Updated on May 10, 12:30 p.m. with comments from ENR. Several communities in the South Slave and Deh Cho regions are currently at extreme risk for fire. That’s according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) fire danger forecast. Enterprise, Kakisa and Fort Providence are all considered extreme…
Northerners—especially youth—have more career paths than just working the mines, says James Heidema. Heidema is the Chief Operating Officer of Northwestern Air Lease (NWAL), which recently opened its Terry Harrold School of Aviation in partnership with the Pentecostal Sub-arctic Leadership Training (SaLT) College. As airlines are getting more and more…
Ahead of the wildfire season, Yellowknife firefighters are going door-to-door giving FireSmarting advice to residents whose properties back on to forested area. According to a news release from the city, firefighters are providing information on how residents can limit forest fire damage through FireSmarting techniques. Those techniques include cleaning up…
After a packed meeting on Tuesday evening, the Government of the Northwest Territories’ Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment held a second meeting Thursday night to hear from the public. The discussion covered three Bills: the Protected Areas Act (Bill 38), the Environmental Rights Act (Bill 39), and the…
Two crew members walked away unharmed after a Buffalo Airways plane made an emergency landing off the runway Friday morning near Hay River. Spokesperson Alex Fournier from the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) says it happened about 8:00 am after an engine failed on the DC-3. “The Hay River to Yellowknife…
A relatively small but enthusiastic group of environmentally-conscious students held an information picket on Friday in downtown Yellowknife. The youngsters set up in front of the Post Office and were encouraging passing motorists to honk their horns if they believe climate change is real. They were also pushing their message…
Starting on Monday, the 17th session of the territory’s youth parliament will take place. Nineteen high school students from across the NWT, each representing their riding, will participate in three days of meetings and briefings. In a news release, the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) says the program is…
Young people from communities across the NWT are converging on Yellowknife for the 21st Annual Territorial Competition and Career Expo. The opening ceremony is Thursday night at 7:00 at the Yellowknife Multiplex with the competition itself taking place Friday. The Skills Canada NWT Territorial Competition is an Olympic style event…
The barrage of public meetings on proposed laws continues next week throughout the territory. The Government of the Northwest Territories’ Standing Committee on Economic Development and the Environment will be traveling to hear from the public once again on three different bills: Bill 34, the Mineral Resources Act; Bill 36,…
Indigenous people and people in custody are identified in a new report as more vulnerable to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder than the rest of the population. FASD is 10 to 40 times higher in certain groups than the general population according to a study published by Toronto’s Centre for Addiction…