Opinion

Do you sit for 10 or more hours a day? I usually do. According to a new study, this means I am much more likely to get dementia than people who sit around for 9.5 hours or less a day. Say what? Yup. It’s true.

PSAC and the Parks Canada Agency have signed the new collective agreement eight weeks after it was ratified by members.

Wildfires are not new to Yellowknife. The city experienced bad fire seasons in recent memory to many of us: 1998, and of course, the summer of smoke, 2014. This past summer, 2023, proved to be a very memorable one too. But Yellowknifers have co-existed with fire since the beginning of the community.

The morning of the evacuation, Enterprise mayor Michael St. Amour was enjoying the sunlight on the ball diamond where the community was hosting 600 evacuees from Fort Smith.

NNSL Media invites potential candidates running in the Nov. 14 territorial election to provide guest comments on what they view as the issues facing the NWT. Candidates can e-mail james.mccarthy@nnsl.com if they wish to offer an opinion in writing. Please, no politicking, though — save that for your campaign signs!

Keeping an eye on your bank account each week is key

Soaring food prices, growing profit margins and record-high profits in the food industry have severely impacted the lives of many Canadians. According to Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s largest grocery chains recently agreed to work with the federal government to stabilize prices.

As Canadians, we have plenty to be thankful for — and very little about which to complain.

The north is a place full of mystery and intrigue and some of the mysteries can be more intriguing than others. Let’s take a look at the Deh Cho Bridge for a moment, the $200 million bridge that spans the mighty Mackenzie River near Fort Providence.

Never Whistle at Night is an Indigenous dark fiction anthology that will send spiny beings into your dreams and make you hyper-aware of the things that move in the shadows. With contributions from fantastic authors such as Cherie Dimaline, Tommy Orange and Waubgeshig Rice — whose newest book Moon of the Turning Leaves is coming out mid-October — and Rebecca Roanhorse — whose novel Black Sun is a Tiktok darling — this anthology is gross, pointy, and absolutely delightful.