Meet Preston the six-year-old trapper from Colville Lake
While some children are home playing video games, a young boy from Colville Lake spends his extra time out on the land trapping, fishing and…
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Dene Nation plans public demonstration against Teck Resources Frontier Mine project
The Dene Nation is planning a public demonstration in Yellowknife against the Teck Resources Frontier Mine project. Robin Ram is a communication spokesperson for the…
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya says he supports the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya says “The Dene nation supports the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation and their call for RCMP to leave their…
NWT Health Authority launches pilot project for local caregivers
Updated Feb. 21 to reflect budget and spaces available in each community. The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority is launching a two-year pilot…
Mounties tell people heading out on the land to be prepared for any emergency
As the days get longer and the temperatures hopefully get milder, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Northwest Territories are advising people to be…
Tlicho residents invited to supper tonight by ENR officials to discuss caribou, wolves
Questions about caribou in the North Slave region are to be answered by government officials tonight. Officials from the Northwest Territories Department of Environment and…
‘We want to get the work done’: Colville Lake asks GNWT to leave self-government negotiations
Community leaders in Colville Lake are asking the Government of the Northwest Territories to step away from self-government negotiations. “Rather than talking we want to…
Plane makes emergency landing near Yellowknife Airport
Yellowknife RCMP has confirmed that they responded to a call for service before noon today regarding an emergency landing of a small plane near the…
Two Yellowknife men charged after RCMP seize about a pound of crack cocaine from vehicle near Enterprise
RCMP in the Northwest Territories are reporting that officers seized about a pound of crack cocaine from a vehicle near Enterprise, south of Hay River…
Inuvik RCMP seize drugs and firearms; two suspects charged
Two people have been charged with firearm and drug-related offenses by the Inuvik RCMP. According to an RCMP news release, on Wednesday, February 12 the…