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Whitehorse taxi driver who hit pedestrian, leaving her with permanent brain damage, sentenced to house arrest

May 2 , 2025 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

"It hurts to see her trapped in a body that doesn't work anymore," Virginie Bourque's partner said in a victim impact statement. "It hurts to see her suffer, it hurts to see that her young adult years were taken away from her… It's been nothing but heartbreaking."

Much of northern Alberta under fire bans, restrictions as province faces hot, dry weather

May 2 , 2025 at 07:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

Warm, dry weather in the forecast for northern Alberta this weekend has prompted wildfire officials to prepare for what could be a busy stretch.

N.W.T. doctors say pay hike for locum physicians a good start

May 1 , 2025 at 08:12:02 p.m. CDT • :

The Northwest Territories Medical Association says it is pleased the territory is increasing pay for locum physicians, but that the size of the increase will determine how effective it is.

2 face weapons charges after incident that forced evacuation of 2 blocks around Whitehorse non-profit

May 1 , 2025 at 02:21:27 p.m. CDT • :

RCMP in Whitehorse say they have arrested and charged two women after an incident at the Blood Ties Four Directions building Wednesday night.

Habitat for Humanity N.W.T. starts work on 4 new units — its biggest build yet in Yellowknife

May 1 , 2025 at 05:12:03 p.m. CDT • :

Habitat for Humanity is building two duplexes, four units total, in Yellowknife's Niven neighbourhood. Applications for the new units opened on Thursday, and the goal is to have people moving in this fall.

April 30 , 2025 at 08:44:04 p.m. CDT • :

Man describes alleged sexual assault at trial of former N.W.T. teacher and coach

May 1 , 2025 at 10:39:03 a.m. CDT • :

Casino Mining defends heap leach plan as distrust of gold extraction method lingers

April 30 , 2025 at 03:40:59 p.m. CDT • :

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout 'humbled' by narrow victory, says NDP hasn't lost its voice

May 1 , 2025 at 12:01:23 p.m. CDT • :

Northwestel says Inuvik telecoms outage resolved

May 1 , 2025 at 03:00:00 a.m. CDT • :

'It's going to hit people really hard': Housing N.W.T. hiking rent by hundreds of dollars for some units

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