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City Expands Online Self-Serve Booking Services for Recreation Facilities

The City of Yellowknife Program Division is pleased to announce an expansion of its online self-serve booking services. Residents and visitors can now reserve additional facilities through the City’s recreation booking system, PerfectMind. The following facilities are now available for online booking:

• Fieldhouse fields
• Multiplex ice
• Aquatic Centre meeting rooms

These additions complement the existing options of the Multiplex gym and Multiplex meeting rooms already accessible through the system.

Modern Gold Mining Workshop

The City of Yellowknife invites residents of Yellowknife, N’Dilo, and Dettah to participate in two community workshops exploring the future of gold mining in the Yellowknife area.

Facilitated by Det’on Cho Environmental, the Modern Gold Mining workshops will be held in Yellowknife and Dettah. The workshops will bring together community members, Elders, Indigenous governments, regulators, industry representatives, and local leaders to share knowledge about mining practices today, what...

Structure Fire on Borden Drive

On Thursday, October 30, 2025, at approximately 2:56 p.m., the City of Yellowknife Fire Division (YKFD) responded to a reported structure fire at 248 Borden Drive, which was initially reported by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).

Upon arrival, the crew observed smoke emanating from the back of the building. A total of 19 firefighters were deployed to the scene, and the fire was promptly brought under control and fully extinguished.

Fire crews remained on site until approximately 4:44 p.m....

Budget 2026

The City of Yellowknife’s Draft Budget 2026 will be presented at the Governance and Priorities Committee meeting on November 3, 2025. Watch the live webcast, starting at 12:05 pm., or view the recording later on the City website. Draft Budget 2026 and its supporting documents will be posted to the City’s website that evening.
 
To provide feedback on Draft Budget 2026, please email Council@yellowknife.ca. To make a presentation at the November 24 Council meeting, please email cityclerk@yellowknife.ca

City of Yellowknife Establishes Strategic Partnerships to Enhance Community Recreation

The City of Yellowknife, ATCO, and NAKA Power Utilities (NWT) are proud to share that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a long-term partnership that will set the stage for the naming of the ATCO Aquatic Centre and the NAKA Community District. This MOU helps strengthen and sustain Yellowknife’s recreational spaces where residents of all ages come together to learn, grow, and connect.

The NAKA Community District envisions treating key recreational facilities,...