Inspections of childcare facilities in the NWT have been unreliable and many other issues exist in the system, the federal auditor general's office found.

Denny Rodgers is taking over health and social services, Premier RJ Simpson announced on Wednesday after the Inuvik Boot Lake MLA was elevated into cabinet.

RCMP say a pedestrian was injured after being hit in front of a Yellowknife high school by a driver who officers believe was impaired.

Proposals to add new MLAs to the NWT legislature were defeated by the existing politicians, though Great Slave district will be renamed Yellowknife East.

The GNWT says this year's senior home heating subsidy is being expanded so more people can access it. Here are the rules the territory set out on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court of Canada set out a three-step sentencing process when both an offender and victim are Indigenous. It could have implications for NWT courts.

Yellowknife's mayor-elect wants an early shift to a City Hall that's "easier to navigate" and more ready to enable and ...

Fort Smith contracted an Alberta team for fire and ambulance dispatch. The town says it means local nurses and firefighters ...

The NWT may be mostly unaffected by proposed federal legislation acknowledging First Nations jurisdiction over water on reserves. To some, that's a problem.

A motion to split the Department of Health and Social Services into two was backed by a majority of regular MLAs, but doesn't compel the territory to act.

Inuvik Boot Lake MLA Denny Rodgers was acclaimed as the newest member of Premier RJ Simpson's cabinet, replacing former health minister Lesa Semmler.

"I was being authentically Dene." Cody Drygeese is believed to be the first Yellowknives Dene First Nation member to be ...