Dr. Kami Kandola, the NWT chief public health officer, has declared the COVID-19 outbreak at N.J. Macpherson school in Yellowknife to be over. According to a news release, the last person to be infected at home related to the outbreak was diagnosed on May 20. Kandola initially declared an outbreak…
When Norman Yakeleya first became Dene National Chief he was struck by how the Dene Nation “as a whole was not working.” Soon after being elected to the position, he was at a gathering where he says a Tłı̨chǫ youth asked “Who is the Dene Nation? What do they stand…
Warning: This story contains details of an animal attack. On Wednesday, Jordan Tobac got a frantic call saying his seven-year-old daughter had been attacked by a dog. He says he dropped everything and rushed to the field in the middle of Fort Good Hope. He and his partner found their…
The opening of the Mackenzie Ferry on the Dempster Highway this week means new regulations around travellers coming from the Yukon kicked in. The NWT government says the new regulations will remain despite an increase in cases in Yukon over the past week. As of Wednesday afternoon, there were nine…
The federal government and residential school day scholars have reached a settlement agreement. Day scholars are former students who attended residential schools but returned home after the school day. The settlement is also separate from one reached with Indian Day School survivors. Day scholars were eligible for compensation under the…
The passing of a federal bill commemorating the legacy of the residential school system and creation of a statutory holiday is bitter-sweet for Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya. In late May, Parliament fast-tracked Bill C-5 to the Senate; then earlier this month, Senators unanimously passed the bill to recognize Sept….
Paulatuk is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the signing of Tuktut Nogait National Park. June 5 marks 25 years to the day that the park was signed into creation; it was physically established two years later. This year’s celebration also happens to coincide with Inuvialuit Day. Paulatuk residents are the…
Regular MLAs want more clarity on who is in charge of improving food security in the Northwest Territories. On Friday, Frame Lake MLA Kevin O’Reilly introduced a motion to get that clarity by proposing the territorial government develop a food security strategy. A report by the University of Toronto, showed…
The Clearwater River Dene Nation (CRDN) has put up a “security checkpoint” on the highway running through the community — the only road access to uranium mines in northern Saskatchewan. The community says the checkpoint is in response to “the absence of any meaningful consultation” by the provincial government when…
More than 160 residents from Aklavik have been evacuated to Inuvik following flooding in the community over the weekend. Since then, however, waters have started to recede. The community declared a state of emergency after the road to the dump became submerged. According to resident Allen Kogiak, the road is…