A new service is coming to the homes of Hay River residents suffering from quarantine hair. Randi Hunt, who worked for eight years as a hairdresser, is bringing the shears straight to the customer’s door by launching a mobile barber service. Hunt, originally from Yellowknife, normally splits her time between the…
Tłı̨chǫ citizens can participate in the annual gathering this year on their computers, TV’s, radios or phones. The Tłı̨chǫ Annual Gathering is a chance for the government to discuss various subjects and issues with its citizens, while providing an opportunity for the community to spend time quality time together. “In…
Dennis Nelner says it would not have been unusual for all sorts of people to be living under his mother’s roof when she was alive. He says many young Fort Simpson residents moved into his mom’s basement as their first foray away from home. Madeline Nelner would also invite people…
A search group in Tuktoyaktuk has no deadline for ending its mission to find community member Ernest Raymond, who has been missing since last week. The search is a community effort — with countless cooks donating food to the volunteers walking along the shores, flying drones and out in boats…
“Blood money.” That’s how Nadine Delorme-Simon characterizes the payments from the Sixties Scoop settlement. It’s also a recognition of the “cultural genocide” she had to endure as a survivor of the Sixties Scoop. Across Canada, survivors like Delorme-Simon have started receiving interim payments of $21,000 from the settlement. These are…
Linda Croft says she finds herself kicking travelers out of Fort Providence several times a week. “I figure if no one else is going to do it, I’ll do it,” she says with a laugh. Croft, an employee with the Big River Service Centre, launched a petition demanding the Government…
Tuktoyaktuk RCMP says there is an ongoing investigation to find 50-year-old Ernest Raymond. Police say they received a call shortly before 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, saying Raymond was missing. He reportedly had not been seen in the community for “several days”. Officers went to a camp at Reindeer…
A trailer filled with kitchen equipment in Fort Good Hope has become a makeshift meat processor, turning previously troublesome muskox into sausages and hamburger patties. Last week the department of Environment and Natural Resources was called into the community to deal with muskox near the airport. Instead of letting the…
The Kátł’odeeche Fırst Natıon is suing the territorial government, the Northwest Territories Métis Nation (NWTMN), the Hay River Métis Government Council (HRMGC) and its president, Trevor Beck. In a news release, the First Nation says the legal action comes after years of silence from the territorial government on “unauthorized cabin…
The Fort Good Hope community is wishing Gabriel (Gabe) and Sarah Kochon congratulations as they celebrate 70 years of marriage. The couple renewed their vows in North Slavey at the Church of Our Lady of Good Hope with members of the community in attendance. “It was a beautiful mass,” says daughter…