Firefighters battle blaze at Dawson City's iconic Westminster Hotel
Yellowknife, NT
· Population 20,340 · Great Slave Lake Shore · Mountain Time
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Population 20,340 · Great Slave Lake Shore · Mountain TimeYellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories, perched on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake with a population of approximately 20,000. As the largest city in Canada's North, Yellowknife serves as the administrative, commercial, and cultural hub for a territory...
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📊 City Stats
WikipediaPopulation (2021)20,340
Area134.15 km²
Elevation206 m
Time zoneMST (−07:00)
Postal codeX1A
Area code867
📰 Yellowknife News
RSSResidents devastated as Dawson City's iconic Westminster Hotel razed by fire
CBC | North News ·
Devastation in Dawson City, Yukon, as iconic hotel is razed by fire
CBC | North News ·
National lab confirms hantavirus case for Canadian cruise passenger isolating in B.C.
CBC | North News ·
This blind Yukon birder learned to use his ears — now hearing loss means every spring is quieter
CBC | North News ·
Nunavik police report calls for a 'distinctly Inuit system' with changes to hiring laws and training
CBC | North News ·
Mayo RCMP asking for help to find woman last seen along the Silver Trail
CBC | North News ·
Yukoner isolating in B.C. tests presumptively positive for hantavirus
CBC | North News ·
One of the Alaska Highway’s oldest lodges is gone
CBC | North News ·
How a Nunavut welding arts program gives youth (and metal) new life
CBC | North News ·
Baffinland files for creditor protection, with its Nunavut mine operations to continue for now
CBC | North News ·
Women now account for most new cases of syphilis in the N.W.T., says territory's top doctor
CBC | North News ·
Feds announce $13M for high-speed internet in 9 northern communities
CBC | North News ·
N.W.T. gov't sees boost in Indigenous hiring after overhaul of affirmative action policy
CBC | North News ·
NTPC says no immediate rate increases when it takes over power production in Norman Wells, N.W.T.
CBC | North News ·
Indigenous students transform Quebec school grounds into a living land acknowledgement
CBC | North News ·
Whitehorse woman lost her life savings to scammers, and her bank won't reimburse her
CBC | North News ·
Eagle gold mine cleanup costs more than $11M a month, receiver says
CBC | North News ·
Yukon First Nation says it can pump out 250 houses per year — if it gets the timber
CBC | North News ·
Nunavik’s only veterinary clinic is looking for a new funder, or risks closure
CBC | North News ·
📅 Yellowknife Events
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Change Management Certification Training in Yellowknife, NT
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Conflict Management / Resolution Training in Yellowknife, NT
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Pinch Cabaret #50
Waterloo · 3:00 AM
Tableau Certification Training in Yellowknife, NT
Applewood, Applewood · 4:00 PM
DevOps Certification Training in Yellowknife, NT
Vieux-Montreal, Montreal · 4:00 PM
PMP (Project Management) Certification Training in Yellowknife, NT
Yellowknife · 4:00 PM
PMP Certification 4 Days Classroom Training in Yellowknife, NT
Yellowknife · 4:00 PM
CAPM (Project Management) Certification Training in Yellowknife, NT
Downtown, Arlington · 4:00 PM
Downtown Yellowknife Rock Walk
Yellowknife · 7:10 PM
Risk Management Professional (RMP) Training in Yellowknife, NT
Downtown, Arlington · 4:00 PM
Salesforce App Builder Certification Training in Yellowknife, NT
Yellowknife · 4:00 PM
Salesforce Admin Certification Training in Yellowknife, NT
Yellowknife · 4:00 PM
Fred Henne Prospector's Trail Rock Walk
Yellowknife · 1:30 AM
Professional CSM Advanced Concepts Bootcamp in Yellowknife, NT
Yellowknife · 4:00 PM
BLUSH: Smut Slam Open Mic Night
Yellowknife · 2:00 AM
The Haunting of Paynes Hollow - Book Club
Yellowknife · 7:00 PM
Drawing Your Daily Life
Yellowknife · 8:00 PM
Under the Sea Colouring Adventure at Staples Store 317
Yellowknife · 12:00 AM
Heated Rivalry Dance Party!
Yellowknife · 3:00 AM
🎵 Yellowknife Live Music
Live🎵 MV SOUND Presents “Live Music at the Strand” concert series!
Vineyard Highlands, Yellowknife, NT · Fri, May 22 at 3:00 AM
Tickets →🎵 Live Music with Ryan Foret and the Foret Tradition!
