Yellowknifer

Students in the Northwest Territories will be getting a much-needed break this year when exam time comes around.

The Northwest Territories’ premier and health minister have praised Health Canada’s decision to approve the Covid-19 vaccine for children.

How did Franklin Avenue and Sir John Franklin High School get their names? I really don’t know, but for a period in our history, naming things after British royalty and notables was a thing. Our first commissioner who resided in the NWT, Stuart Milton Hodgson, was a bit of a monarchist. He certainly liked things Royal, and this probably explains why we have the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Center.

Yellowknife’s Tree of Peace Friendship Centre is gearing up for its 35th-annual Elder’s Christmas Feast and they’re looking to the community for support.

Embattled MLA Steve Norn says he plans to show up for work on Monday when the Legislative Assembly resumes sitting.

The lineup for the 49th annual Geoscience Forum was announced this week and for the second year in a row, the event will be held virtually.

The COP26 conference was a chance for the Northwest Territories to strike out on its own and identify solutions to its own unique climate challenges, according to the MLAs who attended.

Young Yellowknifer Alex Mitchell is warming more than hearts with his new winter project.

School principals across the Northwest Territories are calling for better housing, more access to substitute teachers and more trained educators after the results of a recent survey were made public this week.

The Yellowknife all-items consumer price index (CPI) rose by 4.2 per cent for the month of October compared to a year ago, according to data that Statistics Canada released on Nov. 17.