Report: Poor communication caused confusion & stress in Yellowknife evacuation
‘We made the best decisions we could,’ maintains city manager The firm tasked with reviewing how the City of Yellowknife
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Multiple pipe breaks believed to cause sudden June spike in Yellowknife water usage
By Luke Carroll · CBC News The City of Yellowknife has fixed multiple breaks in private pipes that are believed to be
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N.W.T. declares tuberculosis outbreak in Yellowknife after 2 cases identified
Both cases linked, Public Health working on contact tracing The N.W.T.’s acting chief public health officer is declaring a tuberculosis
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Yellowknife roundtable looks for solutions to homelessness
About 70 people came together to speak about homelessness in Yellowknife at a roundtable discussion at the Tree of Peace
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Yellowknife RCMP charge woman with aggravated assault on infant
A woman has been charged with aggravated assault after an infant was admitted to the hospital in Yellowknife with “life-altering
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N.W.T. considers making producers deal with used oil, tires and electrical items
The N.W.T. government is exploring a new way to dispose of used oil, car tires and electrical items, by shifting
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‘Dignity is lost’: Yellowknife shelters struggle with overcrowding, violence
Yellowknife shelter operators say they are in “crisis” after struggling for months to meet the needs of a growing population
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Federal gov’t, Saskatchewan swipe sale of N.W.T. rare earth metals from Chinese buyer
By Rose Danen Vital Metals announced Monday that it’s selling its stockpiled rare earth material to the Saskatchewan Research Council
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Construction of defence building in Yellowknife to begin, years later than expected
By Sarah Krymalowski · CBC News New Department of National Defence facility was originally scheduled to be completed this year Construction on
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City of Yellowknife, feds announce $8.4M to spur new housing development
By Robert Holden · CBC News Funding aimed at helping city cut housing red tape The City of Yellowknife has announced a
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N.W.T. could lose hundreds of jobs and residents when the mines close, economist warns
A territorial economist says he loses sleep at night over the lack of economic vision and planning in the Northwest
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Yellowknifers’ plastic going to landfill—but politicians could still explore solution
N.W.T.’s waste reduction act now allows for extended producer policy program Roughly 60 tonnes of plastic collected at blue bin
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Drug trafficking, gun violence up in Yellowknife, say RCMP
Staff Sgt. Byron Donovan says police don’t know how illegal handguns are getting into the city With two shootings in the last
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2 people dead in Yellowknife, RCMP investigating as double homicide
RCMP are investigating a possible double homicide in Yellowknife. Police were called to a home on Bigelow Crescent, between Williams
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Yellowknife planning $6.7M dump expansion
New landfill cell could increase life of dump up by decade or more, says city director The City of Yellowknife
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