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How do reindeer fly? How does Santa deliver gifts? NORAD answers kids' Christmas questions

December 24 , 2024 at 03:00:00 a.m. CST • :

With decades of experience, the Santa Trackers at NORAD know a lot about the jolly old elf, including Brig. Gen. Maurizio D. Calabrese. He is the Director of Intelligence and Information NORAD and he answered questions from Grade 1 and 2 students at Range Lake North School in Yellowknife.

N.W.T. on-the-land camp 'a good thing' for some, but its future funding remains unclear

December 24 , 2024 at 03:00:47 a.m. CST • :

A temporary on-the-land camp in N.W.T. is providing a safe space for some Yellowknife residents, but the program's future is still unclear.

Advocates want more firefighters at Yellowknife's airport, meeting international standards

December 23 , 2024 at 07:10:11 p.m. CST • :

"We're putting lives in jeopardy in the case of an emergency," Chris Bussey says who is the chair of an advocacy group for safer airports in Canada.

Arctic Bay, Nunavut, expected to receive federal funding in 2025 to build small craft harbour

December 23 , 2024 at 04:34:40 p.m. CST • :

In 2019, the federal government announced funding for harbours in four Nunavut communities.

What time is it in Atlin, B.C.? It depends who you ask

December 23 , 2024 at 11:00:25 a.m. CST • :

There is no consensus in the community on which time zone to follow. Some favour Pacific time, like the rest of B.C., while others go by Yukon time, like their neighbours to the North.

December 23 , 2024 at 01:28:32 p.m. CST • :

Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation gets nearly $25M in federal funding for heritage complex

December 23 , 2024 at 07:58:41 a.m. CST • :

Young mammoth remains discovered in Siberian permafrost after roughly 50,000 years

December 23 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. CST • :

Arms-length agencies accuse Yukon Liberals of interfering with budgets

December 23 , 2024 at 03:00:00 a.m. CST • :

These young northerners are pushing the N.W.T. to do more about climate change

December 23 , 2024 at 03:02:59 p.m. CST • :

Air Tindi planning its service for Fort Smith, N.W.T., once Northwestern Air Lease scales back

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