Alty says at least 6,500 residents have left since the evacuation order was given on Wednesday, with more departing today
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“It’s like going off to war”: This man is helping evacuate fire-plagued Yellowknife
“Northerners are the toughest people on the planet, and we come together in a crisis”
The legacy of Inuvik’s iconic ‘End of the Dempster’ sign
The Gwich’in Tribal Council and Nihtat Gwich’in Tribal Council will move the beloved hand-painted sign in the N.W.T. town to what many consider the real end of the Dempster Highway
One giant paw-print stirs an age-old debate: how big can a wolf be?
A man in the Northwest Territories spotted giant wolf tracks, 7½ inches long. Anything longer than 5½ inches is Amarok territory—the legendary lupine of Inuit folklore.
Caroline Cochrane, Canada’s only female premier, defies labels—and anyone who doubts her
Cochrane has been labelled progressive yet pragmatic, which she credits to her life experience and simply being a woman in politics: ‘We do think differently … Not better. Just differently.’
From residential school runaway to trailblazing MP
Ethel Blondin-Andrew, this year’s Maclean’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner: ‘The way you treat people is the way that you will be remembered’
Northwest Territories election 2019: Live results and district-by-district vote counts
Live results for Northwest Territories’ 2019 provincial election
The N.W.T. premier has a sweeping vision for Canada’s North. Is he dreaming?
A full-service military base, a floating university and icebreakers galore are among Bob McLeod’s ideas for asserting Canada’s shaky sovereignty in the Arctic
How Dave Bidini came to know and love Canada’s North
Bidini, who visited Yellowknife eight times for his new book, recalls catching a 10-pound northern pike and being dazzled by skies of gold, purple and rosewater
Read our waistlines: No new soda taxes
The Northwest Territories plans to fight obesity and other health issues with a tax on sugary drinks. It won’t work.