Yellowknife, NT · Sun, May 31 at 2:00 AM
Tickets →🎵 LIVE MUSIC EVENT SAINTZ & BEN HAYDN Inglewhite Church
Yellowknife, NT · Sat, Jun 27 at 1:30 AM
Tickets →🎵 Folk On The Rocks 46th Annual Music Festival- July 17-19, 2026
Yellowknife · Sat, Jul 18 at 1:30 AM
Tickets →🎵 Live Music at Deschain feat. Stephen Pride | Gainesville TX
Yellowknife, NT · Sat, Sep 19 at 10:00 PM
Tickets →🦋 Bluesky
Bluesky🦋 Cranky Northerner 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @thunderbuck.bsky.social
Not sure where you get that “2000%” number because that’s just plain wrong.
We can electrify pretty much everything and while the capital cost to cut over IS high, it’s being done in many sectors in…
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🦋 Médias ténois @mediastenois.bsky.social
Plusieurs talents de Yellowknife et du Nord feront partie de la programmation, notamment Allister McCreadie, smallTALK, Punch Dummies, Seb & Ash...
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#FOTR2026 #FOTR #2026 #Musique…
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🦋 Miriam B @miriamkb.bsky.social
Want to know what's making news in Yellowknife NWT Canada? Check out today's newscast.
Thursday, May 14, 2026
7:20am MT
@cabinradio.ca
#Dene #MildredHall #dogpoop #womensbasketball #Kalayaan
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🦋 Neil Squire Society @neilsquiresociety.bsky.social
Over the weekend, Mercy Beilem, Job Developer and Career Facilitator for our Yellowknife office, attended the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce Spring Trade Show with our partners from MentorAbility NWT…
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🦋 Miriam B @miriamkb.bsky.social
Want to know what's making news in Yellowknife NWT Canada? Check out today's newscast.
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
7:20am MT
@cabinradio.ca
#Diavik #RCMPNWT #airportsecurity #Taltson #HighLevel #Explor…
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🦋 Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social
What a wonderful place! We used to participate in a community garden in Yellowknife, NWT where the sun lasted all day and night in the summer, but the growing season was shorter.
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🦋 Cabin Radio @cabinradio.ca
"This is uncharted territory." Women's basketball teams from six universities will play a preseason tournament in Yellowknife this October in an NWT first.
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🦋 Canada Report @canadareport.org
LIFT Intersects 26 m at 1.29% Li2O at its BIG East pegmatite, Yellowknife Lithium Project, NWT
Canada’s fastest news scan: 25+ headlines, no clutter, updated all day: CanadaReport.org
#cdnpoli #Cana…
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🦋 Miriam B @miriamkb.bsky.social
Want to know what's making news in Yellowknife NWT Canada? Check out today's newscast.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
7:20am MT
@cabinradio.ca
#Tuktoyaktuk #Ekati #HayRiver #FortLiard #charitygolf
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🦋 Daniel AJ Sokolov @newstik.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy
A forest #monk
https://cabinradio.ca/289640/news/yellowknife/meet-the-monk-camping-along-yellowknifes-ingraham-trail
#NWT
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🦋 Miriam B @miriamkb.bsky.social
Want to know what's making news in Yellowknife NWT Canada? Check out today's newscast.
Monday, May 11, 2026
7:20am MT
@cabinradio.ca
#CanadianArmedForces #HayRiver #RioTinto #northerntourism #North…
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🦋 EmJay Dubbya @emjay-dubbya.bsky.social
Buffalo Air in Yellowknife NWT recreated the event.
youtu.be/zeD84dPofOU?...
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🦋 Médias ténois @mediastenois.bsky.social
À Yellowknife, la journée de la robe rouge a une fois de plus démontré la force de la communauté lorsqu’elle s’unit pour honorer, dénoncer et espérer un avenir plus sûr et plus juste pour toutes et to…
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🦋 Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social
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If you grew up in this dubious "alternate health" ecosystem, it could take a while for the scales to fall off:
My first baby, born in 🇿🇦 Durban in 1999, was an "all natural" (no meds) home-birth…
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🦋 Miriam B @miriamkb.bsky.social
Want to know what's making news in Yellowknife NWT Canada? Check out today's newscast.
Friday, May 8, 2026
7:20am MT
@cabinradio.ca
#ArcticSovereignty #Inuvik #HayRiver #NormanWells #TheravadaBuddh…
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🦋 Médias ténois @mediastenois.bsky.social
Installée à Yellowknife depuis 2009, Alison McCreesh s’est imposée comme une voix artistique singulière du Nord canadien.
