Northwest Territories News

Tuktoyaktuk's senior administrator, Lucy Kuptana, said she plans to run for Nunakput MLA in this fall's territorial election.

While much of Enterprise burned in an August wildfire, the damage might have been even worse but for three people who spent days saving what they could.

The NWT's health minister said the removal of planters used as seating by Yellowknife's homeless community "penalizes and further marginalizes" people.

Northwestel says customers in the South Slave should expect more disruption on Friday as technicians try to repair another damaged fibre line.

NWT Premier Caroline Cochrane will use a half-hour meeting with Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre to discuss wildfires and infrastructure.

Planters that acted as public seating outside a Yellowknife post office were removed, a decision freighted with meaning for the city's vulnerable population.

Enterprise, the hamlet worst-hit by the NWT's wildfires, is ready to allow residents to return if their homes are safe. In practice, that's very few people.

The body representing NWT tourism interests urged restaurants hit by the summer's wildfires and evacuations to apply for a nationally offered $10,000 grant.

Internet and phone services were either slow or unavailable in some South Slave communities for part of Thursday after a fibre line was damaged.

More than two years after a woman died in RCMP custody in Tuktoyaktuk, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada said the evidence did not support any charges.

A 17-year-old in Yellowknife was charged with robbery, resisting arrest and assaulting an officer, police said, after attempting to steal cologne from a store.

Hay River's health authority and a union are in a dispute that one expert says is without precedent after a strike was declared while the town was evacuated.

Wildfires released more carbon this year than the NWT's people would over centuries. You could be forgiven for losing hope. These people say you shouldn't.

When is the NWT's election? What are the different ways to vote? How do we get a new premier and cabinet after polling day? Here are some answers.

Yellowknife's Somba K'e Park will host a special welcome-home event on Saturday, the city said, while also launching a weekend-long shop-local campaign.

Dozens of people attended a Yellowknife support event for queer and trans youth on a day when heated rallies and counter-protests emerged elsewhere in Canada.

Two rooms at Yellowknife's Stanton Territorial Hospital have been closed while staff investigate reports of insects in the building.

The NWT bumped up the home heating subsidy it pays to seniors for a second winter running, saying the sum had to increase because of the rising cost of living.

To try to stop more wildfires, fireworks are a crime in much of the NWT. RCMP are investigating reports of fireworks in Hay River, days after evacuees returned.

A new system, WildFireSat, is designed to help people battling wildfires make decisions. In the NWT, which uses satellites more than most, it could be key.