 | | | | July 22 , 2026 at 07:51:18 p.m. CDT • : | | Less than a week after Yellowknife's City Council debated the merits of rezoning a lot located on Burwash Drive from a natural area to residential, and allow the construction of low-density housing, councillors approved a proposal that includes some natural space on the lot, with the eight-unit development. | | Read more | |  | | | | July 22 , 2026 at 07:06:31 p.m. CDT • : | | N.W.T. Department of Environment and Climate Change says it had to place a fire restriction due to extreme fire danger and extraordinary weather conditions to avoid people causing additional fires. | | Read more | |  | | | | July 22 , 2026 at 06:29:42 p.m. CDT • : | | The city of Yellowknife is considering creating a new administrative department to oversee and support upcoming major projects and work tied to national defense investments. The department would be funded through contribution agreements with other levels of government rather than by municipal taxpayers, with the possibility to be scaled down as projects are completed. | | Read more | | |  | | | | July 22 , 2026 at 05:00:00 a.m. CDT • : | | More than 150,000 Indigenous children and youth were taken from their families. Several thousand students died. Although all of this is well-documented and verified about Canada's residential school system, there has been a growing discourse calling those facts into question. Indigenous leaders are calling on the federal government to label residential school denialism hate speech. | | Read more | |  | | | | July 22 , 2026 at 06:08:10 p.m. CDT • : | | The assembly comes at a time of renewed interest in the Arctic. Wednesday's opening remarks highlighted the importance of unity among the four Inuit regions. | | Read more | | | |
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