Land. Language. Culture. Those are the themes at Dene Nahjo’s election forum that kicked off on Sunday evening. The first forum featured all three candidates from Yellowknife North: Rylund Johnson, Jan Vallilee, and incumbent Cory Vanthuyne; both candidates for Great Slave: Patrick Scott and Katrina Nockleby; and only two candidates…
If Lianne Mantla-Look had listened to a doctor in Edmonton, she may have come back to Yellowknife without ever treating her stomach cancer. Instead, she stuck around and was convinced there was something wrong with her. She had to fight to have a series of biopsies done—more than 50 cross-sections…
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya says he was “shocked” and “disappointed” at seeing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in brownface makeup. But he added if you look at the broader institution of the federal government, it wasn’t so surprising. “Ever since the Europeans first stepped on our country, our lands,” said…
(UPDATE) RCMP now say a Hay River teenager has been located safe and sound. They had asked for help in locating the teen Thursday morning but by Thursday afternoon police say he had been found. The 14-year-old boy was reported missing to Mounties Wednesday after having last been seen on…
“While Inuit are asked to take part in many surveys, most are not developed and controlled by Inuit.” That’s what makes the Qanuippitaa? National Inuit Health Survey different from those in the past, according to the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation. “It is the only Inuit controlled health survey that includes Inuit…
Anyone in Inuvik looking for a night off from cooking can look to the community greenhouse for a new food delivery service. Ashley Jacobson is the community coordinator with the greenhouse and is in charge of the delivery program. She says anyone can sign up for the program, and expect…
Since issuing a call for help to find Mr. Blake, the RCMP say they have found the 38-year-old safe. Blake is 38-years old and was reported missing yesterday, September 12. According to an RCMP news release, he had last been seen on September 2 near Range Lake Road.tips.com.
Few people embody the tension and different possibilities for the territory’s future like the two MLA candidates running in the riding of Frame Lake. Incumbent Kevin O’Reilly has spent his time as an MLA skeptical of multi-million dollar infrastructure projects geared towards attracting the extractive industry. His counterpart Dave Ramsay…
RCMP in Tuktoyaktuk seized 190 bottles and cans of different sizes and types of alcohol. According to a news release, police received a tip on September 6 about a vehicle going to the community with a large amount of alcohol. RCMP then intercepted the vehicle on the Inuvik-Tuk highway. The…
Learning about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is the easiest way to support someone living with it. That’s according to Korry Garvey of the Foster Family Coalition of the NWT. September 9 is FASD Awareness Day and the coalition hosted a public barbecue in Somba K’e park in Yellowknife to raise…