Review of Yellowknife's street outreach program says it lacks sustainable funding | This unusual fox keeps being spotted in Yellowknife | N.W.T. officials meet with Fort Smith jail staff before funding expires next year
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Review of Yellowknife's street outreach program says it lacks sustainable funding; The street outreach van outside of the sobering and day centre in downtown Yellowknife\. Both initiatives have helped cut down on the number of people staying the night in police cells this year, say RCMP\.

Review of Yellowknife's street outreach program says it lacks sustainable funding

October 30 , 2024 at 10:34:58 a.m. CDT • :

Started in 2017, the program provides 12 hours of daily outreach. In 2023, they offered around 8,400 rides. A review says outreach workers are paid half of what shelter workers make.

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This unusual fox keeps being spotted in Yellowknife; Yellowknife resident Alison Buckland took this photo of the unusual-looking fox and posted it to social media last week\.

This unusual fox keeps being spotted in Yellowknife

October 30 , 2024 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Some have dubbed the creature Anubis, referring to the ancient Egyptian god usually depicted as a canine or a man with a canine head. 

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N.W.T. officials meet with Fort Smith jail staff before funding expires next year; Fort Smith Correctional Complex\. One employee says staff have been given notice that the men's unit has been target for closure as a way of cutting costs\.

N.W.T. officials meet with Fort Smith jail staff before funding expires next year

October 30 , 2024 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Senior N.W.T. government staff met with workers at the Fort Smith Correctional Complex to talk about workers' options before funding for the jail's men's unit expires in April.

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'Confused and fearful': As winter sets in, Norman Wells, N.W.T., resident decries fuel costs; Residents have reported home heating fuel costs have risen to more than \$5\.

'Confused and fearful': As winter sets in, Norman Wells, N.W.T., resident decries fuel costs

October 29 , 2024 at 05:49:44 p.m. CDT • :

Suzanne Hall, who has lived in the N.W.T.'s Sahtu for over 10 years, says she runs a modest household on a single income. Now, she says her monthly income isn't enough to cover both a tank of fuel and her mortgage. 

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Yellowknife city councillor apologizes for ethics violation; City Hall on Dec\. 12, 2017

Yellowknife city councillor apologizes for ethics violation

October 29 , 2024 at 05:16:55 p.m. CDT • :

Councillor Cat McGurk has apologized for violating the council code of ethics when she tried to get the city, and then two contractors, to reimburse someone for a personal laptop she had misplaced.

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Whitehorse man killed in weekend collision on Alaska Highway; At the scene of a collision on the Alaska Highway in Whitehorse, involving a pickup truck and a tractor trailer, Oct\. 26, 2024\.  

October 28 , 2024 at 04:22:18 p.m. CDT • :

Whitehorse man killed in weekend collision on Alaska Highway

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Housing development permit approved for empty downtown Yellowknife lots; The empty lot can be seen located in downtown Yellowknife, right between the Raven Nightclub and the Gold Range Bistro on 50th street\.  

October 29 , 2024 at 05:03:11 p.m. CDT • :

Housing development permit approved for empty downtown Yellowknife lots

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U.S. Navy apologizes for the 1882 obliteration of a Tlingit village in Alaska; U\.S\. Navy Rear Admiral Mark B\. Sucato speaks during a Navy ceremony Saturday, Oct\. 26, 2024, in Angoon, Alaska, to apologize for the 1882 military bombing on a Tlingit village in Angoon\.  

October 28 , 2024 at 03:43:08 p.m. CDT • :

U.S. Navy apologizes for the 1882 obliteration of a Tlingit village in Alaska

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Faro, Yukon, shooting trial begins with accused admitting to killing 2, firing gun at 4 others; A close-up of the sign on the side of the courthouse in Whitehorse\.  

October 28 , 2024 at 07:33:30 p.m. CDT • :

Faro, Yukon, shooting trial begins with accused admitting to killing 2, firing gun at 4 others

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Stanton Territorial Hospital project balloons to $1.2B amid 'perplexing' decisions, auditor general finds; Yellowknife's Stanton Territorial Hospital on Jan\. 19\.  

October 29 , 2024 at 05:06:19 p.m. CDT • :

Stanton Territorial Hospital project balloons to $1.2B amid 'perplexing' decisions, auditor general finds

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October 28 , 2024 at 02:07:52 p.m. CDT • :

Trial wraps for ex-Connective support worker accused of sexually exploiting Whitehorse client

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October 25 , 2024 at 06:27:41 p.m. CDT • :

Yellowknife woman facing child pornography charges

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October 27 , 2024 at 05:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

What happens if N.W.T. MLAs vote down budget? Former staffer says it would be 'uncharted territory'

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October 29 , 2024 at 09:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Local research institute a benefit to Cree community in northern Que., say youth who work there

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October 29 , 2024 at 07:49:34 p.m. CDT • :

Man's body found on river bank in Lower Post, B.C.

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