Strong traditions, great weather, and the last-minute decision to add sled-dog races helped attract large crowds to Dettah over the weekend for the Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) 2024 Spring Carnival. Main organizer Teresa Lynn also thanked the volunteers and strong corporate sponsorship for making the event a success. “The…
Water levels across most of the NWT remain very low and the winter’s snowpack is well below average. That’s what the latest NWT Water Monitoring Bulletin stated today. These dry conditions began during the summer and fall of 2022 and have persisted through the end of last year, largely due…
Shane Thompson, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, has announced four Beaufort Delta communities for this year’s Mace Tour. Mace Tour? No, it’s not a new musical group. Or a historical review of aerosol self-defence sprays. This is about the modern ceremonial version of a metal club used by warring factions…
Fort Liard’s Cabin Fever Days started on Wednesday events running until Sunday evening. The 65th annual Inuvik Muskrat Jamboree in Inuvik also starts on Friday. And the North Slave region is gearing up for Yellowknives Dene First Nation’s Spring Carnival, which starts on Friday and really gets going on Saturday and…
The Native Women’s Association of Canada is in deep turmoil, facing serious allegations of “union busting” while undergoing a federal financial audit amid budget cuts and mass layoffs. CBC reports preliminary evidence of “ineligible expenses” have been found, while at the same time, the Association has laid off 78 employees,…
A hostage-taking in Hay River ended with one person in hospital with serious injuries, three suspects arrested, and cocaine, illegal guns and cash seized by RCMP. It was just the latest arrests this month of suspects with illegal guns and large amounts of cocaine and hard cash looking to exploit…
“There was no evacuation plan. To go from zero to 100 created mass panic.” — a female health-care worker. Tempers flared at a public meeting into the City of Yellowknife’s response to the 2023 wildfire season, including the unprecedented evacuation of the community. Mayor Rebecca Alty sat…
Two Toronto men are in custody, three illegal handguns are off the streets, and cocaine with a street value of $300,000 was seized following a dramatic takedown in Yellowknife this week. The 18-and 24-year old men had been under surveillance operating out of a downtown Yellowknife Airbnb since mid-January by…
The Yellowknife Historical Society made its own bit of history this week, with the grand opening of the Historical Museum & Interpretive Centre. The Historical Society sought Indigenous and Métis input throughout the development of the museum, as there exists a contentious relationship between Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) and…
Yellowknife’s next City Manager is a former Major-General with the Canadian Armed Forces who was senior administrator for Saint John, New Brunswick for the past four years. Following a competitive process, John Collin was selected by Council to be the most senior official in the City’s administrative structure. Mayor Rebecca…