Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories Alberta. Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories The Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories in Canada is the highest appellate court which hears appeals from criminal cases and civil cases of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and justices of appeal which are appointed by the Governor-in-Council from justices of the Court of Appeal of Alberta and Saskatchewan Court of Appeal and the judges and ex officio judges of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories. The Court of Appeal sits in Yellowknife, or, other locations in the Canadian territories
Coat of arms of Yellowknife Coat of arms of Yellowknife The coat of arms of Yellowknife is the full armorial achievement as used by the municipal government as an official symbol. The government of Yellowknife utilizes multiple versions of the coat of arms for various applications. In the 1950s Yellowknife held a competition to design a coat of arms which was won by Netta Pringle who had lived in Yellowknife during 1954 and 1955. The coat of arms consists of a mine headframe, flanked by a miners' pick and shovel and a maple leaf, with the northern lights above. Above the shield is a half-midnight