Simon Whitehouse

May 11, 2022 - Mayor Kandis Jameson made yet another strong appeal for residents to leave their residences on Vale Island as floodwaters continued breaching the river and into the community, but at least a few appeared to be defying those orders....

May 11, 2022 - The Big Lake Eatery and Cafe in downtown Hay River officially closed May 7 but new owners will be taking over the establishment to give it a brand new look and feel....

May 10, 2022 - More than 100 people made it out to the Red Dress Day march through the streets of Hay River on May 5 to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls....

May 10, 2022 - A therapeutic horse riding business planned for launch this month will now have to be put on hold following a dramatic evacuation of livestock from Paradise Gardens over the weekend....

May 16, 2022 - The GNWT Department of Health and Social Services is advising that Hay River and surrounding communities should boil water due to recent flooding....

May 16, 2022 - Understanding the behaviour of ice and the cultural stresses and frustrations as well as the happiness it brings may be an underestimated characteristic of your average northerner....

July 12, 2022 - The Yellowknife Open Tennis Tournament had a strong field at the McNiven Beach tennis courts as 55 players competed across five categories, July 6 to 10....

July 13, 2022 - A new slo-pitch tournament that took place over the weekend brought together female players for camaraderie and fun competition....

The federal government’s proposed legislation that aims in part to prohibit hundreds of previously legal firearms may be called for a final vote as soon as this month, but NWT MP Michael McLeod says he is not yet satisfied with the bill in its current form.

Publisher of seven weekly newspapers and various specialty publications circulated throughout Northwest Territories (Yellowknife) and Nunavut (Iqaluit)