Yellowknife

Alty says at least 6,500 residents have left since the evacuation order was given on Wednesday, with more departing today

“Northerners are the toughest people on the planet, and we come together in a crisis”

At the request of Turkish Yellowknifers, the city proclaimed Oct. 29 as ‘Turkish Republic Day’ and raised the iconic flag outside city hall. Then complaints started rolling in.

The ball hockey-playing prince wooed the crowd in four languages

I have a story in this week’s print edition about Michael Ignatieff’s position going into the last two weeks of this campaign and the complicated electoral math with which he is presently faced.

Over the last few days, Michael Ignatieff has discussed astrophysics with a six-year-old girl (true story), purchased two cakes from a Vancouver bakery, participated in Regina’s spring pow wow, shot a little pool and played with a bulldozer simulator in Dettah and shaken hands at BBQs in St. Isidore and Yellowknife.

Greetings from the Northwest Territories, where the Conservative and Liberal campaigns have come to debate Stephen Harper’s feelings for the Canada Health Act.

Canada’s first army reserve unit north of 60 gets its boots wet

With 51 precincts reporting specific estimates—restricting the count to media-reported figures and, where available, police counts—it’s possible to account for approximately 21,000 anti-prorogation protestors at yesterday’s rallies.

Newsmakers of the week

Catholic schools in Yellowknife won’t provide the HPV shots

Canada’s real violent-crime hot spot is three tiny cities in the north