It’s nice to sit around a camp fire, enjoy a cup of bush tea or coffee and chat with friendly folks about your life and challenges. The City of Yellowknife is partnering up with the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation. In a news release issued Thursday, Mayor Rebecca Alty says “the…
The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority has announced improvements to the Cancer Navigation Program which is now available to all residents of the NWT. In a news release, the authority states that this development aligns with the goals of “Charting Our Course: Northwest Territories Cancer Strategy 2015-2025” to improve…
The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) has received $300,000 in federal funding for its Marine Program Coordinator project. In announcing the funding Thursday, NWT MP Michael McLeod points out that Indigenous coastal communities share ties to Canada’s oceans that span generations. They value them as a source of livelihood, food security,…
RCMP have come up empty in their latest search for the bodies of two missing snowmobilers in Great Slave Lake. Cammy Boucher, 23 of Lutsel K’e and Fort Good Hope resident Jake Gully, 28, have been missing since their snow machine went through thin ice as they travelled from Dettah…
RCMP have come up empty in their latest search for the bodies of two missing snowmobilers in Great Slave Lake. Cammy Boucher, 23 of Lutsel K’e and Fort Good Hope resident Jake Gully, 28, have been missing since their snow machine went through thin ice as they travelled from Dettah…
After an election appeal was called, members of the Smith’s Landing First Nation in Northern Alberta are being forced to vote for a new council again. Chief Gerrry Cheezie’s election was not challenged, but he and the newly elected council agreed to follow arbitrator Don Mallon’s call to have another…
A Yellowknife man has been sentenced to a year in jail after an attack that left another man with a serious brain injury. Daniel Hache, 23, was handed his punishment on Tuesday in Supreme Court in Yellowknife. Court heard that he was camping with the victim and the victim’s girlfriend…
Nunavut MP Hunter Tootoo has announced he will not be seeking re-election this fall. In a statement on social media, Tootoo said, “I appreciate very much the encouragement and support I have received from Nunavummiut all across the Territory over the past months. But after much consideration, I have made…
The office of the NWT Chief Public Health Officer has issued a public health advisory for residents of Norman Wells and Fort Good Hope due to wildfire smoke in the area. The smoke is likely coming from a wildfire about 90 kilometres south-east of Tsiigetchic. The advisory says other communities…
There was high drama in Yellowknife Tuesday morning as RCMP investigated two suspicious packages – one downtown, the other near the airport. RCMP cordoned off the Northwestel building on Franklin Avenue at 52 Street just after 10:00 a.m., after a suspicious black suitcase was left outside the office tower. RCMP…