Yellowknife The "Yellowknifer", published by Northern News Services, is the major newspaper serving Yellowknife, published twice weekly on Wednesday and Friday. Northern News Services also publishes "Northwest Territories News/North" every Monday, which serves the entire NWT. As well, there is "L'Aquilon", a French language newspaper published weekly. Edge Magazine is also based in Yellowknife where it began it 2011 and covers arts, events, people, culture and economy around the City. Two magazines are based in Yellowknife: "Above & Beyond - Canada's Arctic Journal" and "Up Here Magazine", both offering northern-related news and lifestyle articles. No part of the Northwest Territories is
Yellowknife Yellowknife began with the discovery of diamonds north of the city in 1991. The last of the gold mines in Yellowknife closed in 2004. Today, Yellowknife is primarily a government town and a service centre for the diamond mines. On April 1, 1999, its purview as capital of the NWT was reduced when the territory of Nunavut was split from the NWT. As a result, jurisdiction for that region of Canada was transferred to the new capital city of Iqaluit. Consequently, Yellowknife lost its standing as the Canadian capital city with the smallest population. Yellowknife is on the Canadian Shield,