After an election appeal was called, members of the Smith’s Landing First Nation in Northern Alberta are being forced to vote for a new council again. Chief Gerrry Cheezie’s election was not challenged, but he and the newly elected council agreed to follow arbitrator Don Mallon’s call to have another…
Fort Chipweyan RCMP continue to investigate after a single vehicle collision resulted in a fatality last Friday. RCMP officers from Fort Smith, NWT and Fort Chipewyan Alberta responded to the scene of the rollover on Friday afternoon, just 34 kilometres south of the NWT/Alberta border in Wood Buffalo National Park….
Monday is travel day for members of the Dehcho First Nations. Youth from Wrigley, SambaaKe, Deh Gah Gotie and Liidlii Kue paddled to Fort Simpson this weekend from Fort Providence. Savvy Norwegian who works with the Liidlii Kue First Nation, this year’s host community shared this video capturing the moment…
Members of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation are getting ready to head to the polls this summer. Four candidates are vying for Chief in Dettah. Former Lands and Environment Manager Rachel Crappeau is the lone female candidate, along with longtime Councillor Bobby Drygeese. Former Ndilo Chief Fred Sangris is also…
Yellowknife RCMP say the 14-year-old girl who was reported missing yesterday in the city has been found safe. Police issued a news release this morning saying she’d been located. They later stated to CKLB in an email that she was found Wednesday evening in Yellowknife. As is their policy –…
The Tlicho region’s largest community opened four new housing units yesterday, one step in the region’s battle against homelessness. The minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation, Alfred Moses was in attendance and helped cut the ribbon at the newly renovated bachelor housing units. While it’s not the answer to…
Chaplain and lay minister Jim Lynn got a terrible shock when he went for his routine visit to the Dettah cemetery on Monday. August 24th will be the third anniversary of when his son Mark went missing near the Yellowknives Dene Community on the eastern shore across from Yellowknife. “People…
The ballots have been cast, and results are in. Members of the Smith’s Landing First Nation in Northern Alberta, just minutes away from Fort Smith, have elected Gerry Cheezie as their new chief. Cheezie was in leadership back in the 1970’s and 80’s when the community shared a band council…
Folks in Gameti are getting off the couch and getting active! With less than a week to go in the Participaction Community Better Challenge , the fly-in Tlicho Community is ranked 12th in the top 20 communities from across Canada in the running for the healthy competition. $150,000 dollars is…
It’s election day for members of the Smith’s Landing First Nation. The Denesuline community is located near the NWT Alberta border and Wood Buffalo National Park. It was a historic stop during the fur trade era along the Slave River, North of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. Two candidates are running for…