Three Yellowknife-based arts organizations have received $727,000 in federal funding, NWT MP Michael McLeod announced Monday.

The Northern Arts and Culture Centre will receive $570,000 over three years to support its performing arts series and its Storytelling Festival.

The Association franco-culturelle de Yellowknife will receive $120,000 over four years to support a performing arts series.

Lastly, Folk on the Rocks will receive $37,000 to assist in putting on this yearSA国际影视传媒檚 festival as well as its associated off-season concerts and outreach activities.

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NACC gets $25,000 donation

The Yellowknife Community Foundation has donated $25,000 to the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC).

The grant, offered last week in celebration of the foundationSA国际影视传媒檚 25th anniversary, will be used for new lighting and stage equipment at NACC.

SA国际影视传媒淭his funding will allow us to complete some badly needed upgrades to our aging theatre's backstage infrastructure and brings NACC into line with industry standards,SA国际影视传媒� said NACC president Jean-Francois Pitre.

The Yellowknife Community Foundation manages, distributes and raises money for local grants, scholarships and community charities.

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Free dental for non-insured

Birchwood Dental is offering free dentistry for people without dental insurance today and tomorrow.

Operating on a first-come, first-served basis, the free clinic will be open today from 8 a.m. until noon and tomorrow from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Birchwood has set up this program in celebration of its one-year anniversary of operations in Yellowknife.

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Last year big for lotto

heresa Disney won $49,000 on a LOTTO 6/49 scratch ticket from a Yellowknife grocer in October, capping off a year in which 10 other Northerners won major lottery prizes.

SA国际影视传媒淚 like to buy a few Scratch 'n Win tickets on Fridays to play over the weekend,SA国际影视传媒� Disney stated in a news release. SA国际影视传媒淎t first I thought I won $50. When I realized I had actually won $49,000, I thought, SA国际影视传媒榃ow!SA国际影视传媒橲A国际影视传媒�

Disney stated she hadn't immediately made any concrete plans for her winnings, so she would depoist into her bank account.. Disney purchased her winning ticket at TrevorSA国际影视传媒檚 Your Independent Grocer, on Old Airport Road.Last year, residents of the NWT and Nunavut won 11 lottery prizes worth 10,000 in 2017, totaling more than $700,000.

The NWT prizes were claimed in Yellowknife Fort Smith, Ulukhaktok, Fort Simpson and Inuvik.

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