Det’on Cho Group of Companies is one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures 2023 in the Growth Category. This matches the honour bestowed upon Yellowknives Dene First Nation’s economic arm for 2020. Det’on Cho president and CEO Mark Lewis stated from the presentation Thursday in Toronto: “I am immensely proud…
The Northwest Territories will host the 12th International Kimberlite Conference in Yellowknife, from July 8th to 12th. This is the conference postponed from 2020 due to the worldwide pandemic. Organizers stated the location of the 12th Conference is particularly appropriate “as Canada has become the third largest producer of diamonds…
“Christine is not going to be another statistic. Another Indigenous woman that doesn’t matter. Her story, her truth, her life matters, she is valued.” Billie Lennie, older sister of Christine Cardinal. An Inuvik mom, now living with disfiguring injuries after being left for dead by her intimate partner on a…
Four people have been nominated for four councillor’s positions in Enterprise’s municipal by-election next month. The nominees are: Clarke, Genevieve Dives, James Richards, Dave St. Amour, Michael St. Amour is the former mayor who lost to former councillor Sandra McMaster in February by four votes, 29 to 25. Then, refusing…
ATCO CEO and president Nancy Southern turned a social occasion into a public dressing down of senior GNWT cabinet officials over the loss of Hay River’s franchise. The NWT Power Corporation is a GNWT subsidiary and in 2016 Hay River’s town council chose to pull the plug on ATCO/Northland Utilities…
The traditional spring carnival in Colville Lake (K’áhbamį́túé ) has been named Snowbird Carnival after the late Theresa Snowbird Kakfwi and her outstanding contributions to community. “I felt really honoured (and) was really touched that the community wanted to do this,” says Wayne Kakfwi, her husband. “She really took it…
The territory’s pending Missing Persons Act might not go as far as some advocates had hoped, as police investigations of any kind need to maintain a certain amount of confidentiality. For some anxious loved ones, this can make it look as if investigators aren’t working as hard as they might…
A rise in air temperatures and drop in water levels means the Mackenzie Valley Highway is needed now more than ever, states the Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated. Shorter seasons for winter roads and unreliable barge movements have jacked up the cost of living, with more cargo and supplies requiring expensive air…
A young child from K’áhshó Got’ı̨nę (Fort Good Hope) is on life support in Edmonton following sudden organ failure. A couple of days ago, mother, Gracelyn Lennie noticed her daughter lying on the floor and staring at the wall lifeless before she decided to bring her to Stanton Territorial Hospital….
The Dettah Ice Road will close tomorrow at 10 a.m., due to rapidly deteriorating conditions, stated the GNWT Infrastructure department today. The Department stated in a 24-hour advance notice that: “Upon the road being profiled … conditions are rapidly deteriorating due to warmer weather and run-off water in the surrounding…