Northwest Territories News

The federal government abandoned amendments to proposed gun legislation that Indigenous groups had opposed. The move followed a meeting with NWT leaders.

Alexandria Loutitt, a Nihtat Gwich’in member, is the new women's ski jump junior world champion after victory in Whistler on Thursday.

Tsiigehtchic appears set to change from a charter community to a hamlet, a process some members of the community have pursued for years.

The NWT government is running a series of workshops designed to help the territory's artists better understand how to price and sell their work.

Assembly of First Nations leaders will campaign for a monument on Parliament Hill to recognize atrocities committed by the British and Canadian governments.

Team NT's female curlers won the territory's first Arctic Winter Games title in the sport for more than a decade, defeating Alberta North 10-4.

For the second time in half a year, the NWT government says nobody has come forward to run Yellowknife's day shelter and sobering centre.

Parks Canada says the winter road through Wood Buffalo National Park between Fort Smith and Fort Chipewyan has now reopened following repair work.

"The beat of the drums feels like it's inside you, like there's nothing else." Three out of four NWT hand games teams won gold at the Arctic Winter Games.

The former Stanton Hospital won't now reopen as a long-term and extended care facility until at least this summer. It was originally expected to open in 2021.

"I'm too old for this." Arctic Winter Games knuckle-hop legend Chris Stipdonk retired, aged 37, after winning gold but narrowly missing a games record.

Sage Acorn won his second Arctic Winter Games speed skating title, dipping under a time set by NWT hall-of-famer Michael Gilday in 2004. Gilday is impressed.

The NWT government will no longer pursue an argument over employees' Covid-19 leave through the courts, choosing instead to offer an amended policy.

"She's a real advocate and champion." Tłı̨chǫ Community Services Agency education director Linsey Hope is receiving local and national recognition this year.

Nate Harris just turned 12. On Tuesday, he played in net as the NWT's U16 male hockey team defeated Alaska 9-2. "It's something I'll never forget," he said.

Team NT won gold ulus in archery, figure skating, speed skating, snowboarding and Arctic Sports on Tuesday as a big start to the Arctic Winter Games continued.

RCMP say Hay River residents may be unable to contact police on Wednesday morning due to scheduled upgrades to Northwestel's network.

In 2022, an Olympic snowboarder with Dene roots spent time in Fort Smith. On Monday, his influence paid off as Storm Cabell-White won Arctic Winter Games gold.

"Red tape is not an excuse," supporters of free provision of HIV prophylactic PrEP told the NWT's health minister, releasing a video urging action.

Fort Good Hope is using two weeks of sessions to shape its housing future, including plans to create a shelter that addresses a gap in services for women.