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Northern Mosaic Network opens clinic to help transgender people navigate name-change process

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 15:17
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As a transgender woman living in Yellowknife, Shylo Foster remembers how scary it felt when she first came out.  “I

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Politics Politics (Canada) 

Yellowknife can’t afford to host 2026 Arctic Winter Games unless N.W.T. takes the lead, says mayor

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 09:40
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If Yellowknife agrees to host the 2026 Arctic Winter Games (AWG), Mayor Rebecca Alty says it would need a lot

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

N.W.T. only Canadian jurisdiction to shrink last year, as people move to elsewhere in Canada

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 09:31
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Dharam Jajal said he really enjoyed his life in Yellowknife but that long winters, distance from family and few options

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News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Detox, aftercare facilities desperately needed to tackle N.W.T. drug crisis, says MLA

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 13:49
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As his town battles a surge in drug-related deaths, one N.W.T. MLA is pushing the territorial government to conjure up

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

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

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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Business Business (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

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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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Society Society (Canada) 

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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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

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