2024

Featured, Health, News February 29, 2024

Charges of malpractice made after passing of young Whatì mother

“I love you Rachel Simpson forever and forever. I’ll take care of our son I promise R.I.P. my love.”


There are tears mixed with anger in Whatì after the passing of 24-year-old Rachel Simpson in an Edmonton hospital Tuesday night with her family by her side. And security measures and staffing protocols at the Lac le Marte Health Centre are under review, “to ensure the safety of both staff…

Community, Featured, News February 28, 2024

Inuit designer threads culture, landscape and community in new Netflix series

Christina King attributes her success to being authentic and doing the work from a “place that is filled with love for my culture, my people, my history and my homeland.”


“I never thought that these opportunities would happen for someone like me. I thought they only happened to people who had a better (life) or were better or more deserving. I think it just goes back to growing up in a small Indigenous community. We grew up in poverty. I…

Featured, News, Police February 19, 2024

Sadness in the Sahtu after teen found deceased in Norman Wells

Two communities are in mourning after a Colville Lake teenager was found dead in Norman Wells over the weekend. The Coroner’s office confirms it is investigating a sudden death, but it is, “in the preliminary stages of the investigation and cannot share any further details.” Community members are saddened by…

Featured, Justice, News, Police February 19, 2024

Behchokǫ̀ RCMP lay drug and gun charges at over weekend

Weekend traffic stops by RCMP at Behchokǫ̀ led to a weapons charge and multiple drug-related counts with the seizure of cocaine and crack-cocaine. RCMP confiscated cocaine and crack-cocaine packaged for sale during both traffic stops. On Friday, during a traffic stop, an officer “found reason” to arrest a 28-year-old female…

Featured, Health, News February 13, 2024

Ottawa signs two agreements with GNWT to improve health care

The creation of a Territorial Addictions Medicine Team to increase coordination of treatments, and more culturally appropriate mental wellness and suicide prevention programming, were part of a $36 million health-care announcement today. Through the Working Together Agreement, the Government of Canada will first provide more than $24 million to support…