CKLB Radio · Therese Jeremick’ca Do K’ahoetaa Ko: Whati Health Center renamed to honour inspiring member Therese Jeremick’ca dedicated her life to the community of Whati and its residents, serving as a community health-care representative for over 25 years. The late Jeremick’ca is now set to be memorialized with a…
Former Tłı̨chǫ grand chief turned Dene National chief, George Mackenzie, says he plans on taking a hard look at its “outdated” constitution as one of his top priorities in office. “We need to modernize the Dene Nation Constitution,” he says, “to fit the needs of the five regions’ political position.”…
A Tłı̨chǫ woman is running a farm down in Alder Flats, Alberta. It’s called Hendrickson LiveStock and is home to eight pigs, 12 cattle, 80 chickens and 50 turkeys. “I enjoy it, so I’m thinking that we might get a couple more,” says Brittany Hendrickson, a 33-year-old woman originally from…
“Frank Gruben was a really outgoing person. He was caring. He would love to help people. If anybody needed help, he’d be there in a heartbeat and he really loved to speak his Gwich’in language,” says Laura Kalinek, mother of Frank Gruben. Gruben has been missing from Fort Smith for…
“Unfortunately, it really shows that in times of budget cuts, it is primarily women and children who bear the brunt of it and whose services are usually the first to be reduced,” says Gabby Lamarche, one of two Yellowknife residents training to be midwives. The territorial government plans to cut…
“Ever since I was old enough to walk to church I’ve been going to church, at that Mission (house), and then the big church on Sunday,” says Leon Lafferty, a 68-year-old Elder from Behchokǫ̀. Earlier this month, St. Michael’s Parish announced the Old Mission House would be demolished after decades…
“Not being able to get out is the biggest fear that we heard,” says Tammy Neal, Jean Marie River’s SAO, at a public meeting. Out of roughly 85 residents, 22 members of Jean Marie River gathered earlier this week to discuss the community’s plan for another wildfire season. With new fires…
The doors to a new childcare facility have officially opened in Deh Gáh Got’îê First Nation (Fort Providence) this week. The children’s centre is called the Gotsų Margaret Vandell, Nezų Ts’ųdaa K’éodhı́h Gok’é GóɁǫ which means Elder Margaret Vandell, place of good child care. Vandell is celebrated for her contributions…
“To be an Indigenous woman in Canada today, I think it’s taking all of what my ancestors and family have been through and putting it out there into an environment where I’m able to do what I love, be passionate and work towards things that I’ve always wanted to do.”…
The traditional spring carnival in Colville Lake (K’áhbamį́túé ) has been named Snowbird Carnival after the late Theresa Snowbird Kakfwi and her outstanding contributions to community. “I felt really honoured (and) was really touched that the community wanted to do this,” says Wayne Kakfwi, her husband. “She really took it…