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Folk on the Rocks was $274K in the red before this year's festival. It says it can recover
According to its most recent financial statement in March, the festival headed into this year's event with a deficit of a little more than $274,000 — an improvement from the previous year when it had been $391,000 in the red.
Emergency plan 'worked great,' despite performer's encounter with lightning: Folk on the Rocks
Benji Straker said he was under a tent with sound equipment when it was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm at Folk on the Rocks last Friday. The festival's executive director says if they'd handled the evacuation differently, there's 'no guarantee' that wouldn't have happened.
Mayor says Fort Smith will never ban teepees after language of 'racist' bylaw causes concern
The mayor of Fort Smith, N.W.T., says the town will never ban teepees or other traditional structures, after some language in a proposed zoning bylaw was called into question at a council meeting Tuesday evening.
Federal contribution to $375M conservation deal formalized in Yellowknife
A major conservation deal struck last fall took another step forward on Monday, when the federal environment minister signed a grant agreement that will transfer $300 million to the Our Land for the Future Trust.
Tłı̨chǫ gov't aims to keep tree planting project going in wake of fatal helicopter crash
A helicopter pilot who died Monday following a crash near Highway 3 in the N.W.T. had been part of a reforestation project, the Tłı̨chǫ government said in a news release Thursday.
Federal investigators continue to probe site of fatal N.W.T. helicopter crash
Jon Lee, the Transportation Safety Board's western regional manager, said two of its investigators arrived in Yellowknife on Tuesday. On Wednesday, they'll continue to document the crash site near Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T.
N.W.T. gov't slow to act on school lead situation, independent investigation finds
The N.W.T. government was slow to act on lead in school drinking water because two of its departments failed to understand the health implications of the situation, an independent investigation has found.
Brothers remember Yellowknife chopper pilot killed last year as a bright spark and an awesome dad
Tom Frith was the oldest of five brothers who grew up on a farm west of Brisbane in Australia. In 2018 he moved to Yellowknife, where he has left behind a wife, Julia Frith, and two sons, George, 4 and Eli, 2. He died on June 28, 2024 when the Bell Trexon Inc. 212 helicopter he was flying crashed near the Fort Good Hope airport.
Explosion rocks Yellowknife neighbourhood early Tuesday morning
Emergency services responded to an explosion in a downtown Yellowknife neighbourhood early Tuesday morning. A loud crack at 2:10 a.m. from a property near the corner of 54th Street and 52nd Avenue woke up several residents and drew a small crowd.
Nurses worried backup plan for virtual docs in Yellowknife ER will push them beyond their training
Nurses are worried a backup plan to have virtual doctors in the emergency room at Stanton Territorial Hospital will push them beyond the boundaries of what they've been trained to do, according to the College and Association of Nurses of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (CANNN).