On This Day in Canada’s Political History: Yellowknife Named Capital of the Northwest Territories
Jan 18 2021 — Arthur Milnes — National Newswatch — Very pleased today to mark an anniversary important to everyone in old stomping grounds as a reporter in the Northwest Territories. So, it was on this date in 1967 that Yellowknife was named the NWT’s capital city. I first experienced Yellowknife on a four-month contract for Northern News Services during the spring-summer of 1995 (where […]