Residents of Fort Good Hope will be voting in a chief and council election on Monday. Incumbent Chief Daniel Masuzumi is running against Tommy Kakfwi. Masuzumi was voted in as chief in 2019. There are also 12 people running for nine available councillor positions. This includes: Angela Chinna Jonas Chinna…
Residents of TthedzehK’edeli (Jean Marie River) First Nation will hopefully be able to return to the community by the end of July. However, they will likely have to wait until the fall before their homes are fully repaired. The community is in the process of establishing temporary housing for up…
Johnny Landry grows emotional talking about all the hardship his people have faced since Treaty 11 was signed 100 years ago. “It’s good to know what really happened to us and how we got here today,” he says. Landry, a popular NWT musician, traveled from Fort Providence to Lı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́First…
Residents of Wrigley were stranded in Fort Simpson when the highway closed over the weekend as a result of wildfires. Mayor Sean Whelly said approximately 10 residents of Wrigley were stranded in Fort Simpson overnight as a result of the closure. Due to a shortage of vacancy, the community lent…
The small Dehcho community of West Point First Nation had big names in attendance for the beginning of Treaty 11 commemorations. This included the Dehcho Grand Chief Kenneth Cayen. “This is a very special time for us and our community that we can have this time to come together with…
A former swim coach and school trustee from Hay River is in court facing more charges of sexual assault. Michael St. John is accused of sexually assaulting a youth in or around 2010. None of the allegations have been proven in court. The victim, who is still a minor, testified…
Mary Simon has been appointed as Governor General of Canada and will be the first Inuk and Indigenous person to hold the position. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday morning. Simon grew up in Kangiqsualujjuaq and Kuujjuaq. She served as the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC)…
Commemorations are underway in Łı́ı́dlı̨́ı̨́ Kų́ę́ First Nation to mark 100 years since the signing of Treaty 11. A schedule of the events says the activities kicked off Monday morning with an opening ceremony. The afternoon had an Elders discussion, the serving of traditional foods and sewing. The day finished…
Four candidates are running to be the MLA of Monfwi for the Legislative Assembly. The candidates announced in a press release by Elections NWT are: Jane Armstrong John J. Gon Kelvin Kotchilea James Wah-Shee Polling day for the by-election will be July 27. Early voting in Behchokǫ̀ begins on July 5…
An Elder from Fort Simpson is thanking the community for its support after she lost her home and all her possessions in a fire. Martina Norwegian says the house that burned down on Tuesday has been in her family since 1969. “We all grew up there,” she said of her…