Team NT table tennis boys get off on right foot at Canada Winter Games
For a team that was simply hoping to score a few points here and there at the Canada Winter Games, this result must have felt like a lump of gold.
The boys table tennis squad...
Team NT and Nunavut schedule: Day 2
Here are the teams and athletes in action on Saturday for Team NT and Team Nunavut on Day 2 of the Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alta. It will be the first official...
Avens marks National Flag of Canada Day
Avens Community for Seniors celebrated National Day of the Canada Flag on Feb. 15 with a flag rasiing ceremony. The event brought out about 20 people to watch as the Maple Leaf flag was...
CanNor gives $250,000 to three tourism initiatives in Yellowknife
MP Micheal McLeod announced on Feb. 14 that Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor) will be providing funding to the tune of $250,000 to three tourism initiatives based in Yellowknife.
The funding will go towards...
EDITORIAL: Yk a company town and that company is the GNWT
If territorial government workers had an extra spring in their steps Monday morning, they could hardly be blamed. They were going back to work after all.
It was a far cry from Saturday afternoon, when...
Precautionary landing “a non-event” says Ahmic Air owner
No one was injured after an Ahmic Air plane made a precautionary landing on Back Bay this afternoon.
"It was a pretty non-event," said Ahmic Air owner Stephen Jeffery.
The landing was merely precautionary, not an...
Yellowknife jail employees fired following probe in sexual misconduct allegations
Two North Slave Correctional Complex (NSCC) employees have been fired following a workplace investigation into alleged sexual relationships between an inmate and staff at the Yellowknife jail.
Kelly Canadian, 26, spoke out to News/North in...
One-two finish for Yellowknife at Hazardous Women’s Hockey Tournament in Hay River
One of the bigger women's hockey tournaments in the NWT made a long-awaited return this past weekend but there was a good reason for why it went away.
There was no arena to play in.
The...
Brotherhood: The Hip Hopera comes to city
After being featured in a slew of festivals in Canada and abroad, Brotherhood: The Hip Hopera will make its way to Yellowknife this weekend for its northernmost production yet.
The one-man show is written entirely...
Deton Cho Eagles finish Calgary tournament on winning note
There's no better motivation for a team to win a game than losing a game you should have won before.
That's what the Deton Cho Eagles girls high performance basketball did at the Centennial Howler...
Yellowknife’s Own Lot in Life
Oh, so that’s what improvements look like.
I recall my first memorable view of the downtown 50/50 intersection when I was here for a brief visit in 1992. There was a fenced off hole in...
Ecology North launches climate watch Twitterbot
Ecology North has launched a Twitterbot that will tweet the difference between the daily temperature in Yellowknife and change normals registered between 1971 and 2000.
The @ykclimatewatch bot is a partnership with Wilfrid Laurier University...
Man who failed to appear at sex assault trial arrested: Yellowknife RCMP
A Yellowknife man wanted by police for failing to show up to court for a sex assault jury trial has been located and arrested, say RCMP.
An arrest warrant was issued for 35-year-old Alden Joseph...
Yellowknife bank robbed at knife-point in broad daylight, say RCMP
Yellowknife RCMP are asking for the public's help in identifying and locating a man they say robbed a downtown bank in broad daylight Wednesday.
Mounties say a knife-wielding man demanded cash after entering the First...
Yellowknife Catholic Schools’ Regional Youth Traditional Games Tournament features big turnout
The annual Traditional Games Championships don't get going until tomorrow evening but some athletes got themselves a good head start this past weekend.
Weledeh and St. Pat's Gymnasiums hosted the annual Yellowknife Catholic Schools' Regional...
Jamie Koe Brandon-bound after winning NWT Men’s Curling Championship
It's lucky no. 13 for Jamie Koe in terms of Tim Hortons Brier appearances and he will get to do it this year with a brand new rink.
Koe and his new-look team of David...
New judge to take seat in territorial court next week
A newly-appointed judge with experience in Indigenous communities will take his seat in NWT territorial court next week, filling a position that's been vacant since May.
Donovan Frederick Molloy will replace Judge Bernadette Schmaltz, who...
YK public school board votes to extend trustee terms
The Yellowknife Educational District No.1 board of trustees met for their monthly meeting on Feb. 12 and voted on extending the term of trustees to four years instead of three. The motion passed unanimously.
Last...
A fun finish for Wolfpack peewees at B.C. tournament
For the second year running, the Yellowknife Wolfpack peewee development team was in Vernon, B.C., for the annual Vernon Winter Carnival Coca-Cola Classic Tournament, one of the most exclusive tournaments in western Canada. Just...
Focus on business: Dash Event Designs and Rentals
Cynthia Mufandaedza never had any intention of becoming an event designer, but four years ago she seized on an opportunity to purchase the inventory of another event design business whose owner was leaving town.
Mufandaedza...
Canadian diamonds hold reign as gem stone of love
When Archduke Maximilian of Austria slipped the first diamond engagement ring on Mary Burgundy in 1447, the history for diamond rings was changed forever.
Although diamonds were considered precious or sacred long before, that gesture...
Celebration of life to be held for downed pilots
Air Tindi will be holding a celebration of life for two of their pilots this week.
Will Hayworth and Zach McKillop lost their lives in the Air Tindi crash outside of Whati on January 30....
GNWT hit with $1.2M claim for alleged ‘sex assaults’ at Yellowknife jail
A Yellowknife man who spoke out about dozens of alleged sexual encounters between himself and staff as an inmate at North Slave Correctional Complex (NSCC) is seeking more than $1 million in damages from...
Early planning is essential for weddings
When Breanna Beaudoin and Maxwell Pilling got engaged in late July 2018, Beaudoin started planning their dream wedding right away.
“Being in my post-engagement bliss, I went a little crazy and started planning immediately by...
EDITORIAL: Red tape doesn’t pay the bills
What happens when a mining company jumps through all the hoops and still gets shut down?
Well, people lose their jobs, that's what happens. It's a simple fact that should be obvious to everybody but...
Charge stayed for HIV-positive man accused of sex assault
A charge has been stayed against a Yellowknife man after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman by failing to disclose his HIV-positive status.
Bobby Kaotalok, 33, was charged with aggravated sexual assault –...
Lilies or peonies? A florist’s guide to making your big day bloom
As actor Steve Martin hilariously discovered in 1991’s the Father of the Bride, there's more to a wedding than two rings, a dress and a pair of vows. A lot more.
There’s the food –...
Three new CRA Northern Service Centres for the territories
Diane Lebouthillier, minister of National Revenue, was in Yellowknife on Monday to announce the opening of a new Northern Service Centre (NSC) in the city.
The centre in Yellowknife – along with others in Whitehorse...
City removes stroller fee after mother complains
A fee to use strollers at the city’s Fieldhouse has been removed after a mother lodged a complaint.
Aya Burshan, who had a baby in August and is currently on parental leave, wanted an easy...
Relief, reflection and calls for change as strike avoided
After the long looming threat of a strike was avoided over the weekend, a relieved Union of Northern Workers member is pushing for leadership change at the territory’s largest union, calling internal confusion, a...
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