The Let's Help Society of Alberta, along with various Islamic groups and local restaurants in Edmonton, have been providing 300 meals daily for N.W.T. evacuees in the city.
A Yellowknife power engineer is the latest person to put their name in the ring for a city council position. Eight councillor seats and the mayoral office are up for grabs in the Oct. 17 municipal election.
Yellowknife councillors are beginning to make clear their intentions about seeking re-election this fall. Nominations for council open on Sept. 6 and will run until Sept. 19.
Yellowknife city council is poised to reject its administration's proposed policy that would allow greater capacity at public facilities like the library and fieldhouse, but ban people who choose not to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
City councillors met Nov. 1 for a committee debate over whether to introduce a proof-of-vaccine policy at city facilities. Most spoke against the policy, citing issues of fairness.