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Featured, News August 10, 2020

Inuvik RCMP looking for man in ’emotional distress’

Scott Kaglik allegedly broke release conditions over the weekend; police won't say what those conditions are.

Inuvik RCMP is asking for help to find 28-year-old Scott Alexander Kaglik. Police say Kaglik is wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant after allegedly breaching release conditions. According to a police news release, police responded to a complaint at the Nova Apartments around 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, August 8. Police…

Featured, News August 7, 2020

Updated: Missing 12-year-old girl found safe

Yellowknife RCMP say 12-year-old Sheyana Mantla has been found safe. The police put out a call for the public’s help in finding her Friday evening. Police did not give any additional details on how or where the girl was found.

Community, Featured, Life Style, News August 7, 2020

Listen: 12 Dene recreate a journey their ancestors last undertook more than a hundred years ago

The adventure was made into a documentary film called Nahanni: River of Forgiveness, which will premiere Canada-wide on August 9.

In 2018, 12 Dene men and women set out to recreate a journey their ancestors went through more than a hundred years ago. The group would build a mooseskin boat and paddle the mighty Nahanni River in the Deh Cho region of the Northwest Territories. A film crew led by…

Featured, Health, News August 5, 2020

GNWT extends public health emergency for tenth time

Diane Thom, the minister of Health and Social Services, has once again extended the public health emergency. The territorial government says the risk remains high as there have been several outbreaks in southern Canada. It adds that about 700 new self-isolation plans are filed every week. The territory also confirmed…

Community, Featured, Industry, News August 1, 2020

YKDFN rescinds support for Slave Geological Province Corridor project

The Yellowknives Dene First Nation says that it has retracted its support for the Slave Geological Province Corridor project. The decision comes after YKDFN says the territorial government issued a request for proposal for large contracts on the project without first consulting with the First Nation. “The scope of this…

Featured, Health, Industry, News July 31, 2020

COVID-19 case at Diavik mine confirmed

Twenty-seven people remain in isolation at the site.

One individual has been confirmed to have COVID-19 at the Diavik Diamond Mine. Yesterday, the NWT government announced a presumptive case; it has since been confirmed by an Alberta lab. “The individual remains self-isolated in a designated isolation area onsite and continues to show no symptoms,” says the territorial government…

Community, Featured, Life Style, News, Police July 30, 2020

Five facing charges related to drug trafficking network in Fort Simpson

Five people are facing drug charges after a two-month investigation, according to Fort Simpson RCMP. Police say the investigation “confirmed the existence of a drug trafficking network, operating in both Fort Simpson and Edmonton.” RCMP arrested four people in Fort Simpson on Tuesday. The fifth person was arrested in Edmonton….

Community, Featured, Life Style, News July 29, 2020

GNWT extends wage top up program

The program is extended to October 3.

The territorial government is extending its wage top up program to match the federal government’s CERB extension. The program allows employers to apply to increase wages to $18 an hour for staff at least 15-years old. “I am pleased with the uptake for this program, but would like to see…

Community, Featured, Health, Life Style, News July 22, 2020

Fort Simpson resident looks to honour mom’s legacy with housing project

Dennis Nelner hopes the project can be used as a blueprint in other communities.

Dennis Nelner says it would not have been unusual for all sorts of people to be living under his mother’s roof when she was alive. He says many young Fort Simpson residents moved into his mom’s basement as their first foray away from home. Madeline Nelner would also invite people…

Community, Featured, Justice, Life Style, News July 20, 2020

How one survivor describes her Sixties Scoop payment and hopes to help others in the North

'This cheque is real. It’s real what happened. I didn’t just make it up,' says Nadine Delorme-Simon.

“Blood money.” That’s how Nadine Delorme-Simon characterizes the payments from the Sixties Scoop settlement. It’s also a recognition of the “cultural genocide” she had to endure as a survivor of the Sixties Scoop. Across Canada, survivors like Delorme-Simon have started receiving interim payments of $21,000 from the settlement. These are…

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