Lisa Boivin was taken from her home community of Deninu Kųę́ when she was a baby. Nearly 40 years later, she reconnected with her father Bill Norn. Prior to his passing in 2016, Boivin says they spoke often of the meaning of their dreams. Boivin leaned on her father’s teachings…
Updated 10:15 a.m. Oct. 11. Police say a community-led search party has found the body of a Fort Resolution man who fell into the Slave River last week. The RCMP announced on Tuesday the body of 42-year-old George Giroux was found by a community search party on Oct. 8….
Dozens took to the streets of Ndilo and Yellowknife on Tuesday to mark the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on Tuesday. The march began at the Ndilo gym and continued all the way to Yellowknife’s Northern United Place, where there was a sharing…
An active wildfire has claimed a cabin to the northeast of Fort Smith. According to Mike Westwick, spokesperson for NWT Fire, the cabin’s owner has been notified. Crews flew over the area on Monday and saw the remnants of the cabin. “This was due to a combination of extreme winds…
The Nahʔą Dehé Dene Band in Nahanni Butte has a new on-the-land guardianship program in the works. The Nahʔą Dehé K’ehodi program is part of a recent agreement between the band, Dehcho First Nations and Parks Canada to advance the co-management of Nahanni National Park Reserve. According to Soham Srimani,…
Tuktoyaktuk artist Brian Kowikchuk has just finished his biggest mural project to date. He created a pair of murals, inspired by the mother of sea creatures, the Inuit legend of Sedna, Nuliayuk or Taluliyuk. The murals are called Ancestral Blessings and it highlights the interworkings of the spiritual and material worlds….
Communities across the country are marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation this Friday, including many communities across the Northwest Territories. Here’s just some of what’s happening across the NWT this Friday: Aklavik In Aklavik, activities will start at 1:00 p.m. with a walk from Mission grounds to…
A spokesperson for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources says there will be a review of the “enforcement action” taken at a culture camp hosted by Łútsël K’é Dene First Nation — but not an investigation. LKDFN has described the event as a “raid”. “We are planning to engage…
The lone suspect in a series of stabbings in Fort Good Hope has turned himself in to authorities. In a press conference on Thursday evening, RCMP Supt. Jeffrey Christie said McNeely had turned himself in to authorities earlier that evening. A motive for the crime has still not been established,…
Northwest Territories RCMP says they are still on the hunt for the lone suspect in Tuesday night’s stabbing spree in Fort Good Hope. In a press conference just after 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sgt. Chris Manseau said Thaddeus McNeely had still not been found, although he is most likely still…