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Tag: Yellowknife
Restored transfer payments should help territories stave off wolves this winter
YELLOWKNIFE – With the Trudeau government having restored some $67 million in transfer payments to the North last Spring, the Territories are hoping only 10-15% of their populations will be…
Northern telecommunications company known for unpredictable outages vows to improve hold music
YELLOWKNIFE — A recent spate of internet and phone disruptions has lead Northwestel to drastically improve the quality and variety of recorded music for customers waiting to complain about …
Yellowknife’s closed KFC to become National Historic Site
YELLOWKNIFE — While it no longer serves buckets of fried chicken or Double-Downs anymore, Yellowknife’s KFC will serve as a new National Historic Site and interpretive center. Parks Canada …
Whitehorse changes name to ‘Yellowknife’ to avoid confusion
YELLOWKNIFE (Formerly known as WHITEHORSE) – To simplify things for Canadians living in large southern urban centers with no sense of northern geography, the City of Whitehorse will be chan…
Study: Most Canadians can’t name all 9 provinces
A study released today showed 93% of Canadians could not name all 9 Canadian provinces and 2 territories. The study, by Ipos-Reid, struck some observers as worrying. “When only 27% of peopl…