And then there were three. Fred Sangris has officially withdrawn as a candidate for the Dettah Chief in the upcoming Yellowknives Dene First Nation election. Sangris is the community negotiator for YKDFN and has been working on the Akaitcho land claim process. “I was asked by the elders and members…
Congratulations are going out to the tiny Tlicho community of Gameti. The community has won the ParticipACTION: Canada’s Most Active Community regional prize for the North region which included all three territories. Residents of Gameti logged a total of 110,648 minutes of tracked physical activity across 235 events. That’s pretty heady stuff for…
A group of Yellowknife City staffers put their money where their mouths are last week as they took their lunch hour to clean up littler from downtown streets. This is the third year for the project. “The City of Yellowknife first introduced the ‘Green Team’ in 2017 and we are…
Despite having to move the event indoors – organizers of this year’s Canada Day celebrations in Yellowknife are calling it a resounding success. Dave Zethof – special events coordinator for the city – estimated some three to four thousand people showed up at the Multiplex yesterday for a multitude of…
Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May will be in Yellowknife Wednesday and Thursday. The public is invited to a community town hall tomorrow from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Northern United Place on Franklin Avenue. According to a news release – the purpose of the town hall is to spark…
A Yellowknife man has been sentenced to five years in jail after he was convicted of having sex with three underage girls. Joshua “Taz” Desjarlais, 27, who is originally from Fort Smith, was handed his punishment by Supreme Court Judge Shannon Smallwood this afternoon in Yellowknife. She had found him…
Patients requiring endoscopy services at Yellowknife’s new Stanton Territorial Hospital are out of luck – at least for now. The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) is advising residents that endoscopy services, which were closed as part of the transition to the new Stanton Territorial Hospital, will continue…
A familiar face in Yellowknife and Northwest Territories politics has announced he intends to run in the Kam Lake riding in this October’s Territorial election. Robert Hawkins, 48, told CKLB Thursday that he is throwing his hat into the ring. Kieron Testart is the current MLA for Kam Lake. Hawkins…
After a half dozen successful speaking engagements with students in the Northwest Territories last month, the RCMP says it wants to bring ex-gang leader Michael “Bull” Roberts back this fall. The inspirational motivational speaker from Newfoundland was brought to the territory by the Mounties and the NWT Department of Justice,…
Expanded Same Day Access to primary care clinic services in Yellowknife will increase the number of available appointments each week. That’s according to the territorial government’s department of Heath and Social Services. In a news release, the department states that the expanded Yellowknife Primary Care Clinic hours will take effect…