiked its key interest rate by half a percentage point Wednesday to 4.25 per cent — the highest it’s been since January 2008 — while signalling it may pause its aggressive rate hike cycle.

The federal government’s proposed legislation that aims in part to prohibit hundreds of previously legal firearms may be called for a final vote as soon as this month, but NWT MP Michael McLeod says he is not yet satisfied with the bill in its current form.

A Yellowknife family is lucky to be alive after a frightening incident at their home on Dagenais Drive.

Those in need of the territorial government’s Emergency Repair program for housing are no longer being forced to provide a co-payment, the GNWT announced on Monday.

The Stanton Territorial Hospital Foundation is celebrating what it’s calling a “remarkable gift,” a $1-million donation from Yellowknife’s Albert and Gladys Eggenberger and family, marking the largest personal gift to the foundation in its history.

Navigating regulatory hurdles has delayed plans for the resumption of the TUK M-18 natural gas well.

The Department of Education Culture and Employment has clarified the confusion it caused through a Nov. 24 letter to licensed daycare operators, informing them at the time to refrain from having children use outdoor playground equipment.

Yellowknifer asked real estate agencies about the housing market in Yellowknife and their predictions of the direction it will move in the coming months and years.

The Hamlet of Kinngait says its latest proposal to the Nunavut Employees Union (NEU) for a collective agreement is a good one that values its employees given current circumstances and resources.

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