One fixture at Wrigley school has elevated lead levels, GNWT says
The GNWT says lead testing has confirmed elevated levels at one water fixture at Chief Julian Yendo School and cleared the water at Louie Norwegian School.
Fort Providence RCMP arrest five in home invasion investigation
RCMP say they have arrested and charged four people in connection to an alleged armed home invasion. A fifth person is accused of unsafe storage of firearms.
Yellowknife RCMP charge woman with stealing tour bus
RCMP in Yellowknife say they have arrested and charged a 39-year-old woman for allegedly stealing a tour bus from a gas station while impaired.
Tanya Tagaq releases new album
Tanya Tagaq has released her latest album, titled Saputjiji, described as "a potent counter-strike against billionaires, genocide, abuse and colonial systems."
Yellowknife Dance Collective to bring SHORTS to the NACC stage
The Yellowknife Dance Collective is bringing a contemporary dance show titled SHORTS to the stage at the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre.
See 10 top shots from the 2026 Arctic Winter Games' outdoor opening ceremony in Whitehorse as Team NT enters to a fighter jet flypast.
A bill that makes trespass on private property an offence has received assent in the NWT legislature. It'll need accompanying regulations to take full effect.
Ottawa and the NWT just signed a vaguely worded agreement on "regulatory coordination." Here's what the two governments are telling us they'll actually do.
The Gwich’in Tribal Council says eight illustrated Gwich'in children's storybooks in two dialects are now available on the web and as physical copies.
As basketball began at the Arctic Winter Games, Tyson Hernandez gave Team NT a 92-91 victory over Alberta with 0.7 seconds remaining in the game. See the shot.
Curler Reese Wainman and futsal player Kingston Torindo will lead Team NT into the opening ceremony of the 2026 Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse.
An Inuvik makerspace and digital media workshop space looks set to shut down at the end of March because it cannot find funding to continue.
Hurtling through a historic number of motions in a day, NWT MLAs called for the GNWT to act on homeownership, water quality, Elders' housing and medical travel.
NWT RCMP confirmed their recently acquired tactical armoured vehicle featured in a search of a Fort Providence home on Friday, though there's little detail yet.
A woman convicted of dangerous driving causing death after fatally hitting a man with a truck in Yellowknife lost her appeal, though the judges were split.
Northwest Territories MLAs voted 15-3 to pass a 2026-27 operating budget after weeks of debate resulted in extra spending on health and in other areas.
Juno-winning Oji-Cree singer-songwriter Aysanabee leads the first wave of acts confirmed for Yellowknife's big summer music festival. Here's the list so far.
A case that begin with a Range Rover facing a flat tire on a Sahtu winter road resulted in the conviction this week of a 31-year-old on trafficking charges.
Alternatives North alleges the mining industry had undue access to information and officials on new regulations. The mining chamber and GNWT deny the claim.
Embattled Ekati mine owner Burgundy filed a fresh request to push back an array of regulatory deadlines by half a year or more, citing cashflow problems.
Fort Smith's town council will write to Premier RJ Simpson and other ministers requesting more engagement in meetings about the NWT government's capital plans.
Long-awaited modular classrooms arrive in Colville Lake
"Every student in the NWT deserves quality educational facilities." Modular classrooms are now in Colville Lake and a site has been chosen for a new school.
Tthebatthie Denesųłiné Nation chief resigns
Lorraine MacDonald has resigned as chief of Tthebatthie Denesųłiné Nation. The First Nation says a by-election will be held to fill the role at a later date.
MLAs pass motion on energy subsidies and infrastructure
Regular NWT MLAs passed what they described as a "kind-of an omnibus motion" centred around power costs, subsidies and infrastructure. Not everyone agreed.
Multiple factors led to fatal Fort Smith plane crash, TSB says
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says multiple factors contributed to a fatal plane crash near Fort Smith in January 2024.
Health privacy breaches in the NWT are occurring at the rate of six or seven a month. A new report examines how our health privacy laws are working.
"To us, he's like a brother." Jobert Austria – who goes by stage name Kuya Jobert – brings a show for Canada's Filipino community to Yellowknife next month.
