Yellowknife officially has its own locally-grown strain of commercial cannabis: Gas Banana.

The federal and Alberta governments are providing up to $887,170 to Fortune Minerals to support metallurgical test work at the companySA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project, 160 km northwest of Yellowknife, it was announced Tuesday.

A worldwide initiative to help restaurant owners impacted by natural disasters is slowly making its way to Yellowknife.

A Canada-wide initiative to increase the number of women in the underrepresented geoscience and engineer profession is gaining traction, says the president of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers (NAPEG).

The Nov. 22 signing means that the responsibilities and federal funds has been transfered to the WKG

Mining has been a primary driver of the NWTSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s economy for decades.

With approximately 165 million carats of diamonds still underground at the former Ekati diamond mine, its new owner, Burgundy Diamonds, is looking to extend the mineSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s life by implementing a never-before tried method of kimberlite extraction.

The 2023 field season was rewarding for some metal and mineral exploration companies, but the extensive wildfires in the Northwest Territories forced the postponement of other planned prospecting and drilling activities.

Former Yellowknife North MLA Rylund Johnson hopes there are more mines headed to the Northwest Territories, but has concerns about how those mines will be powered.

Lutsel KSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™e Dene First NationSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s Frontier Lodge has received the prestigious Tourism Operator of the Year award for 2023.