Northwest Territories News

Sea ice users in Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet) put together a book of 67 Inuktitut words describing sea ice. Now, other communities are taking on similar projects.

Osisko Metals and NTPC have signed a memorandum of understanding to negotiate connecting the Pine Point mine project to the Taltson hydroelectric grid.

Representatives from Yellowknife’s Francophone community are heading to France and Morocco in November to to encourage immigration to the NWT.

More babies born would mean more federal transfer payments, an MLA argued when encouraging the GNWT to cover the costs of residents' fertility treatments.

In the legislature, health minister Julie Green confirmed the paid family caregiver pilot will be extended – but said there is no money to expand the program.

Tuktoyaktuk fashion designer Taalrumiq won three awards worth $7,000 in this year’s Pow Wow Pitch, a contest for Indigenous entrepreneurs.

RCMP released photos from surveillance footage of the two people who broke into Arctic Jewellers early on October 25 and asked for help identifying the thieves.

The GNWT has released a report containing information on all residential schools, day schools, and residences in the Northwest Territories from 1862 to 2021.

Yellowknife RCMP said a teen who had been missing since Tuesday afternoon has been found safe.

Hay River’s new long-term care home project is once again on hold as the territorial government searches for a location less prone to flooding impacts.

Desirée Dawson, Folk on the Rocks’ first artist-in-residence, will spend November in Yellowknife collaborating with local artists and hosting music workshops.

Aboriginal Sports Circle NWT wants to increase the number of Indigenous coaches – and so they are encouraging people to reach out if they need training.

Through a community condom access pilot program, 200 free condom dispensers will be installed across the NWT to help combat the ongoing syphilis outbreak.

Following an influx in non-emergency calls to wildlife emergency lines, ENR is clarifying the difference between wildlife emergencies and non-emergencies.

MLAs called for the NWT's environment minister to apologize in the legislature for a search conducted at the Łútsël K’é Dene First Nation's culture camp.

A break-in and theft at Arctic Jewellers in Yellowknife’s Centre Square Mall on Wednesday morning has left the manager worried for people’s safety in the mall.

On Monday, Yellowknife city councillors approved a plan to spend down approximately $260,000 that was left over from a Covid-19 economic stimulus package.

Fort Smith’s Mary Kaeser Library reopened in the Recreation and Community Centre on Tuesday – a more accessible space for the library.

A public health advisory has been issued for a potential severe respiratory virus and flu season this winter. Covid-19 boosters are now available to all adults.

Yellowknife's 825 Elks Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron is about to celebrate 50 years of providing training in leadership, teamwork and a range of activities.