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…
Despite two years of “perfect conditions” for caribou, Tłı̨chǫ monitors are still seeing a low calf-to-cow ratio in the Kokètì ekwǫ (Bathurst) herd. Petter Jacobsen is the principal investigator with the Tłı̨chǫ Government’s Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoède K’è (Boots on the Ground) monitoring program. “The bulls are growing large antlers early in…
LGBTQ2S+ youth from across the North Slave can look forward to canoe trips, campfires and movie nights this summer. This will come as part of the Qmunity Camp NWT, the territory’s first LGBTQ2S+ overnight summer camp. The camp is being run in partnership by the Rainbow Coalition of Yellowknife, an…
After spending the past couple months working on commissions, Dene artist Darrell Chocolate was able to publicly showcase his work at the Yellowknife Farmers Market. The Yellowknife Farmers Market (YKFM) kicked off its summer season on Tuesday, July 7, after a hiatus as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
Kristen Tanche attributes her time at the Dechinta Centre with developing her professional career involving land-based programming. “I was able to go back to the land where my forefathers and ancestors had frequented,” she says. “That wasn’t something that I had ever done before.” Shortly after finishing her third program…
The president of an Inuvik-based communications company says he is “disappointed” Northwestel chose his community to expand the Fiber-to-home service. A Northwestel press release says the Fiber-to-home service will offer improved internet speeds, reliability and data allowances. But New North Networks, a Inuvik-based communications provider that has been around since…
The territorial government has extended the public health emergency, but not the state of emergency. A Government of the Northwest Territories press release says it has been successful at managing the risk of COVID-19 using the Public Health Act, and has not had to use authorities under the Emergency Management Act….
For the second time, a nearly two month long boil water advisory has been lifted in Hay River, K’atl’odeeche First Nation, Enterprise and Kakisa. The advisory was put in place due to a higher than normal amount of turbidity — muddy water — as a result of the spring break-up,…
The RCMP is investigating a fire near Inuvik that left one structure destroyed on June 26. Julie Plourde, spokesperson for the NT RCMP, says in an email police are investigating a structure fire, believed to be suspicious in nature in the area of Airport Lake. The now-extinguished fire was just…
Regular MLAs are calling on Caroline Wawzonek, minister of Justice, and Chief Supt. Jamie Zettler, commanding officer of NT RCMP, to meet with Indigenous and Black leaders to discuss systemic racism in the justice system. “This is a once in generation opportunity to discuss and change how our communities are…