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Community, Featured, Health, News October 19, 2022

Bedbugs infest Fort Simpson public housing, again

Twenty-six units in Fort Simpson and three in Wrigley were found to have bedbugs

Residents of Fort Simpson’s public housing have once again been inflicted with an infestation of bedbugs, and the housing authority says they aren’t sure why the community is such a hotspot for the pests. In September, CKLB received a tip from an anonymous source about another series of infestations in…

Community, Featured, News October 18, 2022

B.W.A reinstated in Déline

No illnesses have been reported in the community

Residents in Déline are encouraged to boil their water for a minimum of one minute after a Boil water advisory had been reinstated in the community, just days after being lifted. The health advisory is considered precautionary and is due to high levels of turbidity (muddy water). The Chief environmental…

Community, Featured, News, Politics October 18, 2022

Yellowknife election results

Voter turnout was 48 per cent

There will be six new faces on Yellowknife city council following Monday’s municipal election. Incumbent Rob Warburton garnered the most votes with 2.172 ballots followed by newcomer Cat McGurk with 2,132. Councillor Stacie Smith returns for her second term while incumbent Steve Payne has been re-elected for a third time….

Community, Featured, News October 17, 2022

Délı̨nę loses iconic leader

Tutcho was instrumental in the ratification of the Délı̨nę Got'ı̨nę self-government agreement

The community of Délı̨nę is in mourning following the loss of one of their most iconic leaders. Raymond Tutcho recently passed away in hospital as a result of complications during surgery from an undisclosed illness. Friends and family are expressing their grief on social media including Délı̨nę Chief, Danny Gaudet. “It with…

Community, Featured, Industry, News, Transportation October 17, 2022

Seasonal shipping barge to Sachs Harbour cancelled

Bad weather, late start to season blamed for cancellation

This season’s barge delivery to Sachs Harbour has been cancelled. The GNWT announced the cancellation of the shipment late Friday afternoon. “A culmination of bad weather and a late start to the season – due to climate change, delayed buoy placement, and flooding in both Inuvik and Hay River –…

Community, Featured, News October 14, 2022

Déline boil water advisory lifted

No drinking water-related illnesses reported

Updated Monday, Oct. 17 at 11:45 a.m. Déline’s boil water advisory has been lifted. The Department of Health and Social Services announced the lifting of the ban on Monday. The community and Chief Environment Health Officer determined the water’s turbidity, or clarity, had returned to normal since the advisory…

Community, Environment, Featured, News October 12, 2022

Feds deploying energy advisors in NWT

Nearly $683,000 to Fort Providence-based Gonezu Energy, which will use the money to train and deploy up to a dozen energy advisors across the NWT.

The federal government is committing more than $500,000 in the Northwest Territories to help residents make their homes more energy efficient and ultimately lead to the creation of more jobs. Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories, Michael McLeod, says the government is giving nearly $683,000 to Fort Providence-based Gonezu…

Art, Community, Education, Featured, Health, News October 6, 2022

DKFN member wins award for children’s book on death and dreams

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…

Community, Featured, News, Police October 6, 2022

Update: Body of Fort Resolution man found by search party

The 42 year-old was reported to have fallen off a boat on Monday, Oct. 4

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….

Community, Events, Featured, Justice, News, Police October 5, 2022

Dene Nation, allies march for MMIWG

Forty-seven Indigenous women or girls killed between 1980 and 2012 were in the Northwest Territories

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…