Community

Dehcho First Nations welcomes new Grand Chief

Kenneth Cayen is officially the new Grand Chief for the Dehcho First Nations. “I’m just proud of myself because I wanted to show the youth and my children that anything is possible. And if you put your mind to it, you can achieve it,” he said. During the 28th Dehcho…



New air terminal coming to Inuvik

The community of Inuvik is getting another sizable investment towards its airport. Both territorial and federal governments are collectively investing $42 million dollars into a new air terminal at the Mike Zubko airport. This new structure is expected to improve airport capacity and operations facilities, and in addition withstand extreme…


‘Aboriginal day is 365 days a year’: Chief Ernest Betsina

Hundreds gathered at Yellowknife River at the Wiilliideh site to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day – an annual event that happens every June 21. “It has been a long time since we gathered like this,” says Chief Ernest Betsina for Ndilǫ, Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN). This year’s festivities were particularly…






GNWT to present arsenic risk assessment results

CKLB will be carrying the presentation live and streaming on our Facebook page on Thursday evening.


The territorial government will be presenting the results of the Legacy Arsenic Health and Human Risk Assessment on Thursday, June 17. The project examined the risk of arsenic exposure in areas surrounding the sites of Giant and Con mine, outside of the immediate remediation zone. The research focused on traditional…