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Featured, Health, News January 1, 2021

New Hay River day shelter already has a wait-list

An Internal government report confirms seven people are on a wait-list daily to access services.

The Town of Hay River announced the opening of a new day shelter, only to find out there is still work to be done. Charles Sanders, spokesperson for the NWT Housing Corporation, says, 23 people have applied for access to the shelter so far. “The shelter has [the] capacity to…

Featured, Justice December 18, 2020

Publication ban lifted on Breanna Menacho murder case

The NWT Supreme Court lifted a publication ban on an agreed statement of facts from a trial of two people found guilty for being accessories to the murder of Breanna Menacho. The trial found Lisa Brule and Jordan Nande sentenced to 10 months in prison for being accessories to murder,…

Featured, News December 18, 2020

GNWT to continue covering isolation centre costs for people legally required to travel, students

Students and those legally required to travel will continue to have their stay at isolation centres covered by the territorial government. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the territory requires anyone entering the NWT to self-isolate for 14-days. If the person does not have a place to self-isolate, the…

Community, Featured, Life Style, News December 18, 2020

Alternatives North report finds housing crisis a major cause of poverty in smaller communities

The report includes eight recommendations for how the territory can address the issues.

The K’atl’odeeche First Nation (KFN) chief says a poverty report shows the territorial government needs to do more to address a housing crisis in the communities. The Alternatives North NWT Poverty Report Card found that in 2018, 79 per cent of households in KFN identified at least one housing problem….

Community, Featured, Health, News December 18, 2020

Two separate cases of COVID-19 identified, possible travel risk

Two more people have been diagnosed with COVID-19. One is a Yellowknife resident, the other is a non-resident worker at Gacho Kué mine. The Yellowknife case is travel-related and they have been self-isolating since their arrival. Health officials say there is no community exposure risk, but there may have been…

Community, Featured, Life Style, News December 18, 2020

Snowkings Winter Festival to feature ‘winter garden’ and snow structure for 2021

Yellowknife has come to expect the walls, turrets and bastions that make up the Snowcastle on Great Slave Lake. While there will be a snow structure next March, “it won’t be quite likes castles of years past,” say organizers. There will also be a “winter garden”, essentially an ice playground…

Featured, News December 18, 2020

Yakeleya calls for water summit after news of leaking oil sand waste

The Dene national chief is calling for a water summit after learning that toxic oil sands waste in Alberta is leaking near the Athabasca River. This comes after the Narwhal published an article confirming the oil sands stored in tailings ponds near Alberta’s Athabasca River, are leaking. “In 2017, Environmental…

Featured, News December 17, 2020

Ni Hat’ni Dene Guardians will patrol with new, nearly ‘indestructible’ sleds

Anyone enjoying Thaidene Nëné this winter may see the Ni Hat’ni Dene Guardians sliding by in some new and nearly indestructible sleds. Iris Catholique, manager of Thaidene Nëné, says the guardians will use the sleds on their patrols to transport gear for being on the land. The Ni Hat’ni Dene…

Community, Featured, Health, News December 17, 2020

One person diagnosed with COVID-19 in Fort Smith

The territory’s new rapid test machines have diagnosed on case of COVID-19 in Fort Smith. In a public health advisory, officials say the individual recently returned from travel outside of the NWT and is isolating at home with one other person. There is no additional exposure risk. The ID Now…

Featured, News December 17, 2020

Michael Nadli returning to his ‘roots’ in chief negotiator role

Nadli previously served as the Dehcho First Nations Grand Chief and two term MLA.

Michael Nadli says his new position as chief negotiator is an opportunity to return home. Nadli is a well-known figure in the Dehcho, serving as grand chief from 1997 to 2003, and says he is very familiar with what his new position will involve. “From a personal perspective I want…