On the first day of Christmas, my employer gave to meSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½¦ five mandatory days off with no pay at the most expensive time of the year. Back in the mid-1990s, led by then-premier Don Moran, this was the GNWTSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s plan to save millions of dollars over the holiday season.

The three big winners of this yearSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s Santa Claus parade float categories were Canadian Tire in the commercial division, École St. Patrick High School among the school entries and the NWT Broomball Association in the non-profit category.

Cash and Western Arctic Moving Pictures (WAMP) credit totalling $10,000 was on the line as the Yellowknife International Film Festival hosted its 2021 Pitch This! event on Nov. 26.

Health CanadaSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s approval of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for those 5 to 11 years of age triggered the delivery of 6,000 doses to the NWT on Nov. 25.

Shawarma House officially opened in Yellowknife on Nov. 29, bringing with it a taste of the Middle East and India.

Several of YellowknifeSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s bus stops are temporarily without seating while the city conducts repairs on the shelters.

The suspect in a Yellowknife shooting on Nov. 11 has been located and arrested without incident in Winnipeg, according to the .

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) fiscal year will be held virtually on Nov. 30, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The closure of the obstetrics unit at Stanton Territorial Hospital and process of sending mothers to Edmonton to give birth could cost the GNWT more than a million dollars.

Air North is adding twice-weekly, direct flights between Toronto, Yellowknife and Whitehorse.