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Featured, News November 5, 2022

YK RCMP ask for public assistance in locating missing teen

Sherrina Hikoalok, also known as Sherrina Ohiktook is believed to still be in Yellowknife

A Yellowknife teen has been reported missing. According to RCMP, 18-year-old Sherrina Hikoalok has been reported missing since Nov. 4. Hikoalok is described as five foot five, weighing about 115 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She also goes by the alias, Sherrina Ohiktook and is believed to still…

Art, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Life Style, News November 3, 2022

LISTEN: Dene director captures magic of drum making in new film

Eric Janvier hopes his new documentary shows Indigenous youth that it’s never too late to learn their culture. In Heartbeat of a Nation, Janvier captures an intimate afternoon between a father and son as they make a traditional drum. Janvier’s documentary has been screened in Calgary, Toronto and San Francisco, among…

Featured, Health, News November 2, 2022

NTHSSA deficit nearly quadrupled in six years: Report

"Without reforms to achieve better value from existing health system resources now, the GNWT may be forced to reduce healthcare services in the future," the report reads

Last updated on Nov. 3 at 4:15 p.m. The deficit of the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority has quadrupled in the six years since its creation, according to a report by a Legislative Assembly standing committee. Members of the Standing Committee on Government Operations, including Yellowknife North…

Community, Featured, Police November 1, 2022

Accolades for Hay River RCMP on Halloween night

Heron says the response was heart-warming

A simple act of kindness by Hay River RCMP on Halloween night is getting plenty of praise from the community. Ryan Heron’s niece, eitht-year-old Daenerys (Dani) Daigneault, dressed up as a police officer, so he and his wife decided to stop by the Hay River detachment and try to get…

Community, Featured, News November 1, 2022

LISTEN: Tłı̨chǫ photographer on overcoming intergenerational trauma through her art

Jamie Wetrade-Stevenson is a beloved creative, navigating both the traditional and modern world through the lens. Her latest adventure has brought her to Toronto where her Nomad portrait was displayed on the corner of King St. West. After five short years, her ambitions evolved from passion projects into a full-blown…

Featured, News, Police October 28, 2022

Update: Missing Yellowknife teen found “safe and sound”

Dayton Lafferty was reported missing on Oct. 27

A missing Yellowknife teen has been found “safe and sound,” according to RCMP. Yellowknife RCMP confirmed on Friday afternoon 16-year-old Dayton Lafferty had been found roughly one day after being reported missing. Lafferty was last seen on the afternoon of Tuesday, Oct. 25. He was reported missing on Oct. 27….

Featured, Justice, Law courts, News October 26, 2022

Former crown attorney behind allegations against NWT judge

Chertkow filed a complaint with the Judicial Council alleging Judge Donovan Molloy is guilty of misconduct

After staying in the shadows, the person who has filed a complaint against a Territorial Court Judge has come to light. Her name is Martha Chertkow – a former crown attorney. Chertkow filed a complaint with the Judicial Council alleging Judge Donovan Molloy is guilty of misconduct. Aside from Chertkow’s…

Community, Environment, Featured, Justice, Law courts, News October 25, 2022

Judge throws out warrant in Łútsël K’é raid

LKDFN says it may pursue a civil suit against the GNWT

A territorial court judge has thrown out the search warrant for last month’s raid on a cultural camp near Łútsël K’é. On Monday, Chief Justice Shannon Smallwood agreed to throw out the warrant at the request of Larry Innes, the lawyer for the Łútsël K’é Dene First Nation. The council…

Community, Featured, News October 25, 2022

‘I have never seen so much caribou in my life:’ 7 Tłı̨chǫ youths experience the barrenlands

Smoked white fish filled the air as seven youths prepared for their first night at camp at Deèzàatì (Point Lake). For many of them, this was their first time experiencing the Hozı̀ıa (Barrenlands) and being away from their home community. Through a program called Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoehdèe K’è (Boots on the…

Featured, Health, News October 24, 2022

Health Minister shuts the door on NWT-based treatment centre

"The simple reason that we don't have a treatment centre is because they don't work. We have tried four times," said Julie Green

The Northwest Territories will not be getting its own addiction treatment centre any time soon. That’s according to the territory’s Minister of Health and Social Services. During a sitting of the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, October 20, Monfwi MLA Jane Weyallon Armstrong asked Minister Julie Green if she would commit…