Health staff shortage causes service reduction for summer
Once again, NWT healthcare services are going to be affected by a staffing shortage. The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority says some service…
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Great Slave Lake area at risk for ‘extreme’ wildfire season
Richard Olsen, the territory’s manager of fire operations, says this wildfire season is expected to be about average “with the potential for some significant drying…
Updated: Body of missing man found near Fort Liard
Fort Liard RCMP have found the body of 65-year-old Anthony McLaughlin. Police say McLaughlin was in the Fort Liard area hiking and was reported missing…
New TV show features Indigenous entrepreneurs on national stage
CKLB Radio · New TV show features Indigenous entrepreneurs on national stage Amanda Balsillie is one of 18 contestants competing for the grand prize of…
Candidates announced for Teetl’it Gwich’in council election
Two people are running for chief of the Teetl’it Gwich’in Band Council: Richard John Blake and Elizabeth Wright. Blake previously ran to become Gwich’in grand…
Boil water advisory lifted for South Slave
K’atl’odeeche First Nation, Hay River, Enterprise and Kakisa had been under a boil water advisory since large-scale flooding in Hay River this spring. The chief…
2 arrested in early-morning search of houses in Hay River
Hay River RCMP has arrested two people after officers entered two residences early Monday morning. Police issued a news release about 1:15 a.m. Monday asking…
RCMP advises phones still out in Fort Liard
Residents of Fort Liard that need police need to go to the detachment in person. According to RCMP, phone service in several communities was interrupted…
3 candidates announced for next Dehcho grand chief
Three former chiefs have put their names forward to become the next Dehcho grand chief. The candidates include: Jim Antoine, former Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́chief and NWT…
RCMP arrest second suspect in May shooting in Yellowknife
Police have arrested a second suspect involved in a shooting that happened on May 1 in Yellowknife. The incident left an 18-year-old man in serious…