The Northwest Territories has procured several rapid testing units in an effort to build COVID-19 testing capacity. The NWT is aiming to increase its testing capacity from an average of 175 a week to 500. Effective immediately the territory will be doing 240 tests a week. Dr. Kami Kandola, the…
The Inuvik fire department responded to a small structural fire, Wednesday morning on Raven Street. Residents were alerted by the smell of smoke coming from the exterior of the building and evacuated immediately, as stated in a press release. The fire department arrived on the scene within two minutes of…
A group of concerned Yellowknife residents delivered a passionate presentation to city council on the need for a temporary day shelter this winter. Emily Esau, an Indigenous woman who is currently living in a shelter, started the presentation by talking about the need for facilities to help people like her…
Updated Sept. 17: 9:30 a.m. Shamus Martin has been found safe once again. Police did not say where the 14-year-old was found. This was the third time Martin was reported missing in little over a week. CKLB asked RCMP if police can prevent this type of situation from repeating itself….
Basket weaving, youth mentorship and on-the-land activities are some of programs getting a funding boost from the federal government. MP Michael McLeod announced funding just shy of $435,000 going towards 23 seniors programs across the NWT. The funding is coming from the New Horizons for Seniors Program, but according to…
The federal government has contributed a one-time lump sum to help N.W.T organizations improve food security. Michael McLeod, MP for the N.W.T, announced $640,000 in funding to respond to the increased needs of the community during the pandemic, as stated in a press release. The funds will go to 19…
Dominion Diamond Mines has accepted a bid for its Ekati assets from two affiliates of its parent company, the Washington Companies. The bid is worth US$126 million (about CAD$166 million) plus another US$20 million to the suppliers. This was the sale price previously expected. There were no other bids for…
Karl Dockstader – Indigenous man, father and journalist – was arrested and charged for simply doing his job, he says. Protestors have been occupying the McKenzie Meadows development in Caledonia, ON, for months, renaming it 1492 Land Back Lane. According to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the federal government failed to get…
An NWT resident reported seeing a cougar early Sunday afternoon on the Ingraham Trail, according to the department of Environment and Natural Resources. The department posted on social media that the animal crossed the highway between Cameron Falls and Reid Lake campground, about kilometre 49. “Cougar sightings are rare in…
Ndilǫ Chief Ernest Betsina says he is happy that over half the employees hired at the Nechalacho rare earths mine are Indigenous. Cheetah Resources, who are overseeing the project, issued a news release detailing the companies hiring numbers in the Northwest Territories. The Nechalacho mine is being run by the…