The Government of the Northwest Territories and De Beers Group are partnering on a project that will renovate and reconfigure the Yellowknife Women’s Society’s emergency and transitional housing shelter on Franklin Avenue – what used to be known as the Centre for Northern Families. At a news conference Thursday at…
The Hamlet of Aklavik has seen three new accessibility ramps built and for that it has been recognized with the NWT Human Rights Commission Accessibility Award. The award recognizes new and existing physical and/or non-physical accommodations that businesses or governments make to increase accessibility to their services. Aklavik recently completed…
Yellowknife closed Veteran’s Memorial Way today for a brief parade, and wreath laying ceremony to observe the 75th Anniversary of Operation Overlord, better known as D-Day. Royal Canadian Legion Vincent Massey Branch President Don Asher, laid a wreath and stressed the importance for Canadians to never forget the sacrifice and…
Wait and see what happens. That’s essentially the first of three recommendations made by the Special Committee to Increase the Representation of Women. The committee released its final report earlier this week in the Legislative Assembly. Building on interim report The territory has the lowest percentage of women in its…
The Chief Coroner of the Northwest Territories has confirmed that a body found last month in Lennie Lake, about 35 kilometres north of Norman Wells, is that of Darren Whiteman. The 20-year-old man had been reported missing last fall after having last been seen at his family’s cabin on Lennie…
The NWT’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) is sending firefighting resources to assist the Government of Alberta with its wildfire situation near High Level. According to an email from ENR spokesperson Joslyn Oosenbrug, three firefighting crews from the South Slave region and two crews from the North Slave…
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation is pleased to be a proud partner with the City of Yellowknife in hosting Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada 2020. That statement follows the announcement from Sportsnet and Scotiabank that Yellowknife, located on Chief Drygeese Territory and the home of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, …
The testimony of more than 2,000 family members, survivors, experts and knowledge keepers has resulted in the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Final Report. The report, titled Reclaiming Power and Place, was presented publicly to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other senior cabinet members during…
Residents of Fort Smith are assessing the damage and cleaning up after a powerful storm Sunday that some people in the South Slave community are describing as a tornado. There are no reports of injuries but residents have posted to social media photos and video of damage to buildings and…
Two Indigenous MLAs have criticized the government’s affirmative action policy in as many days. Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Tom Beaulieu and Deh Cho MLA Michael Nadli took aim at the policy this week in the Legislative Assembly. “I am not convinced that our government is committed to increasing the number of…