The Det’on Cho construction company has signed an agreement with Australia-based Cheetah Resources to control the mining at the Nechalacho Rare Earth mining project site. Det’on Cho is a subsidiary of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation. According to a news release, the agreement may be the first where all mining…
A second suspect, wanted in connection with a series of armed robberies in Whitehorse has been arrested in Inuvik. Corey Robert Cardinal, 32, was arrested with the help of Inuvik RCMP, a news release states. Police don’t say exactly where he was arrested nor any circumstances surrounding his apprehension. Cardinal…
Northwest Territories taxpayers will initially pay for four firefighters who have headed to Australia to help with the country’s devastating wildfires. But the GNWT will eventually be reimbursed for their services. That’s according to Mike Gravel, director of forest management with the Government of the Northwest Territories Dept. of Environment…
Soaring high in the sky is in David England’s blood. When not piloting his bush plane to remote locations in the Arctic, this Yellowknifer takes to the skies upside down on his snowmobile. England’s throttle pinning and fearless no hold’s barred riding style have earned him an invitation as an…
A pediatrician who practices in the Northwest Territories as well as Alberta says the risk of contracting diseases or viruses far outweighs the risks associated with vaccines meant to prevent illnesses. Dr. Sam Wong is also the incoming president of the Canadian Pediatric Society. He says the percentage of vaccine-hesitant…
The Sahtú Renewable Resources Board (SRRB) is holding a hearing or “Public Listening Session” in Colville Lake on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week to look at the most effective way to approach caribou harvesting and address conservation pressures on the caribou herds in the region. According to a news…
If the federal government approves the massive Teck Frontier oilsands project, “Our rights are being trampled,” says Smith’s Landing First Nation Chief Gerry Cheezie. He’s concerned the megaproject would negatively affect the waters that flow from the Peace river to the Slave, and ultimately up to the Mackenzie river and…
The Chief Public Officer of the Northwest Territories has declared a pertussis or whooping cough outbreak in the Yellowknife and the Tlicho regions. Pertussis is a vaccine-preventable disease, according to a news release from the NWT Department of Health. It is a contagious infection of the lungs and airways caused…
A half million dollars in funding is going to be used to help the Northwest Territories provide mental health services for children, youth, adults and families throughout the NWT. The funding was announced Wednesday morning at the Legislative Assembly. The funding initiative is a collaboration between the GNWT in partnership…
When David Codzi went to school, he says he learned all about Alexander Mackenzie but never about the Dene who helped him. He says students were told, “he was a great person… mapped the Mackenzie and did all this but at the same time there were people there feeding him,…