Northwest Territories News
City says new deal with union will cost an extra $500K
The City of Yellowknife says the deal it signed to end a strike and lockout last month will cost the municipality an extra $500,000.
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The union representing workers at Yellowknife seniors' service provider Avens has held a strike vote ahead of mediation with management.
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The Yellowknife Community Foundation is creating an Indigenous nursing education fund in memory of the late Sharon Morrison, who helped generations of nurses.
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Yellowknife's Pat Kane is releasing his first book, examining the relationship between Dene people and the Church. You can pick up a copy at an event on Sunday.
The post Pat Kane releases his first book, Here is Where We Shall Stay first appeared on Cabin Radio.In pictures: Sir John Franklin High School’s first spring carnival
Yellowknife's École Sir John Franklin High School held its first spring carnival, celebrating traditional skills with help from Dettah residents.
The post In pictures: Sir John Franklin High School’s first spring carnival first appeared on Cabin Radio.Bertha Rabesca Zoe becomes new Tłı̨chǫ executive officer
The Tłı̨chǫ Government will have a new senior administrator on Monday, when Bertha Rabesca Zoe takes over from Laura Duncan as Tłı̨chǫ executive officer.
The post Bertha Rabesca Zoe becomes new Tłı̨chǫ executive officer first appeared on Cabin Radio.KFN and Enterprise agree to hamlet boundary adjustment
Enterprise and the Kátł’odeeche Fırst Natıon reached an agreement that would adjust the hamlet's boundaries while supporting KFN treaty rights, the two said.
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Yet another icon – of sorts – in downtown Yellowknife is on the market. The lower Centre Square Mall building is available at an asking price of $8.35 million.
The post Yellowknife’s lower Centre Square Mall placed up for sale first appeared on Cabin Radio.Early break-up season signs are positive, NWT experts say
Could 2023 bring a quieter spring break-up? "It's starting that way. We hope it'll finish that way," said one expert. Here's the latest from a GNWT briefing.
The post Early break-up season signs are positive, NWT experts say first appeared on Cabin Radio.Apologetic Imperial execs face tough questions about Kearl
Imperial Oil expressed remorse to MPs over the Kearl leaks, while the NWT's environment minister again met his Alberta colleague on the broader issue of water.
The post Apologetic Imperial execs face tough questions about Kearl first appeared on Cabin Radio.Federal minister says NWT stance on Bill C-92 is ‘wildly disappointing’
Crown-Indigenous relations minister Marc Miller strongly criticized the NWT's position in a court case that has consequences for Inuvialuit child welfare law.
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The NWT's Nechalacho mine looks set for a quiet summer. Its owner has switched to a "focus on conserving cash," saying there is no need to keep mining for now.
The post Nechalacho mine’s owner makes more changes to save money first appeared on Cabin Radio.The days of Yellowknife’s surface water lines seem numbered
Surface water lines, a feature of Yellowknife's Old Town allowing residents to move from trucked to piped water in summer, may soon be abandoned by the city.
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A battle of Yellowknife schools' finest chess minds ended in a shock result. More broadly, it showed chess has a place amid the city's other sporting rivalries.
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The City of Yellowknife says it's developing a new tourism strategic plan, promising a "vision for the future" as the sector recovers from the pandemic.
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Centre Square Mall's unlikely status as the front line of Yellowknife's defence against Covid-19 is coming to an end. The mall vaccine clinic closes next week.
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A release from a Suncor oil sands mine highlights regulatory issues and a source of contamination that people often don’t hear about, one expert says.
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RCMP in Hay River asked for the public's help to find a 28-year-old man wanted in connection with an alleged sexual assault.
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The GNWT says it went public about the theft of government hard drives in March partly because it doesn't know how to reach hundreds of affected people.
The post GNWT struggling to contact hundreds of people over privacy breach first appeared on Cabin Radio.Legislature to host free public concerts in late April
Yellowknife's Borderless Art Movement returns at the end of April with a new evening of classical music to be performed at the Legislative Assembly.
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