Northwest Territories News

Major renovations are complete at a new Yellowknife facility being established by three of the territory's sports organizations, and a new sponsor is on board.

Not much survived the wildfire that struck Enterprise head-on, but the community garden pulled through – and the fresh vegetables ahead are a success story.

Canada's telecoms regulator announced a new Indigenous relations team and a consultation on "how to support Indigenous broadcasters and content creators."

The Tłı̨chǫ Government cannot intervene in a court case over the decisions an NWT environmental regulator is allowed to make, a judge ruled.

An Indigenous rap artist from northern Alberta is amassing tens of thousands of fans through songs that have real meaning in Canada's smallest communities.

For years, there was no grad ceremony in Gamètì. Now, it's becoming an annual event – and one graduate is adapting to life at a southern university.

This weekend's Polar Plunge for Special Olympics NWT is the first held by the group in Yellowknife for five years. The temperature should warm up just in time.

If, for whatever reason, one of your favourite anecdotes involves a Tim Hortons (in a good way), a casting company working for Tims wants to hear from you.

Yellowknife RCMP are searching for a 34-year-old man in connection with a reported assault. He could be headed to Alberta. A suspect truck has been identified.

The winter road to Wekweètì is now open for people with high-clearance, four-wheel-drive vehicles under 10,000 kg. It's likely to close again in mid-April.

In a grim callback to the summer of 2023, an air quality advisory was issued for Fort Smith on Friday. It's understood to be related to controlled burns.

Organizers of Yellowknife's Folk on the Rocks music festival have released an initial list of performers confirmed for the 2024 edition. Take a look.

Enterprise is hurting: most of the hamlet burned last summer and residents are divided. Recovery from those wounds is on hold because of a political dilemma.

GNWT public meetings have begun in communities worst-hit by 2023's fires. We spoke with people who went to tell their stories – and some who chose not to.

A new book, We Are a River, uses images from Treaty 11 anniversary events to explore how the treaty's oral version and written equivalent are understood.

Passengers say Yellowknife Airport's security line is becoming increasingly chaotic and major airlines say their flights are being affected.

Police say they have charged four people after finding fentanyl and crack cocaine during a search of a Hay River home.

A man who fired a gun at a house party on the Kátł’odeeche First Nation reserve faces a range of charges, RCMP say.

The City of Yellowknife has hired consultants to evaluate the Street Outreach program and launched a survey for residents to provide their input.

After years on the national team, 20-year-old Yellowknife speed skater Wren Acorn retired from her sport. She said some parts of that life had become damaging.