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Yellowknife RCMP Temporarily Close Street to deal with Potential Hostage Situation

The Yellowknife RCMP were forced to temporarily close down a section of a downtown street while they dealt with an investigation. The call they received...

Yellowknife Seeking Applications for Canada Day Vendors

The City of Yellowknife is looking for additional applications for vendors for the Canada Day celebration. The event will be taking place throughout the afternoon...

YK Co-op donates $10k to United Way NWT

  The Yellowknife Co-op has just made a donation of $10,000 to the United Way group. The goal of the donation is to help United Way...

Yellowknife relaunches its Be Spark Aware campaign

The City of Yellowknife publishes safety tips and reminders every year on various topics, including this fire prevention campaign. Abby Schelew, Corporate Communications Advisor,...

Yellowknife is hosting a community roundtable on homelessness

The City of Yellowknife is hosting a community roundtable on homelessness at the Tree of Peace Friendship Centre on June 26, 2024, from 6:30...

YK Facilities on Reduced Hours for Indigenous Peoples Day

Several City facilities throughout Yellowknife will have altered hours for National Indigenous Peoples Day. The City government is sending out their best wishes to all...

YK1 Schools giving out Awards for Indigenous Students

Schools under the YK1 District will soon be holding their year-end award ceremonies. These ceremonies will be handing out the Sacred Feather Indigenous Student Award...

YK Multicultural Festival Seeking Participants & Vendors

The Sǫǫ̀mba K’è Multicultural Festival is once again coming to Yellowknife later this month. The event is being put together by the Multicultural Community Yellowknife,...

Northwestel Launches New Antenna Array Outside Yellowknife

In the afternoon of Friday, June 14th, Northwestel held an innaugeration event for a new batch of antennas just outside of Yellowknife. These 24 new...

City looking for feedback on changes to land use and development zoning by-law

The City of Yellowknife is inviting you to provide input on a proposed amendment to Zoning By-law No. 5045, which governs land use and...

NorthWords Taking Nominations for 2024 Book Awards

The Northwords NWT group is now accepting applications for the 2024 Book Awards. These awards are given out annually to Northern authors who were able...

Full Scedule of Events Released for Northern Mining Competition

With the Northern Mine Rescue Competition returning to Yellownkife this weekend, the organizers of the event have provided a full schedule of events. The competition...

New Executive Director Appointed for Yellowknife Community Foundation

The Yellowknife Community Foundation now has a new Executive Director. Retroactively effective as of June 3rd, Korry Garvey has just been selected as the new...

Yellowknife Enters Construction Season

The City of Yellowknife is reminding residents to keep an eye out for any construction activities taking place within the city. As we head into...

Mental Health Seminar coming to Yellowknife

A free mental health forum is about to be held in Yellowknife. Known as “It’s Time for Silence to Suffer,” the event is being put...

New Children’s Book Unveiled by Bella Dance Academy

To help celebrate their twentieth anniversary, Yellowknife’s Bella Dance Academy has revealed a brand-new children’s book. This year’s dance recital by the Academy was accompanied...

Yellowknife Youth Choir Celebrating 10th Anniversary

The Yellowknife Youth Choir will soon be celebrating their 10th Anniversary. The occasion will be celebrated with a concert at the Northern Arts and Cultural...

YK Fire Department Holding Annual Open House

Yellowknife’s Fire Division will soon be holding their annual Open House event. The event will be held at the Fire Hall at 100 Taylor Road...

From Motherhood to Medicine

Tina Marie Lynn Nash, aged 54, has always aspired to be a doctor, a dream she has had since childhood. About 25 or 30...

Mine Rescue Competition Returning for First Time since 2019

One of the North’s more unique special events is coming up once again. The Northern Mining Health and Safety Forum is putting together the 2024...

Refrigerator Wins Main Stage Showdown over June 1st Weekend

Over the weekend, Folk on the Rocks held their first event of the summer, and just like their main event, it brought together some...

Yellowknife Kicks off Pride Month with Second Annual Parade

The City of Yellowknife once again gathered to its queer population with its annual Pride Parade! While this is only the second year that the...

No New Fires in Latest Weekend Update

No new fires were reported in the latest update from NWT Fire. Firefighters from Saskatchewan are being recruited to help with the fire near the...

Woman who lived in Yellowknife confirmed to be fugitive in historic Arizona fatal collision

A woman who resided in Yellowknife under an alias has been confirmed to have been responsible for the death of a 21-year-old Scottsdale, Arizona...
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