Media Releases

Tourist Accommodation Tax Payment Period Opens October 1-31 For Summer Quarter

The City reminds all tourist accommodation providers that the next tourist accommodation tax payment period will run from October 1 to October 31, 2025. This applies to all stays of less than 30 consecutive days that occurred between July 1 and September 30, 2025.

All tourist accommodation providers, including short-term rental hosts who use platforms like Airbnb, Vrbo, or manage their own bookings, are required to collect and remit the 4% levy on applicable bookings.

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National Day For Truth And Reconciliation - City Of Yellowknife Operating Hours

In observance of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Tuesday, September 30, City of Yellowknife facilities and services will operate as follows:
 
•     City Hall: Closed
•     Solid Waste Facility: Closed
•     Garbage Collection: Operating as per regular schedule
•     Trucked Water and Sewer Pumpout: Operating as per regular schedule
•     Fieldhouse: Open from 12p.m. – 6p.m.
•     Multiplex: Open from 12p.m. – 6p.m.
•     Aquatic Centre: Open from 12p.m. – 1p.m. for lane swim and 1p.m. – 5p.m. for public swim
•     Yellowknife...

City Network Security Incident Resolved

Further to the prior update on September 15, 2025, regarding the cyber incident that impacted the City of Yellowknife (the “City”), we can now advise residents that the City’s network has been safely restored and most city services have resumed as of September 22, 2025. 

In response to the cybersecurity incident last week, the City enacted its incident response protocols, which included engaging third-party cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation into the cause and scope of the incident...

City Responding to Network Security Incident

The City of Yellowknife (the “City”) is actively responding to a cybersecurity incident that is temporarily impacting access to some internal systems and online services. Public safety and critical infrastructure systems remain fully operational.

Immediately upon detecting the incident, City staff took action to secure its systems, limit potential risks, and initiate a comprehensive investigation.   As a result of early detection and response, preliminary findings indicate that no data has been...

Negotiations Break Down 2025

The City of Yellowknife (the “City”) and PSAC Local X0345 – Municipal Enforcement Officers (the “Union”) returned to the bargaining table with the assistance of a federally appointed Conciliator on September 9-10, 2025.  The City is disappointed to confirm that the Union chose to end conciliation on September 12, 2025 after rejecting the City’s final offer and the 21 day cooling off period has commenced.   The City is also aware that the Union conducted a strike vote, which passed in favor of...