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Dozens of documents containing sensitive personal information turned up inside a pair of old Yellowknife courthouse desks being sent to a warehouse.

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The regulatory body for nurses in the NWT and Nunavut made more changes in a bid to make acquiring a nursing license in those territories more straightforward.

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The Town of Inuvik passed a motion allowing the local liquor store extended opening hours, including on Sundays, for most of the summer.

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NWT Fire says crews attended five separate campsites over the holiday weekend at which fires had been abandoned without being put out.

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Canada Post says postal workers' union CUPW has issued notices "to begin strike activity on Friday, May 23 at 12am local time."

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There are four bison tags for the Mackenzie bison population available in 2025-26 to NWT residents with the right licence.

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The Fort Liard-based Acho Dene Koe First Nation says it is partnering with a Vancouver Island Indigenous healing centre to offer members help.

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Telecoms firm Northwestel is offering six scholarships of $4,000 each to students from the territories, northern BC and northern Alberta.

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Three business groups in the NWT asked federal and territorial leaders to intervene on behalf of international workers with expiring work permits.

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Federal and territorial housing agencies will hold a ceremony to mark work beginning on a new 50-unit public housing project in downtown Yellowknife.

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The NWT health authority's new public administrator set out his plan to turn around healthcare in the face of criticism that staff are taken for granted.

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NWT Fire investigators asked for help tracing the cause of last week's Fort Smith's wildfire, while ECC issued a separate appeal over vandalism in the Dehcho.

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Wings Over the Sahtu, a new book, is a love letter to the region that documents the evolution of Norman Wells-based North-Wright Air.

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Police in Fort Smith say another of the men wanted in connection with an alleged armed home invasion is now in custody. A third remains at large.

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An NWT judge delivered a new sentence to a man convicted of a “sudden, brutal and sustained” sexual assault who won an appeal over his earlier sentence.

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Indigenous hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids will return to Folk on the Rocks for the first time since 2019. Here's the full lineup for Folk 2025.

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Det’on Cho has taken a share in two downtown Yellowknife office buildings and says the deal should ultimately lead to full ownership.

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Five Yellowknife residents head to Helsinki on Friday to join a workshop with other cities about "healthy urban policy that supports a healthier population."

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Chief Thaidene Paulette leads the Tthebatthıe Dënésułıné Nation, which was previously Smith's Landing First Nation. He explained the meaning behind the change.

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Muskox appear to be moving into areas previously burned by wildfires in the NWT, a northern researcher says, with possible consequences for other species.

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"I just was moved by the fact that people appreciate it so much." An Edmonton-based chiropractor is opening a clinic in Hay River next week.

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The MV Lafferty ferry on the Liard River outside Fort Simpson has opened for the season, the NWT's Department of Infrastructure stated.

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RCMP in Fort Providence have appealed for help finding a 24-year-old said to have "escaped officers after a struggle" last week.

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Premiers from Canada's western jurisdictions will hold a two-day meeting in Yellowknife to discuss the economy, emergencies and Arctic sovereignty.

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The power outage scheduled for Thursday morning in Yellowknife did not take place but might yet occur in the afternoon, the NWT Power Corporation said.

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The NWT government appointed Kenny Ruptash to Aurora College's board of governors and made him the new chair after Joe Handley stepped down.

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Yellowknife is getting a Wok Box – a rice and noodle box franchise with more than 60 locations elsewhere in Canada. It'll open in the city's Center Ice Plaza.

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"It's super crazy." Spend some time with Fort Good Hope residents who are trying to adapt their lives – and help others – as the cost of living goes up.

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A miniature Yellowknife has come to life on a giant cardboard base in a city classroom. As students are discovering, some buildings are easier than others.

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A jury convicted Neil Barry of two counts each of sexual assault and sexual exploitation. Barry worked in Tulita and Fort Simpson between 2007 and 2017.

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Last year, low water wiped out the NWT's barge resupply season along the Mackenzie River. Here's the latest on the summer 2025 resupply plan.

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Tuktoyaktuk man to be sentenced for shooting at vehicles In July 2024, RCMP arrested a man in Tuktoyaktuk after residents reported an "active shooter." Richard Voudrach has since admitted reckless discharge of a gun.

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Construction of a new transitional housing facility in Edzo will begin this summer, the Tłı̨chǫ Government announced. The building will offer nine units.

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Riley Jordan Moyah, 26, pleaded not guilty to murder and guilty to manslaughter in the 2022 death of Roland Lamalice, 24, in Hay River.

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The NWT must create a dedicated emergency management agency and make Indigenous governments full partners in that, a major review of 2023's wildfires declared.

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There's a huge amount to pick through in the new review of how the GNWT handled 2023's wildfires and evacuations. Here's a super quick summary.

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GNWT emails sent before and during Yellowknife's evacuation show confusion and a lack of planning over essential workers, remote work and emergency services.

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I'll be covering the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists symposium May 14-15/25. Speakers will be talking about transportation and infrastructure in northern Canada @cabinradio.ca #NAPEGNorth

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Free books on the streets of Yellowknife are a part of this year's NWT Literacy Week. Events run until Saturday.

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Police in the NWT say they are increasing their presence on highways and carrying out more frequent check stops for Canada Road Safety Week.

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Advanced Medical Solutions, which provides the likes of paramedics and air ambulance service in the North, has been bought by Ottawa-based Calian.

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The NWT remains on one confirmed case of measles, nine days after its first exposure warnings. Health officials don't take much comfort from that.

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A long-awaited review examining all aspects of the NWT government's response to the 2023 wildfire season will be published on Wednesday afternoon.

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The lawyer for Frederick "Sonny" Blake Jr says a recent legal agreement puts an end to conflict over his client's election as Gwich'in grand chief.

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What's stopping you taking your cans and containers to The Bottle Shop? Jane Ann Swim just bought Yellowknife's recycling depot and she wants to know.

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Fort Smith's months-long pool closure may be nearing an end, though the town says it's still missing some of the things it needs to complete the work.

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The NWT government issued guidance to residents after some victims of the PowerSchool data breach elsewhere in Canada reported being sent ransom demands.

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Greenland's foreign affairs minister took over as Arctic Council chair amid tension following Donald Trump's annexation threat and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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A project to help Indigenous youth gain career and life skills won $500,000 from the Arctic Inspiration Prize. A Yukon health project won the million dollars.

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NWT MP Rebecca Alty is Canada's new minister of Crown-Indigenous relations, becoming the territory's first federal minister in nearly 20 years.

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