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Community, Education, Featured, News February 10, 2021

New Behchokǫ̀ school coming in 2025 at the earliest

Behchokǫ̀ residents will need to wait until 2025 for a new school in their community — and that’s if “everything goes smooth.” R.J. Simpson, minister of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE), said the project hinges on federal funding. But that work is on hold as the territorial government and Tłı̨chǫ…

Featured, Health, News February 9, 2021

New online group connects northern women on sober journey

Natasha Kulikowski wants women who are on a journey to sobriety to know they’re not alone. “Just knowing that there’s other people out there going through the same thing is very important,” she says. That is why she launched the Facebook group Arctic Circle Sobriety last week, where sober women can…

Community, Featured, News February 9, 2021

Cause of flood at Salvation Army still unknown

“I remember looking at the firefighters saying ‘I don’t know what we’re going to do with our folks’,” says Jason Brinson, executive director for the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army has temporarily closed its doors after a flood occurred Sunday morning. “It was raining in the shelter,” he adds, which…

Community, Featured, News, Politics February 9, 2021

MLAs call for better highway safety with increased cell coverage, lower speed limits

The Tłı̨chǫ Government says there were "at least six fatalities" on Highway 3 in 2020.


Frieda Martselos wants to take advantage of the progress fellow MLA Jackson Lafferty has made in working towards safer highways in the NWT. Martselos wants the territorial government to extend cellular coverage along Highway 5. Lafferty has long called for cellular coverage along Highway 3. Caroline Wawzonek, minister of Finance,…

Featured, Health, Industry, News February 7, 2021

Gahcho Kué temporarily stops production due to growing COVID-19 outbreak

Testing has identified six new presumptive cases at the mine.


Medical staff at Gahcho Kué mine have identified six new presumptive cases of COVID-19. This is in addition to the two confirmed cases identified last week, when Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola declared an outbreak at the mine. Health officials have sent confirmatory tests for analysis at Stanton…

Featured, News February 5, 2021

Pehdzeh Ki First Nation fills open positions on council, unclear how

Pehdzeh Ki First Nation (PKFN) has filled available positions on its band council last week after holding a community meeting. However, who those councillors are and how they got their positions is unclear. CKLB has heard through posts on social media and messages sent for background information that either two…