Police say a man in Hay River was medevaced to Edmonton on Monday after being shot. Officers responded to a call about the man in “distress” in downtown Hay River about 11 p.m. Police offered first aid until paramedics arrived and brought the man to the local health centre, before…
Gerry Cheezie has been appointed as the chairperson of the health and social services leadership council. Cheezie began in the position on August 1 and will serve until July 31, 2025. Cheezie was most recently chief of Smith’s Landing First Nation until this past June. He is replacing Jim Antoine…
Gahcho Kué mine operators have confirmed that a worker died at the site on Thursday. De Beers Group and Mountain Province Diamonds (MPD) issued a statement Friday saying the incident is “under investigation by the appropriate authorities.” It adds that non-essential work has been suspended. The statement says the worker…
Ongoing staff shortages in the NWT’s health care system is causing service reductions across the territory. Three health centres in the Sahtú have moved to emergency-only services for the next month or so. The health centres in Tulita and Norman Wells will only be available for emergencies until Aug. 31. In…
The Tłı̨chǫ Nation has lost a leader in former Grand Chief Edward ‘Ediiwa’ Erasmus. The Tłı̨chǫ Government says he “will always be remembered for his role in negotiating and furthering rights for the Tłı̨chǫ and Indigenous people across the north, but also for his role in our self-government through his…
Through bugs, a bit of bad weather, and last-minute cancellations, Nahanni Butte still managed to put on a week-long event marking the 100th anniversary of Treaty 11. The event was both a celebration and commemoration, said Lory-Ann Bertrand, one of the organizers. Signing the treaty a year later When it…
Two cabins south of Wrigley have burned in the territory’s largest active wildfire. According to Mike Westwick, wildfire information officer, one of the cabins belonged to Pehdzeh Ki First Nation and is “believed to have burned more than one week ago.” In a statement, he said the other cabin likely…
While offering tourists an authentic Arctic experience is a benefit, the main goal for Tuktuyaaqtuuq’s upcoming arts and culture centre is for Inuvialuit to honour their own people. “The project really is for the community and for the Inuvialuit to celebrate who we are,” says Annie Steen, the project’s leader. …
The NWT will be a giant tinderbox for the next seven to 10 days. “We had an incredibly warm June, which meant that we were facing pretty dry landscapes across a lot of the territory already,” says Mike Westwick, wildfire information officer. Add that to no expected rain for the…
Less than two weeks after it opened, Inuvik’s new welcome centre has been vandalized. CBC has reported there were broken tables and chairs, trash and liquid thrown on the building, among other worse defacements of the property. Now the damage has grown to broken windows, and stealing money and electronics….