Demanding apology from Pope in person is ‘chance of a lifetime’: Dene National Chief
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya says when he left residential school, he felt like the Catholic church had “got away” with its mistreatment of Indigenous…
Articles by Francis Tessier-Burns
Norn apologizes for ‘antagonistic’ comments; hearing delayed by COVID exposure
The hearing into a conduct complaint against MLA Steve Norn was delayed Friday due to a COVID-19 exposure at the Legislative Assembly. Prior to the…
Norn testifies about isolation breaches; ‘threatening’ message raised at hearing
Despite two emails and a call saying he had to isolate on April 18, MLA Steve Norn says he still didn’t realize he broke isolation…
Hearing reveals ‘complicated’ details of Norn contact tracing investigation
Adjudicator Ronald Barclay heard that MLA Steve Norn gave conflicting accounts of his whereabouts during the contact tracing investigation by public health back in April….
Audio of Norn admitting breaking isolation played at hearing
An irritated Steve Norn attended the second day of the hearing into a complaint against him from his fellow MLAs. After a day of lawyers…
Norn absent from first day of hearing; lawyers debate whether to postpone
The first day of the hearing for MLA Steve Norn was mostly lawyers arguing whether the process should go ahead at all. The hearing started…
COVID-19 exposure on recent flight into Yellowknife
Public health has announced another COVID-19 exposure related to a flight into the NWT. The exposure was on WestJet flight WJ3258 from Edmonton to Yellowknife…
Ndilǫ daycare closed after COVID-19 exposure
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation daycare in Ndilǫ will be closed until further notice. Jennifer Drygeese is the director of health and wellness for YKDFN….
Volunteers, police searching for missing man near boat launch in Inuvik
Police in Inuvik say they’ve kicked off a search and rescue operation to try and find a man that was last seen near the community’s…
3 mayors, 1 chief acclaimed in upcoming community elections
Elections are coming up next month for Fort Simpson, Fort Smith, Hay River, Norman Wells and Inuvik. Mayors Sean Whelly, Kandis Jameson and Frank Pope…