Taylor Holmes

Taylor Holmes is a multimedia journalist and a 2023 CBC News Joan Donaldson Scholar. She has a bachelors of communications in journalism and digital media from Mount Royal University in Calgary. You can reach Taylor at [email protected]

Latest from Taylor Holmes

El Niño heads north: how tropical weather affects the Arctic

El Niño is expected to leave much of the North warmer and drier than usual this winter, but some of its impacts are still unknown.

YWCA holds grand opening for transitional housing building in Yellowknife

Gotı̨li Kǫ̀, the YWCA's new, 21-unit transitional housing building in downtown Yellowknife, will help provide refuge for vulnerable and at-risk women and families.

Indigenous artists help inspire Yellowknife students through 'Messy Book Program'

A new art program has been introduced at Mildred Hall School in Yellowknife. The Messy Book Program provides students a place to feel safe and create art with the help of Indigenous artists.

Would-be homeowner faces long odds in Yellowknife

Sunken ceilings, loose electrical wires, and broken windows are just some of the issues a Yellowknifer has found looking for a house in the capital.

Does your candidate speak an Indigenous language? A look at some demographics for the 2023 election

Over half the candidates in the N.W.T. election identify as Indigenous, and other fun facts gleaned from our candidate surveys.
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'Promote to your youth': Yellowknife students voice their concerns for the upcoming election

As campaigning kicks off for the N.W.T. election, students in Yellowknife would like their concerns heard by candidates.

Canadian North partners with Calgary university to offer jobs to aviation graduates

Canadian North and Mount Royal University are teaming up to provide conditional job offers to all students accepted into the university’s aviation program — as long as they graduate. 

This season's widespread, severe wildfires will have long-lasting impact on N.W.T.'s boreal forest

Wildfires are a healthy and necessary part of the boreal forests, but the extent and severity of this year’s wildfire season in the N.W.T. will change how the ecosystem recovers in the future.

Yellowknife airport opens to commercial flights

As an essential service, the airport maintained staff and services throughout Yellowknife's evacuation, but it was not equipped to return to regular operations immediately.

A month after its own evacuation, Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T., rallies to help other wildfire evacuees

Despite still being in a state of recovery, the community is nonetheless welcoming evacuees from Yellowknife, Dettah, Ndilǫ, and other regions as wildfires have forced two-thirds of the territory's residents to evacuate their homes.