For Steven Nitah, the federal and territorial governments have finally caught up to the community of Łutsel K’e in protecting Thaidene Nëné. Nitah is the lead negotiator for Łutsel K’e Dene First Nation (LKDFN). On Wednesday, LKDFN Chief Darryl Marlowe signed an agreement with Parks Canada and the Government of…
Although the Chief Coroner of the Northwest Territories says she does not yet have confirmation of the identity of a man killed by a bear near the Sahtu community of Tulita last Thursday, he has been named in a published report. On its website, Cabin Radio says it learned from…
The territorial government’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) is reporting that at least ten problem bears have been put down by their officers and private citizens in several communities in the Northwest Territories over the past week. ENR spokesperson Meagan Wohlberg told CKLB Monday afternoon that three grizzly…
Many people think that having salmon in traditional fishing grounds would be a good thing. But that’s simply not necessarily the case for some fishers in the Northern part of the Northwest Territories. The issue was brought up this week in the Legislative Assembly by Herb Nakimayak, the MLA for…
CKLB News has learned that RCMP in Tulita are investigating a possible fatal grizzly bear attack along the Mackenzie River near that Sahtu community. Mounties in Tulita were not willing to share any information with CKLB about the investigation referring questions to RCMP media relations in Yellowknife. What is known…
About 3 million barren-ground caribou roamed the NWT 25 years ago. Since then, the number has dropped 500,000—with some herds seeing an even sharper decrease over that time. Now the Conference of Management Authorities (CMA) is developing a recovery plan for the species and it wants to hear from residents….
Even with the proposed offsets, the carbon tax is going to cost residents, says Sara Brown. Brown is the CEO of the Northwest Territories Association of Communities (NWTAC), which represents all 33 communities in the territory. On Thursday evening, she presented to the Standing Committee on Government Operations during a…
The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) has received $300,000 in federal funding for its Marine Program Coordinator project. In announcing the funding Thursday, NWT MP Michael McLeod points out that Indigenous coastal communities share ties to Canada’s oceans that span generations. They value them as a source of livelihood, food security,…
In the evening of Sunday, July 14, two American tourists in the Hanbury Lake area, 480 kilometres east of Yellowknife, found a grizzly bear shredding their foldable canoe. They sent a distress call to the International Emergency Response Coordination Centre, a global search and rescue dispatch centre, which relayed the…
If you want to have your say on how the N.W.T. should put a price on carbon, then show up Thursday evening at the Legislative Assembly. The Standing Committee on Government Operations is hosting a public meeting for feedback on the proposed carbon tax. The meeting comes a couple of…