Fort Good Hope puts programs on pause during audit
A little over a month since being elected, Fort Good Hope Chief Daniel Masuzumi is pushing for the community administration to be more accountable. The…
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Number of bears shot and killed by NWT ENR game officers on the rise
Game officers with the territorial government’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) have shot and killed 42 bears across the Northwest Territories this year….
Construction of Tłı̨chǫ all-season road kicks off
Construction of the Tłı̨chǫ all-season road is officially underway. On Saturday, there was a groundbreaking ceremony in the community of Whatì, where the road will…
MLAs bid farewell to four MLAs as 18th Assembly sits for final time
There were tears, laughter, glad-handing, backslapping and chest thumping as the members of the 18th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly sat for the final time on…
NWT Championship Pitcher, Floyd Daniels Remembered
It usually takes two seasons of playing ball to break in a new catcher’s mitt. “It only took three quarters of a season to break…
Paddlers who came across distraught woman after fatal bear attack thank Tulita
A group of canoeists from B.C. who came upon a distraught woman on the MacKenzie River after a fatal bear attack last week, has signed…
NWT Chief Public Health Officer declares syphilis outbreak
The Chief Public Health Officer has declared a syphilis outbreak for the Northwest Territories. In a news release issued Thursday morning, health officials say the…
Tuk repeat sex offender with FASD gets time served and three years probation for crimes against children
A Tuktoyaktuk repeat sexual offender, who pleaded guilty to entering a home and sexually assaulting children, has been sentenced to one year of jail time…
Welcome to Thaidene Nëné, the N.W.T.’s newest national park
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…
Dene Nation applauds federal Indian Day School class action lawsuit settlement
The National Chief of the Dene Nation is echoing the positive sentiments of Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde after the federal government…