The Northwest Territories will be getting 126 affordable housing units, announced in a Monday morning joint press conference with the territorial and federal governments. The new units will be constructed with funding from the federal National Housing Co-investment Fund, out of which the NWT has received a special $60-million “carve…
Morgan Tsetta, a 26-year-old Yellowknives Dene First Nations (YKDFN) member has taken the conversation between the federal government and Giant Mine to TikTok. Tsetta was successful in helping YKDFN get over 32,000 signatures in support of the remediation process, earlier this month. She stresses every single one of those signatures…
Melva Mantla says she spent many nights wondering how she would get her next meal and where she would sleep. But now, the 24-year-old spends her days helping people in a similar struggle. While she first visited as a client, Mantla now works at the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Camp. “I…
Earl Evans is calling on the Indigenous and territorial governments to work together and educate harvesters on respectful hunting practices. Evans, the chair of the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq caribou management board, shared his recent experience of travelling the Tibbitt to Contwoyto ice road where he says he saw unsafe hunting…
A one of a kind, out-door art experience is coming to the North. For the first time, a projection show will be travelling to communities across the NWT, bringing short films by Indigenous artists from around the world to residents. The Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC) presents EBB +…
Derrald Taylor has been carving everything from soapstone to snow since he was a young boy, growing up in Tuktoyaktuk. “Carving is like a getaway for me. When I carve, I forget everything but the piece and let my mind go and my hands take over,” says Taylor on his…
Residents of Chateh are under a mandatory two-week lockdown as of 9 a.m. today, according to Dene Tha’ First Nation. The first nation posted an advisory on social media, which outlines the rules during lockdown. Full household lockdown, no one leaves their home Nobody in or out of the community,…
Some residents in the NWT’s northern-most communities are struggling with mental health, says Jackie Jacobson. “A lot of people are hurting from depression,” said the Nunakput MLA. He was pleading with Julie Green, minister of Health and Social Services, for in-person counselling services. Green acknowledged there are “some vacancies in…
Délı̨nę has signed an agreement with the federal government to benefit the community in remediation projects around Great Bear Lake. The agreement is a first step “towards ensuring Délı̨nę community members have a say in decisions about the clean-up of abandoned mine sites near their homes,” reads a news release….
Ron Bonnetrouge, MLA for Deh Cho, is calling for more supports for residents facing elder abuse. On Tuesday, he said elders — especially in small communities — were facing a “pandemic” of abuse. “Elder abuse is a real and frightening problem in our territory,” said Julie Green, minister responsible for…