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 of wetlands in the Northwest Territories at the Akaitcho Annual Assembly which wrapped up in Lutsel K’e last week. According to a news release, the…
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 Cochrane repeated on behalf of the premier, the staffing shortages and service interruptions went largely unmentioned. Cochrane added that the new hospital is designed to…
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 poster on social media shared by Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya advising people to contact the Department of Education, Culture and Employment for their day…
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 to be known as Canadian North. First Air was owned by the Makivik Corporation, while Canadian North is owned by the Inuvilauit Regional Corporation. The…
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 more than 700 residents and 4,500 comments according to the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. Other themes that emerged were to have post-secondary options…
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 the Islamic Centre of Yellowknife. Fariha Khan is an Ontario physician temporarily working in Yellowknife. She also sits on the board of Islamic Relief Canada. She…
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 the monument lay in the grass nearby. The monument certainly looks as though it was deliberately broken. Cabin Radio originally reported the vandalism incident Friday…
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 an Inuvik RCMP investigation and search warrant. Police seized about one ounce of crack cocaine and more 4,000 dollars. According to RCMP, Nawaz is originally…
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 news release asking for help locating the 35-year-old woman who had last been seen at the Circle K at the intersection of Franklin Ave. and…
Canada narrowly missed having Wood Buffalo National Park added to UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger. According to a Canadian Press story picked up by multiple Canadian news outlets, “the park’s status could be endangered because of impacts from hydro development in British Columbia and dozens of oilsands projects…