Yellowknife News

RCMP say four people who were missing on Great Slave Lake for six days have been found in good health.

Summer is all about getting outside, on a beach or patio, soaking up those short months of sunshine.

Profile With six years of phd work on theropod dinosaurs behind him, Darren Naish mostly spends long hours in the library, hunched over his laptop.

In 1946 residents of Hay River petitioned for a school. It wasn't for another three years before the doors opened t the Indian Federal Day School opened its doors.

Construction of the Deh Cho Bridge was halted earlier this month because of a contract dispute between the Deh Cho Bridge Corp.

Yellowknife is dealing with a much higher percentage of homeless people than other capital cities in Canada, according to a new report by the Yellowknife Homelessness Coalition.

Nunavut may have given itself a bad rap when it comes to the H1N1 virus. With 236 lab-confirmed cases as of Tuesday, June 23, the territory's rate of infection appears to be much higher than anywhere else in the country.

First Nations artists may not be able to get protection from copyright or patent law to stop the spread of cheap knockoffs of their artworks, a lawyer says.

Gordon Wray, seen in a CBC-TV interview from 1990, was the MLA for Baker Lake from 1983 to 1991.

The head of the North Slave MA©tis Alliance says he was the only one hurt by a blaze that broke out near the end of the group's National Aboriginal Day fish fry in Yellowknife on Sunday.

Construction has stopped on the Deh Cho Bridge in the Northwest Territories, due to a contract dispute between the corporation handling the project and the New Brunswick-based contractor.

The arrival of WestJet to Yellowknife's airspace this summer has meant lower airfares than ever for passengers, but Northern airline officials say they fear they might not survive the fare wars.

Anyone who calls 911 in the Northwest Territories will only get a recording. A Yellowknife man and his son have been fighting Bell Canada for more than a year in a lawsuit accusing the telephone giant of breaching a contract by charging the co-complainants for 911 service they do not receive.

President of Canadian North airlines Tracy Medve says the company will find it difficult to compete with unsustainable airfares offered by WestJet.

How does one begin to discover Nunavut? The "True North Strong and Free" is huge.

The N.W.T.'s diamond cutting and polishing industry has taken a hit this year due to the slowing economy and a falling demand for diamonds.

The Canadian military has announced the creation of a new reserve infantry company in Yellowknife, calling it the first permanent army reserve presence north of 60.

Nunavut health officials have increased their surveillance for the H1N1 virus - more commonly known as swine flu - now that four cases have been confirmed in the territory.

Prince Edward focused his attention on Canada's youth on Sunday and his enthusiasm for the prestigious Duke of Edinburgh Awards is bringing benefits to students even in Canada's North.

The Yellowknives Dene First Nation says it hopes an agreement it signed with two mineral exploration companies will foster good relationships between the First Nation and the mining industry.