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‘Rugged, ragged and tough’: Yellowknife snowboard culture to be showcased in short film

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Monday, February 5, 2024 at 12:05
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Yellowknife’s own Bristol Pit will soon be hitting the screen. The former gravel-pit-turned-snowboard-hill is the subject of a short film

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Society Society (Canada) 

Town of Fort Smith starts memorial fund for victims of recent deadly plane crash

Sarah Krymalowski, CBC News @sarkrymalowski
Posted: Monday, February 5, 2024 at 08:59
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The Town of Fort Smith is fundraising for the families of the six people who died in a Northwestern Air

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

Air North cancels winter flights between Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Toronto

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 10:08
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Air North has cancelled winter flights between Yellowknife, Whitehorse, and Toronto, saying the route wasn’t busy enough to cover costs.

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Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Photos: Yellowknife gets a visit from ‘Sled-dog Santa’

Sarah Krymalowski, CBC News @sarkrymalowski
Posted: Monday, December 25, 2023 at 09:44 — Last Updated: Monday, December 25, 2023 at 09:45
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Terry Woolf continues tradition of Santa’s ‘ground-level training’ before Christmas Eve. Yellowknife’s Terry Woolf first dressed up as “Sled-dog Santa” 15

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Hay River’s R.J. Simpson is the new premier of the N.W.T.

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 16:15
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Hay River North MLA R.J. Simpson is the new premier of the N.W.T. MLAs gathered in the Legislative Assembly in Yellowknife Thursday

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Prey driven away by wildfire, YKDFN says wolves are turning to the city for food

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 15:20
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Wolf sightings have been “persistent” around Yellowknife, Ndilǫ and Dettah recently — and a chief with the Yellowknives Dene First

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Canada News Society (Canada) 

COP28 :Closure of hospitals in Northern Canada, an example of climate change, doctors

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 4, 2023 at 09:13
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Canadian Medical Association wants a cleaner, more resilient health-care system. A group of Canadian doctors are in Dubai, United Arab

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Insured evacuation costs, wildfire damages total $60M for Hay River wildfires

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Friday, November 24, 2023 at 11:46
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The N.W.T. government encouraged residents to use private insurance to cover evacuation costs Wildfires that displaced thousands from the N.W.T.’s

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* Featured * Canada Countries General Society Society (Canada) 

Funding requests rejected as Yellowknife prepares for ‘tight and frugal’ city budget

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 13:14
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$1.1M for more street outreach services among requests turned down Yellowknife city council received a handful of funding requests from

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 News Society Society (Canada) 

Would-be homeowner faces long odds in Yellowknife

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 16:24
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“I’m surprised there’s not a mass exodus, honestly,” says Caleb Patrick. Sunken ceilings, loose electrical wires, and broken windows are

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* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

‘Fiercely loyal’ fans show support for Yellowknife station fighting for FM licence

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 09:04
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Federal court dismissed application for appeal; judicial review and new licence application ongoing After the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Prime Minister announces $20.8M for 50-unit housing complex in Yellowknife

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 14:51
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‘It’s so needed in our city and in our territory,’ said Yellowknife Mayor Rebecca Alty Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Trudeau visiting Yellowknife on Tuesday

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 13:39
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PM will be in city for “private meetings” Yellowknife is getting a visit from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on

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

Environmental assessment: Yellowknife polytechnic site could move out of Tin Can Hill

CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 9, 2023 at 11:26
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Concerns around the proposed site for the polytechnic university campus in Yellowknife aren’t going away. “There are real practical concerns

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

MLA Katrina Nokleby to be fined $4,000 for staying in evacuation zone

CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 9, 2023 at 10:40
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Great Slave MLA Katrina Nokleby is facing a $4,000 fine for returning and then staying in Yellowknife as an evacuation order

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