Arctic Winter Games 2023 open with a rockin’ outdoor party at –17 C
Black night skies spread above brightly lit arches and crowds of spectators on Sunday night as the teams competing in
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Northwest Territories
‘Beside myself’: Renters struggle to find affordable housing in the North
By Emily Blake · The Canadian Press Aurora Rose Gellenbeck has been living out of a hotel in Yellowknife for the past
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‘Indian boarding home’ survivors in the North eligible to receive thousands of dollars in compensation
Indigenous northerners who were housed in private boarding homes to attend public schools in the latter half of the 20th
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Art gallery in Yellowknife visitor centre set to host full roster of shows in 2023
It seems 2023 will be busy for the Yellowknife Artist Run Community Centre (YK ARCC). Alongside running its own mobile art
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Honorary degree caps a career spent preserving, promoting, Dene culture, language
A woman who’s had a remarkable impact on education in the Northwest Territories received an honorary degree earlier this year.
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‘Without language identity is lost’: feds invest $39.4 M into Indigenous language programs in the North
Language is fundamental to identity. That was the message of politicians at a press conference in Dettah, N.W.T. on Friday as the federal government
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N.W.T. MLAs call on government to take immediate action on suicide prevention
Members of the N.W.T. Legislative Assembly are calling on the government to take immediate action on suicide prevention. A motion
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Northerners among fashion designers to get spotlight in upcoming WAG show
Northerners will be among the designers spotlighted next month when their work is featured in a special fashion show taking
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Flood recovery cost in northern Canadian community expected to top $174 million
MLAs say most of the costs are likely to be reimbursed from federal government The N.W.T. government says it expects
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Staffing shortages plague businesses in Yellowknife, in Canada’s NWT
By Jenna Dulewich · CBC News Businesses are reducing hours, closing temporarily and asking customers for patience The ability to get fried
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In the N.W.T., dry, warm weather is causing the fire season to persist unusually long
The Northwest Territories is facing fire dangers rarely seen this time of year, prompting the territory’s wildfire information officer to remind
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Health staff in Fort Smith receiving made-in-the-North anti-racism training
Health-care staff in Fort Smith, N.W.T., are receiving made-in-the-North anti-racism training. The two-day program, run by the territory’s health and social services
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‘I was really homesick’: Some northern students travel far from home for high school
When Angelina Arrowmaker was ready to start high school in 2017, she and her mother packed their bags and flew
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Community leaders hope to be consulted after Imperial Oil pulls dump application
When Edwin Erutse found out Imperial Oil had withdrawn a pair of applications for a waste management facility in Norman
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‘Milestone’ hit as wind turbine arrives in Inuvik, but project now more than $20M over budget
It wasn’t easy delivering a single 3.5-megawatt wind turbine — with blades that at 67 metres span more than the width
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