As the Akaitcho Process marches on, negotiators were given another tool to help in land use planning. Ducks Unlimited Canada presented a 77-million acre map of wetlands in the Northwest Territories at the Akaitcho Annual Assembly which wrapped up in Lutsel K’e last week. According to a news release, the…
As speakers mostly chose to pat themselves on the back in completing the $350-million Stanton Territorial Hospital “on time and on budget” as Minister Caroline Cochrane repeated on behalf of the premier, the staffing shortages and service interruptions went largely unmentioned. Cochrane added that the new hospital is designed to…
Hundreds of Indigenous people in the Northwest Territories are taking a pro-active approach to the proposed Indian Day School settlement. CKLB recently came across a poster on social media shared by Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya advising people to contact the Department of Education, Culture and Employment for their day…
Nineteen mining exploration projects recently got a helping hand from the Government of the Northwest Territories. The GNWT announced it handed out just under $1 million through its Mining Incentive Program this year. The majority of that money, about $800,000 went to mining corporations and the rest to individual prospectors….
The deal is done. First Air and Canadian North will merge into a single airline over the next two years. The new airline will continue to be known as Canadian North. First Air was owned by the Makivik Corporation, while Canadian North is owned by the Inuvilauit Regional Corporation. The…
Robin Kelly, 34, has been charged in relation to a robbery at the First Nations Bank of Canada that happened six months ago. In a news release, police explain officers responded to a call of an alleged armed robbery shortly after noon on February 13. The release says a man…
Support, inspiration and new opportunities. Those concepts will apparently guide the transition of Aurora College into a polytechnic university. That’s according to survey results of more than 700 residents and 4,500 comments according to the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. Other themes that emerged were to have post-secondary options…
While the investigation isn’t over, Yellowknife RCMP have charged Billy McNeely and Aaron Stoodley in connection to a shooting on May 26. According to a police news release, officers responded to a call in the early hours of the morning at Grayling Manor on 53rd street in Yellowknife. Police found…
What do the premiers of Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick have in common? They’re all opposed to the federal plan to price carbon emissions. They’re also the only provinces part of a special meeting with NWT Premier Bob McLeod taking place today in Calgary. Trista Haugland is communications coordinator…
At least 100 Ndilo and Dettah students will be sporting new backpacks this coming school year. The bags are a donation from Islamic Relief Canada and the Islamic Centre of Yellowknife. Fariha Khan is an Ontario physician temporarily working in Yellowknife. She also sits on the board of Islamic Relief Canada. She…