Indian Day School class action members will need to wait a little bit longer to apply for compensation. Late last week, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by Chief Paul-Émile Ottawa, the chief of the Conseil des Atikamekw de Manawan, a First Nations community 250 kilometres northwest of…
Updated December 16 with additional details on Compassionate Care leave and Family Caregiver leave. Workers in the NWT will benefit from changes to leave regulations in the new year. The Government of the Northwest Territories has amended the Employment Standards Act with new and extended leave programs; those changes will kick…
Young mushers and their support teams sure noticed the frigid temperatures in Fort Providence Thursday but if the dogs were cold, you really couldn’t tell. Five teams from across the Northwest Territories gathered in the Decho community for the Arctic Winter Games (AWG) sled dog racing trials. At stake was…
Residents from across the Northwest Territories have signed an open letter calling on MP Michael McLeod to push for a Green New Deal in Parliament. Our Time Yellowknife drafted the letter, which describes a Green New Deal as “an ambitious plan to tackle the climate crisis at the scale that…
Several NWT communities will be represented in one of the north’s most iconic sports, dog sled racing at the 2020 Arctic Winter Games. A total of five mushers and their dog teams braved the frigid -35 temperatures on Thursday for Team NWT trials in Fort Providence. The roster dropped from…
Updated December 12, 4:25 p.m. A previous version of this story noted the exact date the accused was to be in court. RCMP have since emailed media outlets requesting the specific date be removed to protect the identity of the victim. According to RCMP, the date was included in the…
A man is charged with escaping lawful custody after he fled from Mounties while they were taking him to court this past Saturday. According to an RCMP news release, the handcuffed prisoner was being escorted to the courthouse cells, when he escaped. It’s not clear exactly where he was when he…
A preliminary hearing for a Yellowknife mother who is charged with holding up two convenience stories in the city has been postponed. Cynthia Lafferty, 21, was in court Tuesday as the hearing was to get underway but at least one prosecution witness did not show up to testify so the…
After a recount yesterday, the results are in from Monday’s Hamlet and District Education Authority elections held in Fort Liard. It was an extremely close race for mayor with Hillary Deneron becoming the mayor-elect. She won by a three vote margin, 71 votes to her uncle Mike Gonet’s 68. Eight…
A group of young people from Whati recently got as first hand look at the ravages of drugs, alcohol and homelessness as they took a trip to Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside. They were participating in a two-day training session in Vancouver sponsored by Whati RCMP. According to Mounties, the field…