The NWT’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) is sending firefighting resources to assist the Government of Alberta with its wildfire situation near High Level. According to an email from ENR spokesperson Joslyn Oosenbrug, three firefighting crews from the South Slave region and two crews from the North Slave…
The Kas’ho Got’ine Men’s Transition Home in Fort Good Hope and the Sahtu’ot’ine Nats’eju Initiative on Reconnecting with Ourselves in Deline are just two of the recipients that will share in $400,000 in territorial government funding. In a news release, the Department of Health and Social Services stated that 12…
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation is pleased to be a proud partner with the City of Yellowknife in hosting Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada 2020. That statement follows the announcement from Sportsnet and Scotiabank that Yellowknife, located on Chief Drygeese Territory and the home of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, …
The testimony of more than 2,000 family members, survivors, experts and knowledge keepers has resulted in the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Final Report. The report, titled Reclaiming Power and Place, was presented publicly to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other senior cabinet members during…
Residents of Fort Smith are assessing the damage and cleaning up after a powerful storm Sunday that some people in the South Slave community are describing as a tornado. There are no reports of injuries but residents have posted to social media photos and video of damage to buildings and…
Yellowknife RCMP are investigating a report of a suspicious man in a car who demanded a 12-year-old girl get into his vehicle. Police state in a news release issued yesterday that they received information Saturday evening about the girl who was riding her bicycle in the Finlayson Dr. and Banke…
Two Indigenous MLAs have criticized the government’s affirmative action policy in as many days. Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Tom Beaulieu and Deh Cho MLA Michael Nadli took aim at the policy this week in the Legislative Assembly. “I am not convinced that our government is committed to increasing the number of…
There were some anxious moments in Inuvik Friday morning as a gas leak forced the evacuation of several downtown buildings. According to a news release from the town, at about 10:30 am, Inuvik Fire, Municipal Enforcement, RCMP and Inuvik Gas responded to a gas leak at an Office Building-Storefront on…
De Beers and Mountain Province Diamonds are out with the Gahcho Kué Mine SocioEconomic Report: Building Forever 2018. A news release from de Beers states that the number of Northwest Territories residents employed at joint venture Gahcho Kué Mine rose by 12 per cent in 2018 compared to the previous…
The highway linking Hay River to High Level Alberta has now reopened fully to traffic in both directions. Northwest Territories Mackenzie Highway #1 and Alberta Highway 35 had been closed earlier this week due to wildfires near Steen River. The fire crossed the highway in Alberta and also destroyed a…