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 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,