Articles by Luke Carroll

Featured, News March 25, 2021

‘By learning my language, I’m able to connect with my Elders’

Tłı̨chǫ Government offers language revitalization course in Behchokǫ̀.


The Tłı̨chǫ Government held a five-day language revitalization course in Behchokǫ̀ in March, in partnership with the University of Victoria (UVic). The course offered at the Kǫ̀ Gocho Sportsplex Centre — called LING 159 — goes towards the Certificate in Indigenous Language Revitalization (CILR). Mary Siemens and Alice E. Rabesca…

Featured, News March 23, 2021

Ice road to Nechalacho Rare Earth Mine officially opens

The ice road from Dettah to the Nechalacho Rare Earth Mine officially opened this past Saturday. The 110-kilometer road on Great Slave Lake leads to where Cheetah Resources and Det’on Cho Nahanni Construction Ltd. will start work at the rare earth mine. The plan is to operate a mine about…

Featured, Law courts, News March 19, 2021

Police investigating cyberbullying in Beaufort Delta

Warning: this article discusses suicide. RCMP is investigating incidents of cyberbullying in Beaufort Delta communities, including Inuvik. NNSL reported several parents reached out to the Inuvik Drum with concerns about cyberbullying on TikTok, a video sharing platform. The article says several youth’s videos were reposted on an account called @exposingInuvik28…

Featured, News March 19, 2021

CIRA grant prioritizing projects that benefit northern, Indigenous communities

Organizations looking to launch projects that will improve connectivity in northern and Indigenous communities could be eligible for funding. The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is offering a total of $1.25 million for projects dedicated to infrastructure, cybersecurity and digital literacy. Those that benefit northern, rural, and Indigenous communities, as…

Featured, News March 16, 2021

StatsCan hiring in every NWT community for May census

Statistics Canada will be hiring people in all 33 communities across the Northwest Territories for the 2021 census this May. Geoff Bowlby, the director general for the census at Statistics Canada, says his department will be hiring 180 employees for the census, 39 of whom will be in Yellowknife. “We…