Yellowknife News

Edmonton Journal , Canada May 27, 2012 Sunday Final Edition Quebec wants cut of gem trade; Most diamond processors have exited N.W.T BY: Levon Sevunts, Postmedia News; Montreal Gazette "It was minus 61 degrees when we landed in Yellowknife in 2001, it took my breath away," Gevorg Mkhitaryan recalled, his attention focused on the brilliant gem he ... (more)

Without any prompting, Arctic Air 's Adam Beach answers the burning question that's been on everyone's mind: "I wear briefs." Not that anyone was really asking.

You long for the world's wild places, the crashing of waterfalls, the silence of starlit nights, and the rattling call of cranes.

Jeff Dirk said KBL Environmental Ltd. of Yellowknife has spent considerable time and money examining the market conditions and going through the regulatory regime.

The company is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious metals deposits across the US and Canada.

Vanida Plamondon, a transgendered woman from Kugluktuk, faces homelessness in Edmonton after being denied medical treatment by the Government of Nunavut.

The head of the RCMP in the Northwest Territories is trying to build more trust between the police and aboriginal communities.

DREAMS MADE OF DIAMONDS By LEVON SEVUNTS Montreal Gazette http://www.montrealgazette.com/Dreams+made+diamonds/6647069/story.html May 18 2012 QC, Canada As he gently pressed an amber-hot diamond to a rapidly spinning polishing wheel at an upstart diamond processing plant set right in the heart of downtown, Gevorg Mkhitaryan said he still remembers ... (more)

Meadow Lake Constable Peggy MacConnell has been around the RCMP her entire life, but it wasn't until high school that she made the decision to go into police work.

For the first time in more than a decade, eggs laid in the Northwest Territories will be available at local stores.

Canada is anything but a homogenous Commonwealth state; nearly one million indigenous people rub shoulders with immigrants from around the world, including many from Asia.

Crowsnest Pass residents may have seen a new face at the municipal office and around town over the past month.

Mayor Stephen Mandel and Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith had their first meeting Tuesday, but it isn't clear how much closer the two have become.

The N.W.T. Department of Transportation is negotiating a contract with Det'on Cho Corporation for the rerouting of a Yellowknife highway, but some business owners say the project should have gone out for public tender.

The Northwest Territories Department of Justice said it will comply with some of the recommendations in a recent United Nations ruling.

A film by Yellowknife's Andrew Silke will be one of 25 shorts screened by Telefilm Canada at the Cannes Film Festival in France this month.

In February, a Griffon helicopter hit power lines near Yellowknife, knocking out power to the entire city for hours.