It has been 12 years since the Beaufort Delta region had access to the Gwich’in Wellness Camp–an area that offered culturally sensitive on-the-land programs for residents. Now with a $2.3 million contribution from the Federal government the camp is preparing to open its doors once again. Kelly McLeod is the…
The NWT will be a giant tinderbox for the next seven to 10 days. “We had an incredibly warm June, which meant that we were facing pretty dry landscapes across a lot of the territory already,” says Mike Westwick, wildfire information officer. Add that to no expected rain for the…
Less than two weeks after it opened, Inuvik’s new welcome centre has been vandalized. CBC has reported there were broken tables and chairs, trash and liquid thrown on the building, among other worse defacements of the property. Now the damage has grown to broken windows, and stealing money and electronics….
Herb Norwegian has returned as Dehcho Grand Chief after winning the election at the Dehcho First Nations general assembly. Norwegian received the most votes after two rounds; he received 32 votes to Jim Antoine’s 25. This will be Norwegian’s fifth term as Grand Chief. According to a news release from…
Kenneth Mackay has just signed a deal with Simons Canada to sell his hand-crafted knives, called uluit, online. “It’s a pretty big deal,” he says, “They’re a big company.” Uluit is a traditional Inuit multi-purpose knife used to cut through tough materials, such as seal, beluga, and caribou. Although Mackay…
Once again, NWT healthcare services are going to be affected by a staffing shortage. The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority says some service reductions will last all summer. For now, NTHSSA says physician coverage in Hay River between July and September “is not guaranteed.” As a result, Hay…
CKLB Radio · New TV show features Indigenous entrepreneurs on national stage Amanda Balsillie is one of 18 contestants competing for the grand prize of $100,000 as part of APTN’s first reality TV series called Bears’ Lair. “I am very proud to be representing as a contestant from the North,”…
Two people are running for chief of the Teetl’it Gwich’in Band Council: Richard John Blake and Elizabeth Wright. Blake previously ran to become Gwich’in grand chief two years ago; Wright has previously served as sub-chief and chair of the Gwich’in Land and Water Board. As for councillors, 13 people have…
K’atl’odeeche First Nation, Hay River, Enterprise and Kakisa had been under a boil water advisory since large-scale flooding in Hay River this spring. The chief environmental health officer put in the boil water advisory due to higher-than-normal levels of turbidity and the flooding affecting Hay River’s water treatment plant. The…
Residents of Fort Liard that need police need to go to the detachment in person. According to RCMP, phone service in several communities was interrupted on Saturday. On Sunday afternoon, RCMP said the issue had been fixed in all communities except Fort Liard. It’s not clear how long the outage…