The boil water advisory in has been lifted. According to the territory’s chief public health officer (CPHO), the use and consumption of water can resume. The advisory was issued on Friday after health officials said the water contained higher turbidity in the water. The Délı̨nę Got’ine Government and the CPHO said…
“The Western medical system can be quite harmful to people that it wasn’t necessarily built for (or) built to support. There are a lot of challenges with racial equity in the healthcare system. And we see that in reproductive health care, as well,” says Sabrina Flack, co-founder of Northern Birthwork…
Michael Vandell will serve a second term as chief of Deh Gáh Got’îê First Nation. That’s according to results shared by the returning officer on social media on Tuesday, following the day’s election. Vandell defeated challenger Xavier Canadien by 178 votes to 110. Seven of the 14 candidates for councillor…
The Beaufort Delta is getting ready to rumble tonight. Totally Arctic Wrestling (TAW) returns to the Delta this weekend. The first event, Naarigaa, is coming to Inuvik on Friday, while the second event, Danger Bay, is coming to Tuktoyaktuk on Sunday. Since its first event in 2019, TAW has billed…
Former Yellowknives Dene First Nation Chief Edward Sangris has passed away. YKDFN announced his passing on social media on Tuesday morning. Born and raised in Dettah, Sangris served four consecutive terms as Dettah Chief starting in 2007 before stepping down. He came from a political family, with his father Joseph…
“I was taught (to be) ashamed of myself or I watched what I did or what I said simply because of the way it was in the residential schools,” says Eileen Beaver, a 68-year-old Elder from the lost community of Rocher River. At the age of eight, Beaver was displaced…
Dates have been set for elections for the Deh Gáh Got’îê First Nation. Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 7, according to a notice from Electoral Officer Phoebe Parent dated Oct. 25. Advance polls are being held Thursday, Oct. 26 and Thursday, Nov. 2. Chief Michael Vandell…
As the camera rolls, Mary Snowshoe tells a story of becoming stranded in a storm when she was 18. “I couldn’t even see, maybe, two metres away from myself,” she recalls. But she remembered what her father taught her, and was able to make a fire and a tipi. Through…
It was an eventful final day of the annual general assembly (AGA) of the Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC), as two former presidents of Designated Gwich’in Organizations (DGOs) were banned from serving for life and one delegation temporarily walked out. The three-day AGA wrapped up on Thursday, during a day of…
Saturday was National Truth and Reconciliation Day, and schools and community governments across the territory held commemorations of all kinds. Mildred Hall Students performed a drum dance outside their Yellowknife school on Friday. In nearby Ndilo, YKDFN hosted a ceremony that included feeding-the-fire and speeches by political figures including Dene…