“A lot of what I’ve seen is that Indigenous families struggle with finances and financial literacy,” says Jaylene Base Smith. “And my goal is to bring those skills back to my community in the form of coaching.” Smith is a 19-year-old student from Yellowknife and he’s the latest recipient to…
Young athletes from across the NWT gathered in Yellowknife over the weekend for the 2024 Traditional Games Championships. In all, more than 200 youth, chaperones and parents attended the two-day games at Sir John Franklin High School playing sports such as the: One-Foot High Kick; the Two-Foot High Kick;…
Elder Archie Norberts celebrated 41 years of sobriety earlier this month with a cake in his community of Tsiigehtchic. For those who didn’t believe in him, he said, “eat your heart out because I’m here to stay.” Norberts is 77 years old and as a young man he remembers, friends…
A significant increase in large truck traffic moving fuel and cargo to the Sahtu Region this winter has prompted the GNWT to caution drivers to follow safety precautions with extra vigilance. Last summer’s wildfires and low water levels along the Mackenzie River threw a monkey wrench into the Marine Transportation…
*** Caution to readers: There is a photo of the crash site at the bottom of this story. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released photos of the Northwestern Air Lease crash site on Thursday afternoon. The two photos show the extent of the damage to the BAE Jetstream…
After the successful rescue of an overdue traveller in the East Arm area this week, RCMP urge people to plan and prepare for conditions before heading out on the land. On Wednesday, RCMP were contacted and advised of an overdue traveller who had not arrived in Łutselk’e as planned. A…
A nine-millimetre handgun and 740 grams of crack cocaine were seized by RCMP during a traffic stop on Wednesday evening on the highway outside of Behchokǫ̀. Andrew Norn, 38, of Fort Resolution and 28-year-old Marilyn Beaulieu of Hay River, now each face three drug and weapons charges. “It would be…
A man suspected of causing fatal fire that claimed the life of Clara Blake in Fort McPherson last month now faces a manslaughter charge. Randall Blake, 27, was arrested and charged in connection with the December 15 blaze, stated an RCMP media release today. However, on December 20, human remains…
The NWT Coroner has confirmed four passengers and two crew died in Tuesday’s plane crash at Fort Smith, with one survivor being treated in Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife. This notice cleared up incorrect information from a source on the total number of fatalities, posted for a short time here…
An unconfirmed number of people were killed when a small aircraft crashed just outside of Fort Smith Tuesday morning. Of the passengers and crew, it’s unknown how many are from the South Slave region. The Northwestern Air Lease British Aerospace Jetstream went down just after takeoff west of Fort Smith,…