Mastodawn

N.W.T. releases new guidelines for managing wildfire response
New guidelines aim to tackle issues with emergency response highlighted by the 2023 evacuation of Yellowknife, amid worsening forest fire seasons.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-wildfire-response-guidelines-2026-9.7207440?cmp=rss

CBC North 3d ago

N.W.T. gov't cleaning up trash from Yellowknife encampment; one resident says fire risk remains
The Government of the Northwest Territories says it has been picking up trash from a prominent homeless encampment in Yellowknife for weeks, and will be doing more in the days ahead. One encampment resident says he welcomes the cleanup, but still has...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/n-w-t-gov-t-cleaning-up-trash-from-yellowknife-encampment-one-resident-says-fire-risk-remains-9.7201833?cmp=rss

FediBoard Travel 4d ago

Canada field notes: Chasing the northern lights in Yellowknife, a travel advisor's guide
https://karryon.com.au/lifestyle/chasing-northern-lights/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=Econopass%2Fmagazine%2FTHE+TRAVEL+EXCHANGE+3.0
Destination Canada Radical Ambassador Emily Noble heads to Yellowknife in this edition of Canada Field Notes, where chasing the northern lights proves …
#travel #canada #northernlights #yellowknife

Econopass 4d ago

#travel #canada #northernlights #yellowknife

https://karryon.com.au/lifestyle/chasing-northern-lights/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Canada field notes: Chasing the northern lights in Yellowknife, a travel advisor's guide

Emily Noble chases the northern lights in Yellowknife, where aurora hunting, warm tents and wide northern skies turn a Canada trip into something unforgettable.

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CBC North 4d ago

Expanded street outreach program in Yellowknife a success, organization says
Home Base Yellowknife says its street outreach program is meeting expectations, a year after the organization won a city contract to expand the service.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/expanded-street-outreach-program-in-yellowknife-a-success-organization-says-9.7202059?cmp=rss

LM Little 5d ago

Today #Yellowknife's fabulous Aurora Chorealis is performing A Pine Point Story at the #Vancouver Unison Festival 2026. It is a powerful song about the last person in #Canada to be incarcerated for sexuality. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KRbldrSGWbwws8upKWQd1MnfbLS50qa9/view

#choir #music #CriminalizingLove

A Pine Point Story PERUSAL.pdf

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LM Little May 15

#Yellowknife's #toxic #mining legacy - "the Giant Mine Remediation Project has yet to fully demonstrate that risks related to the storage of not-yet-frozen arsenic dust underground can be safely managed until all associated remediation measures are in place and functioning as expected.” https://yellowknifer.com/2026/05/14/arsenic-and-employment-concerns-outlined-in-giant-mine-remediation-report/

#NWT #subArctic #WaterisLife

Arsenic and employment concerns outlined in Giant mine remediation report - Yellowknifer

Board says arsenic dust disposal cannot be monitored without access to underground

Yellowknifer

CBC Indigenous May 14

Yellowknife council to weigh renaming main street
On Wednesday, the City of Yellowknife’s Governance and Priorities Committee expressed support for a bylaw that would change the name of the city’s main street from Franklin Avenue to Wı̀ılı̀ıdeh Avenue.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/franklin-avenue-name-change-yellowknife-city-committee-9.7198790?cmp=rss

CBC North May 14

City of Yellowknife to adopt encampment policy, push for territory to clean up public land
Yellowknife city councillors supported moving forward with the adoption of an encampment policy for the city at a committee meeting Wednesday. As encampments multiply in Yellowknife, the possibility of adopting a specific policy for them comes as the city g...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/city-of-yellowknife-to-develop-encampment-policy-push-for-territory-to-clean-up-public-land-9.7199000?cmp=rss

CBC North May 13

Yellowknife council to weigh renaming main street
On Wednesday, the City of Yellowknife’s Governance and Priorities Committee voted in favour of a proposed by-law that will change the name of the city’s main street from Franklin Avenue to Wı̀ılı̀ıdeh Avenue.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/franklin-avenue-name-change-yellowknife-city-committee-9.7198790?cmp=rss