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#Culture #Art #TNO #NWT #BD #Comics #Romangraphique
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🦋 Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social
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And in spite of that, general awareness of wildfire risk remains low.
Even though in 2023, in neighbouring NWT, two-thirds of the territory’s ~45,000 residents had to flee when wildfire threatene…
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🦋 PracticeNWT @practicenwt.bsky.social
Hiring: Quality Specialist (Child & Family & Adoption Services) Help shape the standards of care in the NWT! We’re looking for an expert in social work & quality assurance to join our Yellowknife team…
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🦋 Médias ténois @mediastenois.bsky.social
L’artiste multidisciplinaire Melaw Nakehk’o figure pour la toute première fois, sur la liste préliminaire des artistes sélectionnés cette année.
Un reportage Connexion Arctique.
#PrixSobey #Art #Dén…
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🦋 Arlene Hache @arlenehache.bsky.social
Coming to Yellowknife in October, I am sooooo excited!!!! More partnerships = more participants = more trained Dene, Inuit and Metis women fighting fires in the NWT
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💬 r/yellowknife
Reddit18Yellowknife, convince me we should (or shouldn’t) move back North!18Move the library, keep the Wildcat Café: What Yellowknife residents want from city's facility review11Any luck?8Arctic laundromat7Just moved back to Yellowknife – what are some fun things to do on a weekend to meet people?6Ekati5What ring camera is everyone using?5Here for the weekend for a work trip!5Quick poll Yellowknife: what’s your real take (outside of work)?5Blue & Red “sinking” houseboat5Renting a place up here - is the rental market really that bad right now?4Toyota Tundra vs GMC Sierra 1500 Elevation4Considering Aurora college for LPN to RN bridge4Suggestions please3City of yellowknife - jobs3Anywhere to buy atv gear? Mostly just looking for a decent helmet3Traveling to Yellowknife3Help wanted: Workforce planning key for northern infrastructure, military projects2Fly fishing near Yellowknife2Roofing question
🎥 Yellowknife Videos
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Walk in Yellowknife for Cat Food #nwt
Cat's North of 65 · 13 hours ago
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7:45 pm YK Mini Tour by Stanton
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Yellowknife May Sunset
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Who Would Have Known #explore #food #fyp #reaction
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Morning Newscast - Friday May 15 2026 - Yellowknife NWT Canada - CabinRadio.ca
Miriam B · 2d ago
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Hello, I’m gonna show you my safe 
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If you ask your Mom to help at home if there are some event!
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Morning Newscast - Thursday May 14 2026 - Yellowknife NWT Canada - CabinRadio.ca
Miriam B · 3d ago
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Brought The Flips With Me💪🏾 #explore #fitness #fyp #calisthenics
Zee Infinite · 4d ago
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I Found THIS Up North👀 #explore #fyp #reaction
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La leyenda indígena sobre las Auroras Boreales ✨ #artico #aurorasboreales #canada
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Morning Newscast - Wednesday May 13 2026 - Yellowknife NWT Canada - CabinRadio.ca
Miriam B · 4d ago
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What I’d Do
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They’ll Howl - Original
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The BEST! Dog Sledding in #yellowknife #canada in February -37°C temp. #dogsledding #pov #insta360
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Raven tours #surreal
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☕ Small Cafe Owner Vlog | Relaxing ASMR & Coffee Making | Yellowknife Café | Up In The North💚
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Morning Newscast - Tuesday May 12 2026 - Yellowknife NWT Canada - CabinRadio.ca
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I ATE MCDONALDS FROM CANADA 🇨🇦
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🎧 Yellowknife Podcasts
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Front Burner
What happens when a conspiracy theory drives into your backyard? ·
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Nation to Nation
As Mary Simon leaves Rideau Hall, reconciliation files remain unresolved ·
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Front Burner
Iran quagmire: why can’t the U.S. end the war? ·
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APTN News Brief
Missing and murdered Indigenous men and boys walk held in Winnipeg ·
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Unreserved
Hearing the symphony in Indigenous story ·
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APTN News Brief
Judge rules Manitoba and Canada breached First Nations' child welfare rights ·
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Unreserved
Mother’s day stories of strength and cultural reconnection ·
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Nation to Nation
Auditor General questions why feds don't track progress ·
📷 Yellowknife Photos
Flickr + Bluesky
💡 Did You Know?
Trivia“In 1978, the Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 scattered radioactive debris across the NWT near Yellowknife.”
Source: Wikipedia