City of Yellowknife and YKDFN propose boundary changes
“We want to be as one.” That’s what Ndilo Chief Ernest Betsina told reporters after the City of Yellowknife supported the Yellowknives Dene First Nation…
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Wetland map to help Akaitcho land planning
As the Akaitcho Process marches on, negotiators were given another tool to help in land use planning. Ducks Unlimited Canada presented a 77-million acre map…
In photos: new Stanton Territorial Hospital grand opening
As speakers mostly chose to pat themselves on the back in completing the $350-million Stanton Territorial Hospital “on time and on budget” as Minister Caroline…
Here’s how to get your day school records from the GNWT
Hundreds of Indigenous people in the Northwest Territories are taking a pro-active approach to the proposed Indian Day School settlement. CKLB recently came across a…
First Air, Canadian North airlines to merge over next two years
The deal is done. First Air and Canadian North will merge into a single airline over the next two years. The new airline will continue…
Polytechnic transition to take five to six years
Support, inspiration and new opportunities. Those concepts will apparently guide the transition of Aurora College into a polytechnic university. That’s according to survey results of…
YKDFN students gets backpacks and school supplies courtesy of Muslim community organizations
At least 100 Ndilo and Dettah students will be sporting new backpacks this coming school year. The bags are a donation from Islamic Relief Canada and…
Yellowknife Veterans Monument vandalized
Updated July 5, 5 p.m.: The monument has been removed. The bronze-coloured soldiers and angel appear to be falling from their pedestal. Broken shards of…
One man arrested after cocaine seizure in Inuvik
Osama Nawaz will be appearing in court in Yellowknife on Monday facing cocaine trafficking charges among others. The 19-year-old was apprehended earlier this week following…
Missing Yellowknife woman found safe
Updated July 5. Yellowknife RCMP has sent out a news release saying Audrea Meyok has been located safe and sound. Police had initially sent a…