Let’s get one quick thing out of the way: the simulation is not a reenactment of signing a treaty. For the past year or so, Jane Arychuk has been working for Dene Nation to come up with a plan to improve education for Indigenous youth in the NWT. As part…
Following five rounds of voting and the concession of her opponent, RoseAnne Archibald has been elected as the new chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Archibald, a member of the Taykwa Tagamou Nation in northern Ontario, is the first woman ever elected to the role. She previously spent three…
The Conference of Management Authorities (CMA) wanted some new ideas to try and promote conservation in the Northwest Territories. It settled on a new beer in partnership with NWT Brewing Co. called Five Antlers Ale to highlight caribou conservation. The CMA is made up of wildlife co-management boards, including Indigenous…
The nomination period for the Tulita land corporation election has opened. The election is to fill the position of president and three vacancies on the board. Nomination forms are available from the returning officer, deputy returning officer or on the Tulita land corporation’s website. The returning officer is Judith Wright-Bird,…
RCMP is investigating what it has deemed a “suspicious” fire at St. Patrick’s church in Yellowknife. According to police, officers responded to a call of a fire about 12:30 a.m. on July 1. Firefighters managed to put out the fire and the church has minor damage. There are no injuries….
Frederick Blake Jr., Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, has appointed Justice Ronald Barclay to be the adjudicator in the conduct complaint against MLA Steve Norn. Barclay is a retired judged from Saskatchewan who also served as the province’s conflict of interest commissioner for a decade. He’s now in charge of…
Dr. Kami Kandola, chief public health officer, has removed her orders of mandatory masking in indoor public spaces for Behchokǫ̀, Ndilǫ, Dettah and Yellowknife. The order had been in place since May 17, around the time the COVID-19 outbreak related to N.J. Macpherson School. Kandola declared that outbreak to be…
Every dollar spent on repairs takes away from programs for kids, says Patricia Davison. Davison is the executive director of the Children First Society in Inuvik, and for the past month or so the organization has had to deal with several instances of vandalism. So far, staff and the 90…
The nomination period has opened for an election to replace former Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty. Nominations are open until Friday, July 2; residents can submit their papers to Returning Officer Harriet Koyina at the friendship centre in Behchokǫ̀. Residents in the smaller Tłı̨chǫ communities can find nomination papers on the…
Public health officials confirmed on Friday that an individual in Hay River has COVID-19. They sent out a public health notice alerting the public at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The notice says the individual is not an NWT resident and the case is travel-related. “The individual and close contacts are…