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Teetl’it Gwich’in Chef presents language-learning cookout in Beaufort Delta communities

“It’s powerful to serve traditional foods with our traditional language,” said Stephanie Baryluk


“‘Jàk’ means berries, ‘Łuk’ means fish,” said Teetl’it Gwich’in Stephanie Baryluk, a Red Seal chef and cultural educator who has travelled the world sharing a taste of the North. Coinciding with NWT’s Indigenous Languages Month, Baryluk partnered with the Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC) to host a language-learning cookout in Fort…

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‘We are a community and we heal together,’ says sober advocate

Sobriety celebration event wraps up National Addictions Awareness Week in Yellowknife


Ildiko Etthizine drove nearly eight hours from High Level, northern Alberta, for an event in Yellowknife celebrating the resilience of Indigenous people on their sobriety journeys. Etthizine shared her 16-year journey battling alcohol addiction to a room full of residents on Sunday. The event, held as part of National Addictions…