Sahtu Youth Network connects residents through a COVID-19 photo contest
The Sahtu Youth Network (SYN) is holding a photo contest to bring youth together to talk about their feelings and how they are coping with…
Articles by Arthur C. Green
GNWT’s Taiga Lab now producing hand sanitizer for frontline workers
Taiga Environmental Laboratory now has authorization from the Chief Public Health Officer to make an alcohol-based hand sanitizer for the Government of the Northwest Territories…
New liquor restrictions by GNWT places daily purchase limits
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) will now limit the amount of alcohol that customers can purchase during the COVID-19 pandemic. Customers are now…
Folk On The Rocks 40th anniversary festival canceled because of COVID-19 pandemic
This year’s Folk On The Rocks music festival in Yellowknife has been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a news release sent Wednesday,…
Update: GNWT, RCMP say no fines have been issued in NWT under public health order
A recent rumour posted on social media about a Yellowknife resident receiving a hefty fine for driving with a passenger from another household is, in…
34-year-old woman charged for carrying excess alcohol into Fort Good Hope via snowmobile
A 34-year-old woman from Fort Good Hope is facing charges after the RCMP stopped her on a snowmobile with an abundance of alcohol destined for…
Fort Providence meets with RCMP to halt the flow of illegal liquor into the community
Leadership in the Hamlet of Fort Providence is taking complaints about liquor in the community seriously and has met with the RCMP to step up…
Despite Indigenous leaders’ call to restrict alcohol, GNWT will keep liquor stores open
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) says it will not be closing the liquor stores at this point in time. The decision comes after…
Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road closes for season
The Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road is now closed for the 2020 season. According to the director of winter road operations Mike Lowing, “The winter…
No charges laid in Fort Liard seizure of guns and alcohol
On Monday, April 6 a combined effort by the Fort Liard and Fort Simpson RCMP has prevented a significant amount of alcohol from entering the…