While much of the political banter has been focused on the federal election, the territorial government has been plodding along its transition to the 19th Legislative Assembly. One of the most important decisions the new MLAs will make is coming this week: selecting a new Premier. On Friday, the four…
Stalled negotiations, lost trust, inconsistency—these are all issues new MLAs are inheriting from the last territorial government. And they’re only some of the concerns more than a dozen Indigenous leaders from across the territory told MLAs at a public meeting at the Tree of Peace Friendship Centre in Yellowknife. The…
Update: Yelllowknife RCMP say Nelson has been located, but did not provide details on where he was found. Yellowknife RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Eric Nelson, 47. According to a news release issued Monday morning, Nelson was last seen about 9:00 pm on Saturday, October 19,…
Yellowknife RCMP are again asking for the public’s help as they continue to look for a missing man. According to a news release from the Mounties issued Friday, they continue to search for Glenn Harold Field, 63, who they first reported missing a week ago. “Any kind of information on…
The Northwest Territories Disability Council will continue to run the Yellowknife Day Shelter and Sobering Centre in the city’s downtown. The NWT’s Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) announced Friday that the disabilities council is the successful proponent after a request for proposals seeking bids for an operator for the…
The Dené National Chief says he has returned from a three-day Dené meeting in Alberta with optimism about the future of a cross-border Dené Nation. Norman Yakeleya is just back in Yellowknife from a historic gathering on the TsuuT’ina First Nation in Calgary. He says the meeting went a long…
Paulatuk residents were thankful this past Thanksgiving Monday as several of them attended a mitten-making workshop hosted by the RCMP. According to a news release from the Mounties, the Monday’s workshop saw several community members learning how to make traditional Inuvialuit fur mittens. “It was a huge success, with great…
An experienced paddler and well-known Fort Smith resident has described for CKLB exactly how a man was rescued from the trecherous Cassette Rapids on the Slave River on Thanksgiving Monday. Don Jaque was at the scene when the man was rescued Monday night. “He and a friend had been across…
Paul Falvo is a criminal defence lawyer from Yellowknife and the Green Party candidate for the upcoming federal election. He’s also been appointed the party’s Arctic critic. He sat down with Francis Tessier-Burns to discuss transitioning to a green economy, leaving oil and gas in the ground, and other issues…
A 26-year-old canoeist is fortunate to be alive after he fell into rapids on a frigid Slave River on Thanksgiving Monday, just south of Fort Smith on the Alberta side of the border with the Northwest Territories. RCMP say the man had put the canoe in the river Monday afternoon…