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Art gallery in Yellowknife visitor centre set to host full roster of shows in 2023

CBC News
Posted: Friday, January 6, 2023 at 17:23
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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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Northern Rangers convene for first time in three years amid broader discussions on Arctic security

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 09:47
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For the first time in three years, northern Canadian Rangers are gathering to provide updates on their communities and set

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Staffing shortages plague businesses in Yellowknife, in Canada’s NWT

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 09:51
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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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Society Society (Canada) 

Łutsel K’e Dene First Nation asks court to quash caribou search warrant

Richard Gleeson, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at 14:37
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The Łutsel K’e Dene First Nation is asking the courts to quash the search warrant that wildlife officers used last

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Featured • Zone 2 Society Society (Canada) 

‘I was really homesick’: Some northern students travel far from home for high school

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 3, 2022 at 14:58
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When Angelina Arrowmaker was ready to start high school in 2017, she and her mother packed their bags and flew

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Society Society (Canada) 

Whitehorse now has a passport pickup location, the 1st of its kind in the North

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 26, 2022 at 12:43 — Last Updated: Monday, September 26, 2022 at 12:45
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The federal government is now offering 10-day passport pickup in Whitehorse, the first time the service has been offered North of 60. 

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Air Canada to stop flying from Yellowknife to Edmonton and Calgary

CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 23, 2022 at 09:31 — Last Updated: Friday, September 23, 2022 at 12:31
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Air Canada has decided to stop flying between Yellowknife and Edmonton and Yellowknife and Calgary. As of Oct. 1, Air

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Featured • Zone 2 Science Science (Canada) 

Picture from N.W.T. among winners of international astronomy photography competition

Nicole Mortillaro, CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2022 at 15:49
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Taking photos of our universe is hard work, but the winners and contestants in the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of

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Business (Canada) Society 

‘We must do better,’ says head of power corp after weekend outages in Yellowknife area

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 11:43
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The head of the Northwest Territories Power Corporation says the corporation failed to meet its own expectations on the weekend

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Fallen tree responsible for power outage in two N.W.T. communities, power corp says

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 12, 2022 at 12:21 — Last Updated: Monday, September 12, 2022 at 12:23
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Multiple city-wide outages were reported throughout the weekend A tree hit a power line at Snare Hydro, triggering the first

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Science Science (Canada) 

NASA and German Aerospace Centre hold open house in Yellowknife

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 14:37 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 15:24
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NASA and the German Aerospace Centre are both conducting research on climate change in Arctic regions, and they held an

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A new study suggests smoking is on the decline in Finland. (Denis Charlet / AFP)
Business Business (Canada) 

N.W.T. has the highest tobacco tax in Canada again

April Hudson, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 11:23
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If you buy cigarettes in the N.W.T., you’ll once again be paying the highest rate of taxes in the country on

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Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

N.W.T. residential school survivors, descendants head to Edmonton for papal visit

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 09:46
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The residential school system has been a large part of Mabel Brown’s family story. At six years old, her mother

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Regional carriers need protection, say northern airline experts

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 8, 2022 at 15:40
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The federal government needs to mandate interline agreements with big carriers, experts say Cutbacks to flights in southern Canada could

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General News 

High-to-extreme fire risk in most communities in Canada’s Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 13:18
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A wildfire by Vee Lake outside Yellowknife, an abandoned campfire near Norman Wells among recent reports A wildfire was burning

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