Yellowknife News

Army vehicles will be moving through downtown Yellowknife on Sunday for winter driving training as part of exercise Arctic Ram.

Canada's Telus has joined its main wireless rivals Rogers and Bell in launching commercial 4G Long Term Evolution mobile broadband services, promising peak download speeds of up to 75Mbps, with an expected average of 12Mbps to 25Mbps.

Addictions are a big issue in the Northwest Territories, and that has sparked a debate in the legislature about how to best tackle the problem.

A Seattle photographer recently braved the ultra cold winter nights of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights -- and he wasn't disappointed.

Gail Cyr, from Yellowknife, was one of the Canadians honoured in Ottawa today with a Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Manson Creek Resources Ltd. is pleased to report that it has entered into an option with Panarc Resources to acquire a 100% interest in the Up Town Gold project located adjacent to the historic Giant mine in the Northwest Territories.

Starting Thursday, two astronauts aboard the International Space Station will photograph the aurora borealis and beam the images back to Earth as part of the AuroraMAX project.

A new school in Calgary is being named for Capt. Nichola Goddard, the first female Canadian soldier killed in combat.

The AuroraMAX Online Observatory and the International Space Station are on a quest to capture the Northern Lights from Earth and space as part of a new pilot project to compare and share images and videos of Canada's aurora.

Kirstine Stewart, the CBC's executive vicepresident of English services, has a word for the success of the public broadcaster's winter season: proof.

A Seattle photographer recently braved the ultra cold winter nights of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights -- and he wasn't disappointed.

Doug Mahugh of Seattle is in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, to see and photograph the Northern Lights for the first time.

Accessibility advocate Rick Hansen says Yellowknife has come a long way since his last visit a few years ago, but a wheelchair user living in the city says there's still work to be done.

Hay River's roads were occupied by some less common vehicles on the weekend, as a Canadian military convoy rolled through town as part of a trek to the Arctic.

The men's and women's events will be held March 22-30, 2014, at the Yellowknife Curling Centre, the Canadian Curling Association announced Tuesday.

The northern lights take on a weird, rippling shape in a super-wide-angle view captured Sunday night by the Canadian Space Agency's AuroraMAX webcam in Yellowknife, capital of the Northwest Territories.

The first time I saw the Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis - I was lying on a beach in Ontario's Killbear Provincial Park.

Hundreds of military vehicles and personnel are beginning a three-day trek from CFB Edmonton to Yellowknife, NWT to test themselves and their gear in a harsh winter environment.

The N.W.T. Department of Transportation is working on a plan to get the winter road to Wekweeti open this year, since the federal government no longer needs access to Colomac Mine.

The Question: Seeing the Northern Lights in Yellowknife is on my bucket list. Can you suggest how to do this on a budget? There are moments in the world of travel writing that require the word "magic," and witnessing the aurora borealis is one of them.