If you were to walk into Shirley LaMalice’s class at Princess Alexandra school in Hay River, you’d be expected to greet her and your classmates in the Dene Zhati dialect. From there you’d say the date, comment on the weather and if you’re lucky that day, you may get to…
January will mark six years since a mysterious 2014 murder happened in Fort Simpson. Community members continue to ask, “Who Killed Billy Cholo?” Resident Troy Bradbury is helping keep the question and conversation alive. “Two or three years ago I decided there wasn’t much emphasis put on his case, and…
The Vancouver-based company NorZinc has reported that the Mackenzie Valley Land & Water Board (MVLWB) has issued water licences and a land use permit for all season road access to the Prairie Creek Mine in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories. In a news release issued last Thursday, the…
There are two high profile court appearances in Yellowknife today. At 2:30 – 50 year old Peter Tsetta of Ndilo is to be in Supreme Court to be sentenced after he was found guilty earlier this year of two counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement. Court…
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada published its investigation today into a plane crash on Little Doctor Lake where three people died in August of last year. The lake is near mountains west of Fort Simpson and north of Nahanni Butte. The report highlights the need for safety exits to…
The Government of the Northwest Territories wants to hear your ideas to improve tourism. Over the next few weeks, the GNWT will be hosting meetings across the territory for residents to share their input on how to develop the tourism industry. That input will go to develop the GNWT’s five-year…
Inuvik RCMP have charged Dustin Travis Rogers, 24, following an assault in the community on Wednesday. According to a news release, police responded to a call at a residence shortly before 8 a.m. The victim, a 34-year-old man, checked himself into the local hospital. He was then transferred to Edmonton…
The countdown is on for young mushers who want a shot at making Team NWT. Dog Sled Racing trials for the 2020 Arctic Winter Games (AWG) will be held in Fort Providence on December 12 and 13, 2019. Deh Gah Dog Musher Susan Fleck is helping organize the trials. She…
At least three people are facing drug related charges after a recent drug bust in the Dehcho Region. Fort Simpson RCMP says their investigation continues after they seized an undisclosed amount of crack cocaine, a digital scale with cocaine residue on it and approximately $1900 dollars in Canadian currency during…
A brief ceremony was held Sunday in Yellowknife at the Cenotaph outside Joint Task Force North Headquarters (JTFN) where a new soldier’s memorial statue will eventually sit. The previous one was destroyed earlier this year in a senseless act of vandalism. Royal Canadian Legion – Vincent Massey Branch #164 –…