Articles by Luke Carroll

Infrastructure fined $10K for unintentionally destroying nests… In an effort to deter threatened species from nesting

The fine stems from an incident in 2018 off Highway 3 near Edzo.


The department of Infrastructure was fined $10,000 after contractors destroyed the nests of a threatened bird species. The fine stems from an incident where two contractors for the department were working on Highway 3 near Edzo — a nesting area for bank swallows. Bank swallows tend to nest underground in…



GNWT launches independent review of procurement process

Over the next four months the territorial government is launching an independent review of its procurement process. In a press conference Wednesday morning, Caroline Wawzonek, minister of finance, says this is due as the procedure hasn’t been substantially updated since 2010.  The review will involve elected leaders, the business community,…


‘Our voices have been heard by the U.S. President’: Gwich’in Grand Chief

In his first day in office, U.S. President Joseph Biden signed an executive order placing a temporary moratorium on drilling activity in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.


The Gwich’in Tribal Council Grand Chief says he is “ecstatic” that President Joseph Biden issued a temporary moratorium on drilling activity in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Grand Chief Ken Smith was among several Gwich’in voices, coordinated under the Gwich’in Steering Committee, to speak out about the environmental risks associated…




‘The whole project is about sovereignty’: Unique capstone project incorporates Elders knowledge

The Elders say many people once spoke Dene Dedline Yati, now only a handful do.


Warning, this article talks about abuse at residential schools. Catherine Boucher, an Elder from Fort Resolution, says her first language was Dëne Dédliné Yatıé.  “When I went to residential school, I couldn’t use my language,” she says, “the nuns used to hit my forehead… So I was scared to talk.”…



‘It’s a part of history and I’m happy … to be doing it with my mom’: Tłı̨chǫ nurse

Lianne Mantla travels with her mother, a Tłı̨chǫ interpreter, to help administer the COVID-19 in Wekweètì.


“I want more,” joked Wekweètì Chief Charlie Football after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.  Chief Football was the first in his community to receive the vaccination at the Wekweètì Youth Centre on Jan. 13.  On that day, a mobile vaccination team consisting of nurses, logisticians and a translator flew from Yellowknife…


Air Canada suspends flights to Yellowknife starting Jan. 23

Air Canada is suspending flights to Yellowknife beginning Jan. 23.  In a press release, the airline wrote its “overall network capacity” is down about 80 per cent from 2019. “Operating in this environment is not sustainable and we have made difficult decisions to suspend all passenger operations to Yellowknife airport…