Northwest Territories News

A wildfire menacing the highway along the NWT-Alberta border became "very aggressive" on Thursday afternoon, triggering road closures.

For Breanna Menacho's murder, Devon Larabie will serve a life sentence with no chance of parole for 10 years. He has already served four years in custody.

The GNWT scrapped summer resupply barges to Tulita and Norman Wells over record low water levels, an outcome the communities had said was inevitable.

Various Yellowknife health services are starting their move into the Łıwegǫ̀atì Building (the old Stanton hospital). This is how it might affect you.

A relative of Ralph Beaulieu said a sighting of footprints had given fresh impetus to the search for the missing 54-year-old between Yellowknife and Behchokǫ̀.

Premier RJ Simpson and his cabinet will publish a key document on Thursday that sets out a four-year vision of what the GNWT aims to achieve by late 2027.

Aklavik, Fort McPherson and Tsiigehtchic residents are being told to brace for a spring storm on Friday that's expected to bring freezing rain and heavy snow.

Friends and relatives shared their memories of Breanna Menacho, murdered in Yellowknife four years ago, as the man responsible awaits a mandatory life sentence.

In the Sahtu, leaders found their communities having to be self-reliant last summer as Yellowknife shut down. Lessons are being learned for this year.

After a watchdog criticized the abandonment of Giant Mine during last year's evacuation, the remediation project said it wouldn't change how that was handled.

Fort McPherson's senior administrator says the risk of a second consecutive year of flooding is passing. Instead, residents are eager to get out on the water.

Fort Liard is no longer under an evacuation notice, the NWT government said on Wednesday as the risk from a nearby wildfire diminished.

This is the closest you'll get to a real woolly mammoth, saber-toothed tiger or minotaur. They're all the product of Yellowknife taxidermist Dean Robertson.

Police in Behchokǫ̀ say the search and rescue operation to find missing 54-year-old Ralph Beaulieu has concluded without success.

Your water's yellow, you're trying to stay sober and raise kids, and the options look bleak. To some people, this is how public housing can "feel like a trap."

New Canadians are getting a taste of the "hyper, energy-consuming game" that is squash. The city's squash club is holding dedicated sessions each Saturday.

"It's starting to get real, real tight." A Yellowknife army cadet program is looking for more sponsors after a previous funding arrangement fell through.

Sentencing is beginning for a Yellowknife man guilty of possessing child pornography. A judge must first rule on the admissibility of some evidence.

As residents speculate about the future of half-empty jails, the GNWT declined to comment – but suggested an announcement may come in this week's budget.

Dozens of Enterprise residents whose homes weren't insured when they burned in last year's wildfire have been told they won't receive financial help to rebuild.