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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Yellowknife, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 210 stories have been published about Yellowknife which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Yellowknife, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 210 stories have been published about Yellowknife which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Yellowknife · YellowknifeThe city of Yellowknife has lifted its fire ban, two days after the N.W.T.'s North and South Slave regions came to an end. That means people in the city can have fires in approved fire pits. The territory issued the extraordinary fire ban in July, citing extreme fire risk, "tinder-dry"forests and a lack of capability to fight more fires.See the Story
N.W.T. government lifts sweeping fire ban imposed for the 1st time in July
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Evacuations · YellowknifeYellowknife’s mayor said that, as far as she knows, concerns about staffing at Yellowknife’s evacuation centre were not related to the territorial decision to evacuate the community of 22,000 last month.See the Story
Yellowknife's mayor says that city did not ask territory to trigger evacuation
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Yellowknife · YellowknifeA Yellowknife youth is in custody after being accused of robbing a store at knifepoint and spitting on a police officer over a bottle of cologne. The post Yellowknife youth allegedly pulls knife during cologne theft and spits on cops appeared first on NNSL Media.See the Story
Yellowknife youth allegedly pulls knife during cologne theft and spits on cops
Evacuations · YellowknifeThe Deh Cho Bridge opened in 2012. It's located southeast of Fort Providence, N.W.T. The Merv Hardie Ferry carried vehicles across the river from 1972 until 2012. Almost 2,900 vehicles crossed the bridge northbound on the weekend of Sept. 8 alone.See the Story
How the Deh Cho Bridge played a vital role in Yellowknife's evacuation
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Yellowknife · YellowknifePrices in Yellowknife have risen an average of 3.7 per cent from August 2022 to August 2023, according to the NWT Bureau of Statistics. Food prices went up across various grocery store items such as fruit and nuts at 19.4 per cent, dairy and eggs at 16.8 per cent. Food from restaurants increased by seven per cent over the same period. In comparison, annual prices increased an average 4.2 per cent for Edmonton.See the Story
Cost of living rose 3.7 per cent in Yellowknife in a year
Evacuations · YellowknifeDettah Chief Ernest Betsina was told he could not appoint Great Slave MLA Katrina Nokleby as an essential worker during last month's evacuation of Yellowknife, Ndilo and Dettah. In a letter, dated Aug. 26, he accused the MLA of being criminally liable. The letter was sent to NNSL shortly after the territory's integrity commissioner threw out a complaint against NOKleby.See the Story
NWT Wildfires: Yellowknives chiefs told new chief to drop Nokleby
Evacuations · YellowknifeYellowknife residents had until noon on Aug. 18 to leave the N.W.T. capital. That Friday, local Co-op manager Justin Nelson said his store was packed with shoppers. The Behchok� shoppers were preparing for what would be a supply chain disruption. Food retailers in the territory say their formerly barren shelves are stocked.See the Story
N.W.T. store shelves filling up again after wildfires disrupted supply chain
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