When Conrad Prince was two years old, he was sent to Germany as part of the Sixties Scoop. He also only met his sister four years ago, who, he says, didn’t know she was Ojibwe. While each survivor’s experience is unique, this loss of place and identity is common among…
The holy grail of hockey, The Stanley Cup, is headed to Délįne for the first time ever for Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada. Some say Délįne, which is located in the Sahtú region of the Northwest Territories on the western shore of Great Bear Lake, is the birthplace of hockey. Joel…
The vast majority of offenders in correctional facilities in the Northwest Territories are Indigenous people despite the fact they make up only about half of the territory’s overall population. CKLB asked the Justice Department of the NWT for the numbers after federal prison numbers were released this week. “Currently, of…
A hunting rifle that belongs to the father of convicted Yellowknife drug dealer Norman Hache has been returned to its rightful owner. Denis Hache appeared in Supreme Court in Yellowknife Thursday arguing that he lent the 20-year-old Winchester rifle to his son to go hunting and that it should be…
It’s been a few stressful months for one Fort Resolution woman after her purebred Yorkie, named Angel, became severely ill. Martina Jerome, Angel’s dog mom, lives in Fort Resolution and is a self-taught NWT artist that has been sewing for more than 25 years. When Angel took ill on November…
Edmonton police say a man with ties to Hay River and Yellowknife is wanted for murder in Edmonton. According to an Edmonton police news release, their Homicide Section is looking for Amin Yussuf, 29, who remains wanted on Canada-wide warrants in connection to the shooting death of 26-year-old Abubeker Gemechu…
The Giant Mine Remediation Project team is hoping the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board will approve its water license and land use permit for its final closure plan. The board is hosting a public hearing until Friday, January 24 to discuss the closure plan. The remediation team says the…
A second suspect, wanted in connection with a series of armed robberies in Whitehorse, has been arrested in Inuvik. Corey Robert Cardinal, 32, was arrested Tuesday with the help of Inuvik RCMP, a news release states. Police don’t say exactly where he was arrested nor any circumstances surrounding his apprehension….
The Det’on Cho construction company has signed an agreement with Australia-based Cheetah Resources to control the mining at the Nechalacho Rare Earth mining project site. Det’on Cho is a subsidiary of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation. According to a news release, the agreement may be the first where all mining…
Northwest Territories taxpayers will initially pay for four firefighters who have headed to Australia to help with the country’s devastating wildfires. But the GNWT will eventually be reimbursed for their services. That’s according to Mike Gravel, director of forest management with the Government of the Northwest Territories Dept. of Environment…