Northern News Services

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Northern News Services Ltd.
Type Private
Founded Yellowknife, NWT (1972)
Headquarters Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
No. of locations 1 main office, 5 news bureaus:
Inuvik, Hay River, Fort Simpson, Rankin Inlet, Iqaluit
Area served NWT, Nunavut
Key people J.W. (Sig) Sigvaldason (Publisher)
Mike Scott (General Manager)
Bruce Valpy (Editor)
Industry Publishing
Products Newspapers
Employees 60 (2007)
Website www.nnsl.com

Northern News Services is a news company based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories with approximately 60 employees; they are one of the few remaining independent newspapers in Canada, producing all their own content, instead of relying on syndicated news. They publish seven different papers weekly: Kivalliq News, Inuvik Drum, Dehcho Drum, Yellowknifer (Wednesday and Friday editions), News/North NWT, and News/North Nunavut.