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Parents faced with reducing work hours due to lack of child care

Parents faced with reducing work hours due to lack of child care

The pressing need for child care in Yellowknife is exemplified by the 138 children on a wait list for YWCA after-school programming as of Aug. 19.
Aurora College looking at potiental expansion of child care area; increase of ELCC students taking distance courses

Aurora College looking at potiental expansion of child care area; increase of ELCC students taking distance courses

The Government of Canada and the GNWT have reached an agreement on an extension to the Canada–Northwest Territories Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.
Evidence of community spread in YK: CPHO

Evidence of community spread in YK: CPHO

As cases continue to rise in the region, the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer (OCPHO) announced Aug. 17 there is evidence of COVID-19 community spread in Yellowknife.
Yellowknife thrift store Ever Good Stuff gives kids clothes away

Yellowknife thrift store Ever Good Stuff gives kids clothes away

One Yellowknife thrift store is offering an even thriftier option for back to school shopping this fall — free clothes.
Yellowknife’s Explorer Hotel listed as COVID-19 exposure location

Yellowknife’s Explorer Hotel listed as COVID-19 exposure location

The Explorer Hotel on 49 Avenue has been added to the NWT COVID-19 exposure notices list.
Musicians ponder viability of live entertainment

Musicians ponder viability of live entertainment

Cancellations of various events in the NWT are springing up as COVID-19 sweeps through parts of the territory.
Second annual Yellowknife Tennis Club Blachford Lake Lodge Doubles Tournament draws a crowd

Second annual Yellowknife Tennis Club Blachford Lake Lodge Doubles Tournament draws a crowd

Doubles tennis can be some of the most exciting you can watch but for some people, it’s simply more fun to play.
Trained Yellowknife dogs check mine employees for narcotics

Trained Yellowknife dogs check mine employees for narcotics

Any employee trying to transport contraband to a mine site is going to have to trick the noses of some determined canines.
10-minute sled dog doc makes Cannes Short Film Festival

10-minute sled dog doc makes Cannes Short Film Festival

Yellowknife musician, writer and now filmmaker Miranda Currie’s 10-minute documentary Tails on Ice was featured in last week’s 2021 Cannes Short Film Festival.
Former YK journalist recovering from COVID-19 in Mexico

Former YK journalist recovering from COVID-19 in Mexico

After more than a month in a hospital in Oaxaca, Mexico, former Yellowknife journalist Jack Danylchuk is showing signs of recovery from COVID-19.