Three people — including a 17-year-old from Alberta — are facing charges after police were called to a home in Kátł'odeeche First Nation in the N.W.T. last week where they found crack cocaine and firearms, according to RCMP. 

Mary Schaefer of Fort Smith, N.W.T., works a full-time job, but she still finds the time to trap, hunt, and get out on the land every winter in the evenings, carrying on traditions passed down by her family.

Police in the Northwest Territories charged multiple people with drug-related crimes in Inuvik and Fort Resolution earlier this week.

Northern women's organizations are calling on the prime minister to reinstate a dedicated federal minister for women and gender equality and youth (WAGE).  

There was a fire at Sunridge Place apartments in Yellowknife on Thursday afternoon. At 3 p.m., emergency vehicles were on scene and heavy smoke could be seen billowing from the building.

A log of wood believed to be 50 million years old has been hauled up from below ground at Diavik diamond mine in the N.W.T. — a find that researchers say is remarkable but not uncommon. 

Gwich’in Tribal Council, Na-Cho Nyӓk Dun First Nation, Parks Canada and the Yukon government are studying the feasibility of a 3,000 square kilometre park in the Teetł’it Gwinjik (Peel River) Watershed.

A 14-year-old girl has been arrested and charged with murder after a police found a female with severe injuries in a Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., residence on the weekend. The alleged victim later died in the community health centre.

Starlink has been credited as a lifeline during emergencies and as a tool for people in remote places to access online classes and health services. But the company is owned by one of the American president's top advisors and the N.W.T. government is looking for alternatives.

There are four candidates currently running for N.W.T.'s federal seat in the upcoming April 28 election.

The N.W.T. government and businesses in the Sahtu are taking advantage of the remaining days on the Mackenzie Valley Winter Road, as the territory faces another summer with potentially no barges. 

Kotchilea, originally from Behchokǫ̀, narrowly lost the 2021 federal election to Liberal MP Michael McLeod. At the time, he suggested another run might be in the wings. This week, he said in an interview he's feeling fairly confident about his chances of securing the seat.

Rebecca Alty, the current mayor of Yellowknife, will be the Liberal Party’s candidate in the N.W.T. in the upcoming election, the party said Friday. 

People in the N.W.T. have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars to various scams in recent years, and 2021 saw the biggest losses. 

Tony Green, a deeply respected elder from Paulatuk, N.W.T., is being remembered for the extraordinary depth of his traditional knowledge and his dedication to protecting the land.

The Chief of Pehdzéh Kı̨ First Nation is asking the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board to grant a confidentiality ruling so that it can submit traditional knowledge to back up a request to move the proposed route.

In a news release Wednesday afternoon, territorial RCMP said they have charged Krystian Cogswell, 22, with murder, attempted murder and two counts of aggravated assault.

The government of the Northwest Territories is changing its carbon tax so that consumers will no longer pay. The change will mean lower prices at the pump and on bills for propane heating. The territory will also end its offset payments effective July 1.

A longtime Yellowknife nurse said her profession needs its own collective agreement in the N.W.T. to address the current nursing shortage the territory is experiencing.

The man was seriously injured and has been transported out of the community, RCMP said. The RCMP's crime reduction unit and forensic identification services are both helping with the investigation.

The N.W.T. government is investigating nine cases of caribou wastage involving 48 caribou, an increase from last winter. The Yellowknives Dene First Nation says it will increase guardian patrols next year.

Team members with the Giant Mine Remediation Project gave an annual presentation at the City of Yellowknife's governance and priorities meeting on Monday, outlining what can be expected in the near future at the contaminated site.