Articles by James O'Connor

Two major health clinics merging into ‘campus of care’ at Stanton Territorial Hospital

Frame Lake Clinic closing, most services at Primary Care Centre moving into Łıwegǫ̀atì Building


Health-care facilities in Yellowknife are undergoing a major procedure to create a new campus of care model that allows for co-location of services with the $350-million Stanton Territorial Hospital, which opened in May 2019. If you are used to visiting your family doctor at the Primary Care Centre downtown or…


Chef WhiteKeyes says tasty food, trauma healing belong on same menu

'It's not a treatment centre that we need. It's a healing centre,' says the popular local Métis chef


Chef Kaitlyn White-Keyes has a dream to combine her love of food — sticky sweets are a specialty — with a facility to help those recovering from addiction in Yellowknife and area. Food brings people together, says the formally trained chef, which could also prove to be the ice-breaker needed…


‘Show my people … there’s a promise for a better tomorrow,’ says Tuk teen Miley Wolki

Youth Parliament attracted grade 9 and 10 students from the NWT's 19 ridings to learn about territorial politics


Nineteen youth took over the NWT Legislative Assembly last week. No, it was not a protest. The annual Youth Parliament attracted grade 9 and 10 students from the 19 ridings across the territory for several days of acting the role of an MLA and learning about the workings of the…




Yellowknife’s city manager quits after two weeks

After two weeks on the job as Yellowknife’s city manager, retired Maj.-Gen John Collin made a hasty retreat, ordering himself to resign and leaving the city’s bureaucracy to fend for itself. This morning, the City of Yellowknife stated it is sad to announce that its top administrator tendered his resignation…



Inuvik’s Gerry Kisoun is new Commissioner of the Northwest Territories

Kisoun is an Inuvialuit-Gwich’in Elder and an active member of his community


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced the appointment of Gerald W. (Gerry) Kisoun as the next Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, for a term of five years. He succeeds the NWT’s 17th commissioner, the Honourable Margaret Thom, after she served nearly seven years. Kisoun is an Inuvialuit-Gwich’in Elder and an…


International Kimberlite Conference coming to the NWT this summer

The city's two main hotels will host delegates; event comes as sun starts to set on North's active diamond mines


The Northwest Territories will host the 12th International Kimberlite Conference in Yellowknife, from July 8th to 12th. This is the conference postponed from 2020 due to the worldwide pandemic. Organizers stated the location of the 12th Conference is particularly appropriate “as Canada has become the third largest producer of diamonds…


RCMP ‘need to have more compassion for women,’ says victim of horrific attack

A plea agreement allowed Kelly Ovayuak to lose eight of 10 charges for an additional three years behind bars


“Christine is not going to be another statistic. Another Indigenous woman that doesn’t matter. Her story, her truth, her life matters, she is valued.” Billie Lennie, older sister of Christine Cardinal. An Inuvik mom, now living with disfiguring injuries after being left for dead by her intimate partner on a…