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Featured, News, Politics July 16, 2020

LKDFN launches wild food kitchen with federal dollars

Funding to go towards Northern Farm Training Institute, Tłı̨chǫ Łeàgı̨ą Tsʾı̨ı̨lı̨ Kǫ and Łútsël K'é Dene First Nation


The Łútsël K’é Dene First Nation is launching a wild food kitchen as a result of a federal investment. This comes as part of a nearly $56,000 fund to reduce food insecurity across the Northwest Territories, according to a press release issued by Michael McLeod, NWT MP. The money comes…

Community, Featured, News July 15, 2020

Gabe and Sarah Kochon celebrate 70 years of marriage

The Fort Good Hope community is wishing Gabriel (Gabe) and Sarah Kochon congratulations as they celebrate 70 years of marriage. The couple renewed their vows in North Slavey at the Church of Our Lady of Good Hope with members of the community in attendance. “It was a beautiful mass,” says daughter…

Featured, News July 15, 2020

Whatì RCMP host summer youth camp

Investigating crime scenes and learning how to make a safe arrest were some of the many activities Whatì youth participated in last week. This came as part of a camp organized by the Whatì RCMP from July 6-8, providing an opportunity for eight youth to see what a career in…

Environment, Featured, News July 15, 2020

SLFN Chief upset by suspended oilsand monitoring

'We have zero benefits from the oilsands projects, but we get 100 per cent of the environmental issues'


Smith’s Landing First Nation Chief Gerry Cheezie says his community has been battling Alberta on environmental practices for more than 50 years. So the fact the province suspended its environmental monitoring for oilsands companies without notifying the Northwest Territories, “is nothing new”. “We have zero benefits from the oilsands projects,…

Featured, Health, News July 15, 2020

NWT residents can now register for organ and tissue donation

With over 600 applicants in Alberta still awaiting a transplant, Alberta is asking the NWT for help. Northwest Territories residents can now voluntarily join the Alberta Organ and Tissue Donation Registry to increase the number of donors and improve the chances of a match for those waiting. The Government of…

Featured, News July 14, 2020

Police, fire crews respond to car fire downtown Yellowknife

Updated July 14, 4 p.m. with comments from RCMP Several police officers and firefighters are still on scene near the downtown liquor store in Yellowknife. As first reported by NNSL, the crews responded to a car fire shortly before 1 p.m. The burnt car is still in the liquor store…

Community, Environment, Featured, Health, Industry, Life Style, News, Tli Cho Yati July 14, 2020

Bathurst caribou herd ‘not repopulating itself’

The latest results from the Tłı̨chǫ Government's monitoring program show a continuing decline.


Despite two years of “perfect conditions” for caribou, Tłı̨chǫ monitors are still seeing a low calf-to-cow ratio in the Kokètì ekwǫ (Bathurst) herd. Petter Jacobsen is the principal investigator with the Tłı̨chǫ Government’s Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground) monitoring program. “The bulls are growing large antlers early in…