GNWT’s Department of Environment and Climate Change and FireSmart NWT announced that the Fire Department is launching the FireSmart Neighbourhood Recognition Program for the first time in the city of Yellowknife and N’dilǫ this year.   GNWT also announced they will continue offering other wildfire resilience initiatives. These include free Home...

Community spirit was “shining brightly” at École St. Patrick High School as graduates, including two Loran scholars, were honoured in a special graduation ceremony this weekend. “Celebrate your achievements. We're going to see a whole bunch of them,” St. Pat’s principal Todd Stewart told the grads.  Audrey Debogorski and Stella Fairman...

In celebration of Earth Week 2025, Ecology North, the Tree of Peace Friendship Centre and the Yellowknives Dene First Nation are inviting the public to join the Feeding the Fire Ceremony on Saturday. Hannah Ascough, who is a public outreach project officer with Ecology North, said the event was originally planned...

Council voted unanimously in favour of a motion to appoint Rob Foote as the newest member of city council and Councillor Rob Warburton as debuty mayor. Rob Foote was the closest runner-up in the Fall 2022 municipal elections, coming in ninth place. Yesterday at the governance committee, councillors decided that bringing...

Yellowknife RCMP announced today that a man is being held in custody in relation to a report of an armed robbery on Friday. At approximately 11:57 a.m. on May 16, officers received a report that a male suspect had robbed a business on Old Airport Road. It was reported that...

The Western Premiers’ Conference begins today in the city of Yellowknife and will see territorial and provincial premiers from across the North and west tackle a whole range of critical issues from Arctic security to emergency preparedness to housing.  Premier R.J Simpson told True North FM that he anticipates a...