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Development Permits Advertisement, Week of October 10, 2025

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• DEVELOPMENT PERMITS ADVERTISEMENT, WEEK OF OCTOBER 10, 2025

Thanksgiving Holiday Hours 2025

In observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday on Monday, October 13, City of Yellowknife facilities and services will operate as follows:
 
•     City Hall: Closed
•     Solid Waste Facility: Closed
•     Garbage Collection: Operating as per regular schedule
•     Trucked Water and Sewer Pumpout: Operating as per regular schedule
•     Fieldhouse: Open from 12p.m. – 6p.m.
•     Multiplex: Open from 12p.m. – 6p.m.
•     Aquatic Centre: Open from 12p.m. – 1p.m. for lane swim and 1p.m. – 5p.m. for public swim
•     Yellowknife Community Arena: Open...

Public Notice Special Council Meeting October 14, 2025

Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the Municipal Corporation of the City of Yellowknife will hold a special meeting of Council at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 in the Council Chamber, City Hall.

The purpose of the meeting is to give First Reading to By-law No. 5117, a by-law to authorize the Collective Agreement between the City of Yellowknife and the Public Service Alliance of Canada Municipal Enforcement Officers Local X0345 for a term of January 1, 2024 – December 31,...

Restoration of CityExplorer

Further to the media advisory published on September 22, 2025, regarding the City network security incident restoration, the City of Yellowknife advises that CityExplorer has now been successfully restored. CityExplorer is the City’s interactive mapping portal, offering access to mapping information related to several municipal services, including planning and development, public works, recreation, solid waste, and transit. The platform was rebuilt as part of the City’s response to the cyber...

Tentative Agreement Reached with Union

After last minute negotiations throughout the morning of October 3, 2025, the City of Yellowknife (the City) and PSAC Local X0345, representing Municipal Enforcement Officers (the Union), have reached a tentative agreement to end the targeted job action set to commence on October 6, 2025.

The terms of the agreement cannot yet be shared, and a media blackout will continue until Union members ratify the agreement.

The City will provide further information as soon as possible.