2024

Featured, Industry, News, Reconciliation June 24, 2024

Road to NorZinc mine could unleash $8 billion in Dehcho over 20 years

‘Together, we can advance our goals, fostering a future that honours our past while building a stronger, more sustainable tomorrow,’ says Chief Kele Antione


A 170-kilometre all-season road to a zinc mine in the Dehcho region will take two years to build and cost roughly $256 million. Ultimately the privately held NorZinc Ltd., could generate $8 billion of high-grade zinc concentrate over the next 20 years, meaning employment and business opportunities for Indigenous people…

Featured, News, Police June 24, 2024

Five arrested in Fort Simpson drug bust, cocaine and cash seized

Fort Simpson RCMP arrested five suspects at a local residence on June 20. Police found more than $3,400, about 65 grams of suspected crack cocaine and other drug trafficking paraphernalia. Twenty-three-year-old Faith Martel of K’atl’odeeche First Nation faces four charges, including drug trafficking and escaping lawful custody. The other four…

Featured, News, Weather, Wildfires June 24, 2024

Traditional knowledge lens: Updating evacuated Elders on the wildfire emergency

‘We view the world through a visual lens … this is an effective means to communicate, letting the maps do the talking so to speak,’ says official Frank McKay


“Everyone is doing good, happy faces, elders are being looked after by the fish camp community and that is wonderful,” says Fort Good Hope Chief Collin Pierrot Veteran wildfire fighter Frank McKay has been NWT Fire’s information officer assigned to the massive Fort Good Hope wildfire, known as VQ001. The…

Featured, News, Weather, Wildfires June 23, 2024

Fort Good Hope wildfire ‘aggressively’ burning away from community

A new fire north of Fort Smith Airport, but posing no threats to communities, cabins, or infrastructure, says NWT Fire


There are currently 17 wildfires in the Northwest Territories, with 12 of them labelled as out of control. Many of those blazes are small and simply being monitored, but some remain a threat to property or people. The fire at Fort Good Hope, called VQ001, that caused the evacuation of…

Community, Featured, News June 20, 2024

National Indigenous Peoples Day: A Guide to Events in NWT

Across Canada, more than 188 events are going to be held to celebrate the upcoming National Indigenous Peoples Day by honouring the history, traditions and knowledge of First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. Below is a list of events happening across the NWT on June 21 and over the weekend. Find…

Featured, News, Wildfires June 19, 2024

Fire ban issued for Yellowknife starting Thursday

Residents planning to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with an open campfire will need to rethink their plans. A fire ban has been issued for Yellowknife, effective tomorrow at noon. This fire ban prohibits open air burning within city limits, including the use of approved fire pits. Camp stoves, enclosed BBQs…

Featured, News, Weather, Wildfires June 19, 2024

Fort Good Hope wildfire still partly moving away from community

'We cannot and will not allow this to happen again to our community and family members,' says Chief Collin Pierrot


The wildfire at Fort Good Hope was aided with winds yesterday, moving the fire away from the community and towards a 2017 burn area. Frank McKay is the Information Officer for the fire, known as VQ001. “Our area of concern is the fire perimeter facing the community and our efforts…