Community

Aklavik declares state of emergency, begins evacuation

The Hamlet of Aklavik has declared a state of emergency as water levels breached the road to the dump and continue to rise. The community declared the state of emergency late Saturday night morning and began evacuating its residents on Sunday morning to Inuvik. On Twitter, Premier Caroline Cochrane said…




Sudden death reported in Inuvik

Inuvik RCMP has reported a sudden death in the community. A 47-year-old woman was found unresponsive and medevac to Yellowknife around 6:40 p.m. on Saturday, May 22. The woman died on May 23. NT RCMP Major Crimes Unit and the office of the chief coroner have begun an investigation and…


Fort Good Hope enters clean up, restoration phase as water begins to recede

"The community remains on high risk," according to a territorial public safety notice.


The water levels in Fort Good Hope dropped significantly overnight Tuesday, allowing residents a sigh of relief as the community prepares for phase two of its emergency plan. The river is flowing with no ice congestion and land is becoming more visible, says Arthur Tobac, emergency communications officer. A total…


Tulita receives funding for 8 new modular homes

The Hamlet of Tulita is receiving $4.9 million from the federal government to build eight new modular homes in the community. The funding comes from a $60 million “carve-out” that was granted to the Northwest Territories from the National Housing Co-Investment Fund from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)….



‘Unique and irreplaceable’: Gwich’in culture recognized by national registry

Over 300 boxes and two terabytes of digital information await organizing, a process that will take NWT archivists roughly five years to complete.


A team of seven NWT archivists has a big job to do, preserving over 20 years of Gwich’in knowledge. Gwich’in heritage is being recognized nationally for its “unique and irreplaceable documents” by the Canada Memory of the World Register, a national registry that honours culturally-significant documents. “It’s a big achievement…