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Community, Featured, News December 20, 2024

How 33 NWT communities are celebrating Christmas and the New Year

Residents can expect drum dances, feasts, fireworks, contests and fun games

Cold warnings, as low as -50°C, are not stopping NWT residents from having a joyful and eventful holiday season. Communities are hosting drum dances, community feasts and setting off fireworks to ring in the New Year. Below is a list of events happening across the NWT this holiday season. If…

Featured, News, Police December 20, 2024

Police in search of an injured traveler near Enterprise

A man named "Jerry" called for help to get medical assistance on Friday morning

Hay River RCMP is seeking assistance from the public in identifying an injured traveler who called for help early Friday morning. In a news release, police said they received a call at 1:25 a.m. from a man who identified himself as “Jerry”. He reported suffering an injury, possibly a broken…

Featured, Housing, News, Politics December 19, 2024

‘Throw funding to programs like this. Believe in healing. Believe that people can change’

On-The-Land Program outside of Yellowknife set to close mid-January after 10-weeks, with no similar options available

The ten-week On-The-Land Program for Yellowknife homeless is a welcome relief from the stresses and triggers of living on the streets, say participants. The alternative to overcrowded and dangerous downtown shelters is so appreciated, that those CKLB spoke with during a recent visit said they hoped the territorial government would…

Featured, News, Politics December 18, 2024

GNWT to launch new hiring policy that focuses on Indigenous recruitment

Priority hiring outlined in the Affirmative Action Policy will be scrapped

The GNWT is replacing its long-standing hiring policy with a new Indigenous Employment Policy (IEP) that simplifies the process for hiring Indigenous people in the public sector. Public Service Minister Caroline Wawzonek and Deputy Minister of Finance William Mackey made the announcement yesterday afternoon. “The goal of this policy is…

Featured, Industry, Mining, News, Politics December 18, 2024

Drilling down on expenditures show serious decrease in NWT mineral exploration

This as Nunavut enjoys a slight increase; GNWT still polishing regulations for Mineral Resources Act passed in 2019

Mining exploration expenditures in the NWT have experienced a sharp decrease this year, federal estimates show. This comes at a time when the cash-strapped GNWT is searching for ways to compensate for lost revenue for the looming closure of the big diamond mines in coming years. Exploration expenditures remained steady…

Community, Featured, News, Police December 17, 2024

Hay River man charged after replica gun pointed during downtown fight

Kyle Norn has been arrested with multiple charges

A man has been arrested after pointing a gun at a person during a fight in Hay River, according to RCMP. In a Tuesday release, police say they responded to a fight outside the downtown arena on December 13. Officers located the suspect leaving the scene in a vehicle, and…

Featured, News December 16, 2024

Gail Cyr: ‘Forged by pain and isolation; met with fury and laughter’

Jesse Wheeler eulogizes his trailblazing Indigenous mom at Sunday's emotional celebration of life

Gail Cyr’s celebration of life was outspoken, fearless and passionate — an accurate representation of the Order of Canada recipient’s colourful life of nearly 72 years, which ended After all, what memorial service have you ever been to that featured a foot-long hand-made paper mâché phallus firmly attached to the…

Featured, News, Police December 16, 2024

Saskatchewan teens sentenced for firearms and drug offences

They faced multiple charges following their August arrest in Fort Providence

Two Saskatchewan youths have been sentenced after being charged with firearms and drug offences, according to a Monday news release. On August 30th, Fort Providence RCMP responded to a report of two persons loitering around a local business in the community. Officers located the suspects and learned both had active…

Featured, Housing, News, Politics December 16, 2024

Homelessness: ‘It’s crucial we unite to create meaningful change,’ says MP Michael McLeod

GNWT will match federal funding of $1 million over two years for projects such as the temporary On-the-Land Camp

The latest brick in the wall from government to address homelessness is a $2 million partnership between Ottawa and the territorial government. This partnership will help alleviate capacity challenges identified by local shelter operators, while addressing encampments and helping find homes for people sleeping in tents through a “human rights-based…

Featured, History, News, Reconciliation December 15, 2024

YWCA Canada apologizes for supporting colonial residential school system

YWCA NWT will now work with Indigenous leaders to clarify what historical involvement it had in the North, says executive director

The largest provider of services to women, girls and families in the country has issued a formal apology to Indigenous communities, families and individuals for its historical involvement in the operation of Residential Schools and ‘Indian Hospitals.’ YWCA Canada’s research, primarily based on records from the 1960s, found numerous YWCAs…