2015 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts and territorial senior champion Ann McKellar-Gillis (both from Yellowknife). Galusha's team won the event, and represented the Northwest Territories at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The event was a best-of-five tournament. Since the Galusha rink won the first three games, the games scheduled for January 11 were not necessary. 2015 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2015 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the women's curling championship for the Northwest Territories, was held from January 8 to 10 at the Yellowknife Curling Centre in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. 2015 marks the first year that the winner of the Northwest
Yellowknife also resulted in new discoveries at the Con Mine, greatly extending the life of the mine. The Yellowknife townsite expanded from the Old Town waterfront, and the new townsite was established during 1945–1946. The Discovery Mine, with its own townsite, operated to the north-northeast of Yellowknife from 1950 to 1969. Between 1939 and 1953, Yellowknife was controlled by the Northern Affairs department (now Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada) of the Government of Canada. A small council, partially elected and partially appointed, made decisions. By 1953, Yellowknife had grown so much that it was made a municipality, with its own council