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Yellowknife city council approves acquisition of land on Willow Flats, Frame Lake
Yellowknife city council voted to acquire parcels of land relevant to the city’s housing strategy at a meeting Monday evening. The parcels include land on Frame Lake, Ptarmigan Road and Willow Flats, which raised concerns with residents who oppose the wetland's development.
Measles cases in Alberta pose risk for the territory, says N.W.T. public health
The N.W.T. chief public health officer says travel to northern Alberta increases the risk of measles exposure for Northwest Territories residents, and is urging people to check their vaccination status.
Yellowknife school launches land-based junior kindergarten
The new program, open to up to 20 kids, will split the day between an indoor and outdoor classroom, merging the existing junior kindergarten curriculum with outdoor play and traditional knowledge.
City says building on green space is a solution for Yellowknife's housing shortage
Arunkumar Navaneethakrishnan moved to Yellowknife from Toronto in February, having secured a room to live with some friends when he got to town. He and his wife are still looking for a place of their own, while the city has been looking into opening up green spaces for development.
Yellowknife eyes residential, commercial development for Frame Lake area
Council considered a plan in committee Monday to start the process to acquire land from the Northwest Territories government. If that happens, it would pave the way for residential and commercial development near Frame Lake.
This Yellowknife dance company is getting ready to perform on Broadway
Thirty-eight dancers from Yellowknife’s Bella Dance Academy have been hard at work preparing two dance numbers that they will perform in New York City later this month.
CBC Explains
Wildfire complex? Blacklining? Here's what N.W.T. Fire lingo actually means
CBC News spoke with Mike Westwick, manager of wildfire prevention and mitigation for the territorial government, to break down some of the words that come up when describing wildfires.