N.W.T

If Yellowknife agrees to host the 2026 Arctic Winter Games (AWG), Mayor Rebecca Alty says it would need a lot of help from the territorial government. In a city meeting last week, Alty said she plans to bring forward a motion for the city…

Efforts to rebuild a research station burned down in a late-season wildfire last year are coming together quickly, according to the director of lands and resources for the Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation (LKFN). "It's like a train going…

A 12-year-old snowboarder from Fort Smith, N.W.T., who has picked up two gold ulus at the Arctic Winter Games so far, says Olympic snowboarder Liam Gill inspires her confidence on the slopes.Storm Cabell-White met Gill during a snowboarding…

It was a close game, but the N.W.T.'s junior male futsal team eked out a 2-1 win against Alaska at the Arctic Winter Games on Tuesday — and then went on to a sweeping 13-2 win against Team Nunavut.As team captain Tanaka Muwirimi played that…

Wally Schumann was shocked when he got the call. It was the Hay River RCMP, asking if he could meet them at his house. "Out in the driveway, the RCMP officer — you know, bless his soul — had to tell me that our son had passed away and he…

Residents of Hay River, N.W.T., are answering fear with action in learning to manage an emerging drug crisis. The town of about 3,200 people sits on the south shore of Great Slave Lake and is known as the "hub of the North" for its…

Seeds from an endangered plant that's found only in the N.W.T. were sent to a seed bank in the U.K. last week to give the rare species a sort of life-raft, if it ever needs it. But a researcher who collected hairy braya seeds on a remote…

Morgan Watsyk admits his eyesight is pretty bad, so at first he thought those dark forms on the road ahead were mountain goats."Because I'm getting closer to Wrigley , right? You're getting closer to the mountains and whatnot," he…

Farrah Freund is well-versed at navigating life as an expectant mother in Fort Smith, N.W.T.A lifelong resident, she's given birth to all five of her children there — each time, with the calm and capable support of a local midwife."It was…

After retrieving more than 300 SD cards from wildlife cameras spread out over Thaidene Nëné Indigenous Protected Area in the N.W.T. at the end of the summer, it was obvious to Iris Catholique which one to look at first. The iron post that …