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Award-winning solo artists Jay Gilday and Leela Gilday attract attention whenever either of their names appears on a venue marquee here or in the south. This spring marked the first time in their decades-long professional music careers that the pair have fused forces as a duo.

The Yellowknife RCMP received a report of an individual being threatened by an unknown person or persons with a firearm on Monday just after 2 p.m.

2 arrested, RCMP seeks additional suspects in shooting

The deadly opioid carfentanil has been found in Hay River, prompting the NWT chief public health officer to issue a public health advisory regarding the dangers associated with illicit drugs.

June 1 saw the appointment of the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) announce the upcoming appointment of Dr. Claudia Kraft as Territorial Medical Director.

Skills/Compétences Canada (SCC) officially got to head back to Vancouver in 2022 for the Skills Canada National Competition (SCNC), which (for the first time since 2019) was hosted partly in-person due to the pandemic.

After two years of inactivity due to the Covid-19 pandemic, three beleaguered Nunavut tourism operators and a municipality are sharing $981,605 in funds, announced June 3 by the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency.

Hunt on for new school district boss

“Ruh-roh,” to quote Scooby-Doo, was the operative response as NWT SPCA staff watched vanloads of South Slave residents arrive in Yellowknife following flood-related evacuations last month.

Nunavut’s Department of Health has announced an advisory for the residents of Kugaaruk and Whale Cove following cases of rabies being reported in the two communities following fox attacks.