Canada narrowly missed having Wood Buffalo National Park added to UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger. According to a Canadian Press story picked up by multiple Canadian news outlets, “the park’s status could be endangered because of impacts from hydro development in British Columbia and dozens of oilsands projects…
Two competing Indigenous groups are hoping to become the new owners of the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline. Project Reconciliation, which is made up of First Nations and Métis communities from Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan has recently said in a news release that it’s willing to purchase 51 per cent…
Five people who were reported missing have been found safe in the Terry Lake area, according to RCMP. The group had been reported overdue late on July 1 after they’d left Tibbit Lake two days earlier and were expected to be back in Yellowknife. RCMP originally said the group consisted…
And then there were three. Fred Sangris has officially withdrawn as a candidate for the Dettah Chief in the upcoming Yellowknives Dene First Nation election. Sangris is the community negotiator for YKDFN and has been working on the Akaitcho land claim process. “I was asked by the elders and members…
Updated: June 19, 10:30 a.m. to reflect additional comments from ENR on Bathurst report delay According to Indigenous and scientific evidence “a serious conservation concern exists for the Sahtì ekwǫ̀ (Bluenose-East) caribou.” This is one of the conclusions outlined in the Wek’èezhìı Renewable Resources Board’s ruling on the herd’s joint…
Warning: this story contains details of an assault. When Chuckie Nicotine was 17 years old, she hopped into a truck to go get groceries with a male relative. After getting what they needed, he stopped for a few drinks. Nicotine waited in the car. On their way back after the…
Tougher and more enforceable. That’s how MLA Kevin O’Reilly describes the new draft code of conduct for members of the Legislative Assembly. O’Reilly is the chair of the committee seeking public comment on the new code of conduct and Bill 56. That bill establishes the office of the integrity commissioner…
Residents of Indian Cabins, Alberta have been forced to leave the community. Mackenzie County issued a mandatory evacuation order on Monday due to a wildfire in the area. Byron Peters is the deputy chief administrative officer of Mackenzie County. He said the county spoke with residents, who said they preferred…
École Sir John Franklin High School held its 15th annual Honour Ceremony for Indigenous Graduates on Saturday. (All photos: Francis Tessier-Burns/CKLB). [slide-anything id=’1510′]
When Lesa Semmler was eight years old, her mother, Joyce, was murdered by her common-law partner. Semmler was one of the first women to testify when the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry was in Yellowknife last year. Now, a year and a half later, the inquiry has…