N.W.T. Premier R.J. Simpson announced Monday that the territory will move to end seasonal time changes and will adopt a year-round time standard instead.

Aurora over Yellowknife Bay. Canada’s Northwest Territories is known as one of the best places in the world to see the northern lights. Canada’s Northwest Territories is known as one of the best ...

With a waterfall twice the height of Niagara, the longest remote hiking trail in North America, and a population of just 44,000, the Northwest Territories is a land of wild extremes. Most travelers ...

Residents of Yellowknife, home to about 20,000, were ordered to evacuate their homes by noon on Friday Bill Braden /The Canadian Press via AP Thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate the ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney in March put the North at the centre of Canada’s economic and security agenda when he announced ...

Hundreds of wildfires burning in Canada’s Northwest Territories have prompted emergency declarations and the evacuation of the capital city of Yellowknife by road and air. One of the wildfires burning ...

responsibilities of the government of the Northwest Territories, which has a slightly bigger population than either of the other two territories: Yukon and Nunavut. Once the agreement is implemented, ...

The N.W.T. government is now working with educators to draw up a policy that would improve "student engagement and mental ...

The Devonian Canol shale in Canada's Northwest Territories holds an estimated 145 billion bbl of oil in place while the thinner Bluefish shale contains an estimated 45 billion bbl OIP, Canada's ...

Thousands of residents are rushing to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as more than 200 fires burn, leaving many to face dangerous road conditions or stand in line for hours for ...