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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‘Rugged, ragged and tough’: Yellowknife snowboard culture to be showcased in short film
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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Town of Fort Smith starts memorial fund for victims of recent deadly plane crash
The Town of Fort Smith is fundraising for the families of the six people who died in a Northwestern Air
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Air North cancels winter flights between Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Toronto
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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Photos: Yellowknife gets a visit from ‘Sled-dog Santa’
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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Hay River’s R.J. Simpson is the new premier of the N.W.T.
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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Prey driven away by wildfire, YKDFN says wolves are turning to the city for food
Wolf sightings have been “persistent” around Yellowknife, Ndilǫ and Dettah recently — and a chief with the Yellowknives Dene First
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COP28 :Closure of hospitals in Northern Canada, an example of climate change, doctors
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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