Experts link Yellowknife retail closures to weak economy and changing tastes
First it was clothing stores. Then A&W. Now it’s the city’s only movie theatre. Yellowknife’s retail scene is shrinking as
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This Nunavut teenager has her own dog team, preserving an Inuit cultural tradition
Out in the distance in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, 15-year-old Sophia Johnston heard a familiar sound — a team of sled
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Yellowknife says goodbye to its only cinema
The manager of Yellowknife’s Capitol Theatre says he has mixed feelings about the public reaction he’s seen to the theatre’s
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A new Yellowknife program offers smaller, flexible learning option for neurodivergent children
By Carla Ulrich A new learning program that opened in Yellowknife this fall offers small group programming for children who
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New company to focus on renewed N.W.T. Courageous Lake gold project
Seabridge Gold says it plans to spin out its large but somewhat sidelined Courageous Lake gold project in the Northwest
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Nunavut mom thankful after Yellowknife woman offered to pay for son’s airline ticket
A Nunavut mom is happy to be home for Christmas in Gjoa Haven with her son, after an airline ticketing
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Who benefits from the Arctic economic and security corridor? It depends who you ask
By Samuel Wat Prominent northern leaders have been touting the Arctic economic and security corridor as a “nation-building” project that
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Analysis shows climate impacts will increasingly strain Canada’s Arctic defence infrastructure
Climate change is no longer a distant concern for Canada’s Arctic security. A new analysis from the research centre L’Observatoire
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Yellowknife RCMP arrest, Taser man after police vehicles rammed, officers assaulted
Man faces several charges including dangerous operation of a vehicle, assaulting a peace officer with a weapon A 39-year-old man
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7,000L fuel spill in Yellowknife could have been prevented, truck driver says
Kelly Stabenow still remembers when 7,000 litres of furnace fuel seeped into the ground in Yellowknife’s Engle Business District near
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Air Tindi pausing flights between Yellowknife and Whatı
By Devon Tredinnick Flight lacked popularity, was costing airline too much, president says A Yellowknife airline has put a pause
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How to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in the North
People across the North will mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Tuesday. The annual event is observed to
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Whatı̀ residents evacuating community due to wildfire
The evacuation of Whatı̀, N.W.T., is proceeding in an orderly fashion by road, according to a Northwest Territories fire information
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African grocery store in Yellowknife highlights francophone entrepreneurship
By Mohamed-Amin Kehel, Francis Tessier-Burns ‘I want to supply the North, so that all Africans can feel at home,’ says owner
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Yellowknife’s wastewater is showing signs of 2 new ‘potent’ drugs
The N.W.T.’s top health official says two new drugs have been detected in Yellowknife’s wastewater — and both could be
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