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Saucy September: Yellowknife resto owners to start up fish sauce factory this fall

Saucy September: Yellowknife resto owners to start up fish sauce factory this fall

The owners of Bullock’s Bistro expect the first bottles of their mass-produced sauces to run off the line of their new production plant by September.
GNWT now hiring to help speed up SIP process

GNWT now hiring to help speed up SIP process

On July 28, MLA Julie Green posted on Facebook about the current status of outstanding self-isolation plans (SIPs) in the NWT. The post brought attention to the large amount of requests that the GNWT has had to process due factors such as relaxed public health restrictions and the requirements of SIPs.
Northwest Territories MLA Steve Norn pleads not guilty to public health charges

Northwest Territories MLA Steve Norn pleads not guilty to public health charges

Steve Norn, the Northwest Territories MLA charged with violating public health rules, pleaded not guilty through his lawyer in court in Yellowknife Aug. 3.
Longtime Yellowknife aviator tucks in his wings

Longtime Yellowknife aviator tucks in his wings

Twin Otter Captain Joe Reid is hanging up his pilot’s hat after 45 years of flying in the North.
Two missing kids in Yellowknife returned home safely: RCMP

Two missing kids in Yellowknife returned home safely: RCMP

Two children who were reported missing in Yellowknife on Aug. 1 were found several hours later, RCMP say.
Calgary police to investigate death of woman in Tuktoyaktuk RCMP custody

Calgary police to investigate death of woman in Tuktoyaktuk RCMP custody

Police are investigating the death of a woman in RCMP custody in Tuktoyaktuk July 31.
Heat warning issued for Yellowknife region

Heat warning issued for Yellowknife region

Environment Canada warns of dangerously high daytime temperatures across the Northwest Territories for Aug. 1 and 2.
Yellowknifer editorial: Marine rescue can only do so much if boaters don’t prepare

Yellowknifer editorial: Marine rescue can only do so much if boaters don’t prepare

Imagine being stranded on Great Slave Lake in a boat that no longer complies with your wishes.
Dene National Chief nominations open for September election

Dene National Chief nominations open for September election

Nominations for the election of the national chief of the Dene Nation opened on July 21.
Tales from the dump: a new and miraculous invasive species in Yellowknife

Tales from the dump: a new and miraculous invasive species in Yellowknife

I had a dream. Although some might consider it a nightmare, it all depends on your point of view. I dreamt that when I opened my email, I had somehow gotten a GNWT “Important confidential, for your eyes only, destroy after reading, email.” It has been known to happen. The email was one of those intergovernmental missives between departments. It was a summary report for the department of Invasive Species, Homeland Security, Border Protection and Climate Change.