N.W.T. has the highest tobacco tax in Canada again
If you buy cigarettes in the N.W.T., you’ll once again be paying the highest rate of taxes in the country on
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Yellowknife
N.W.T. residential school survivors, descendants head to Edmonton for papal visit
The residential school system has been a large part of Mabel Brown’s family story. At six years old, her mother
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Regional carriers need protection, say northern airline experts
The federal government needs to mandate interline agreements with big carriers, experts say Cutbacks to flights in southern Canada could
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High-to-extreme fire risk in most communities in Canada’s Northwest Territories
A wildfire by Vee Lake outside Yellowknife, an abandoned campfire near Norman Wells among recent reports A wildfire was burning
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‘The water’s coming up’: Nahanni Butte chief says residents should get ready for flooding
As water levels continue to rise on the South Nahanni and Liard rivers, Nahɂą Dehé Dene Band Chief Steve Vital says
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Yellowknife issues city-wide fire ban
If you were planning to use your fire pit in Yellowknife tonight, you’ll have to hold off for the foreseeable
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Cold weather, good Korean food and magical lights: Korean flight crew experiences Yellowknife
Korea Aerospace Industries has been conducting cold weather testing on their light armed helicopter A group of South Korean aerospace
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Arctic Canada: Artists portray pandemic through COVID-19 masks
When Eliza Firth thinks of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, she thinks of roses — small, vibrant, in every
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Canadian snow carvers to compete at international contest in Sweden
When Anthony Foliot, also known as the Snowking, found out about an international snow carving competition in Sweden last spring,
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Indigenous Canadian veteran honours late father, also a veteran, by having his medals blessed and smudged
Floyd Powder is hoping to walk alongside other Indigenous veterans in Ottawa on Nov. 11 Floyd Powder, a Canadian Armed
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Federal gov’t makes temporary exceptions for unvaccinated travellers in remote communities
Transport Canada to offer COVID-19 testing at hub airports The federal government has made exceptions to its mandatory vaccination rule
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Canada’s Northwest Territories reports 53 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday
Territorial count stands at 246, a decrease of 11 since Friday The N.W.T.’s Office of the Chief Public Health Officer
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Gov’t staff being redeployed to help deal with closure of Yellowknife shelters in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Health Minister Julie Green also said the city has offered up an arena as a possible day shelter space As
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Canada’s Northwest Territories declares COVID-19 outbreak among Yellowknife’s homeless population
19 people who have accessed shelters since mid-August have had COVID-19 Northwest Territories declared an outbreak among Yellowknife’s homeless population Tuesday after
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Community transmission of COVID-19 reaches Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories
Containment orders in Colville Lake and Fort Good Hope extended until Sept. 4 “The beginning of community transmission is occurring
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