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…
The Clerk of the Legislative Assembly said it had been years since he had seen so many people in the public gallery. Hundreds of friends and family members were gathered for the swearing in of the new MLAs on Friday, October 11. Following the brief ceremony, the newly-sworn-in MLAs were…
A Fort Simpson man who was shot last month by a wildlife officer with the territorial government’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) says he and his community are still owed some answers. Dennis Nelner, 54, was hit in the thigh with a slug fired from a shotgun while…
If you are unable to vote in the federal election on Oct. 21 or just want to get it done, and you live in one of six communities in the Northwest Territories, or Yellowknife, you can cast your ballot at an advance poll this week. The advance polls run from…
A Gwich’in Grandmother is taking another step in her faith journey. Mabel Brown says she feels blessed to become a deacon in the Anglican Church, and will serve in Inuvik and some of the outlying communities of the Beaufort Delta. “Because it’s a one time thing. It’s special and meaningful…