The Western Arctic Youth Collective will be expanding its events and programming thanks to the Arctic Inspiration Prize (AIP). On Feb. 17, the collective was awarded $97,000 in the youth category of the prize. “It’s just going to really support our programming, our ideas, our dreams,” says Jacey Firth-Hagen, the project…
Residents of Chateh are under a mandatory two-week lockdown as of 9 a.m. today, according to Dene Tha’ First Nation. The first nation posted an advisory on social media, which outlines the rules during lockdown. Full household lockdown, no one leaves their home Nobody in or out of the community,…
Gahcho Kué mine is gearing up to resume operations this weekend. De Beers, in a press release, has said it changed its entire workforce “to break any possible chain of COVID-19 transmission.” The new operational team is scheduled to fly into the site on Feb. 27 and begin the next…
Some residents in the NWT’s northern-most communities are struggling with mental health, says Jackie Jacobson. “A lot of people are hurting from depression,” said the Nunakput MLA. He was pleading with Julie Green, minister of Health and Social Services, for in-person counselling services. Green acknowledged there are “some vacancies in…
Since the outbreak at Gahcho Kué mine was announced in early February, three workers are now in hospital with COVID-19. One of the workers was medevaced to Edmonton on Wednesday. “These hospitalizations are a stark reminder that we must take this pandemic seriously,” says Dr. Kami Kandola, chief public health…
Délı̨nę has signed an agreement with the federal government to benefit the community in remediation projects around Great Bear Lake. The agreement is a first step “towards ensuring Délı̨nę community members have a say in decisions about the clean-up of abandoned mine sites near their homes,” reads a news release….
Ron Bonnetrouge, MLA for Deh Cho, is calling for more supports for residents facing elder abuse. On Tuesday, he said elders — especially in small communities — were facing a “pandemic” of abuse. “Elder abuse is a real and frightening problem in our territory,” said Julie Green, minister responsible for…
Students nation-wide are wearing pink today to raise awareness on the effects of bullying. The motto “Keep in mind to be kind” has echoed across the community of Fort Simpson, since 2017. Ethan Norwegian is a 14-year-old boy at Líídlįį Kúę Regional High School. He says bullying happens everywhere and…
Now that the territorial government is granting isolation exceptions for some Nunavut residents travelling to the NWT, Lesa Semmler wants something similar for residents in the Beaufort-Delta going to the Yukon. “The Dempster Highway is a vital lifeline for the Beaufort-Delta and access to essential services, services they cannot get…
Jackson Lafferty, MLA for Monfwi, says revenues from alcohol and cannabis sales should go towards an addictions treatment centre in the NWT. Last year, the Government of the Northwest Territories made $38.7 million in gross profit from the sales of liquor and cannabis. Lafferty said by letting all this money…