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In conversation with the justice minister 0

The government of the Northwest Territories gained a significant body of legal experience when former Fort Smith town councillor Louis Sebert was elected MLA for Thebacha in November, one which Premier Bob McLeod wasted no time tapping into by naming the rookie Minister of Justice.

Alberta state of emergency lifted – Wood Buffalo imposes their own 0

The Provincial State of Emergency imposed because of the wildfire in northern Alberta is lifted, effective midnight, June 30.

Dragons warm the North with the power of Aurora Heat 0

It’s hardly a surprise that entrepreneur Brenda Dragon is turning to her roots to start up a new business in the fur industry.

Yellowknife city councillors reject winter games bid 0

Yellowknife’s play for the 2023 Canada Winter Games likely met its end at a Feb. 16 council meeting, where councillors unanimously announced their intent to vote against the bid.

Cast selected for <em>Three Feathers</em> film

Cast selected for Three Feathers film 0

Bit by bit, Northern author Richard Van Camp’s newest production is coming together in Fort Smith.

Death of a newspaper by a thousand cuts 0

Two weeks ago staff at the Northern Journal were served notice the print edition could no longer be sustained. This week’s issue will be the last, the newsroom terminated – at least as it exists now in Fort Smith.

How NFTI will save 27,000 lbs of food 0

I’m sticky all over. My hands, hair and sleeves are all danger zones. The culprit: more than 100 little bags of different types of salad dressing.

Northern Journal ‘cleans up’ at awards ceremony 0

Northerners
June 22, 2016

The print edition of the Northern Journal received numerous awards at the Alberta Weekly Newspaper Association’s (AWNA) annual convention in Edmonton in late May.

GNWT grapples with fentanyl ‘crisis’0

Health & Wellness
March 1, 2016

A near-overdose involving the dangerous new super-painkiller fentanyl has the GNWT’s department of Health working to expand the availability of a proven life-saving antidote.

Hay River hopes for a healthy hospital transition 0

Health & Wellness
March 1, 2016

March will bring more than the luck of the Irish to Hay River as the town’s new health centre finally gets up and running.

Fentanyl forces doctors to rethink addictions strategy 0

Health & Wellness
March 1, 2016

For the past five years, Yellowknife family practitioner Dr. Jennifer Harris has been one of a handful of doctors providing addictions medicine management services including the prescription of methadone or suboxone for people struggling with an addiction to an opioid like heroin or oxycodone.

Anti-bullying musicians rock elementary school assembly 0

Education, Video
February 26, 2016

“Sometimes it breaks my heart to talk about it, but I lost a 13 year-old cousin in Fort Chipewyan who took her own life because of bullying.”

Commissioner sings on anti-bullying day 0

Education, Video
February 22, 2016

On the first Pink Shirt Day since a student at JBT Elementary School in Fort Smith was injured in a bullying incident in October, NWT Commissioner George Tuccaro brought the healing power of music.

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