Feds invest $3.8 million in clean tech projects
MP Michael McLeod announced a handful of clean technology projects in the territory that will be getting federal funding. The total dollar amount is $3.8 million dollars…
Education
Polytechnic transition to take five to six years
Support, inspiration and new opportunities. Those concepts will apparently guide the transition of Aurora College into a polytechnic university. That’s according to survey results of…
YKDFN students gets backpacks and school supplies courtesy of Muslim community organizations
At least 100 Ndilo and Dettah students will be sporting new backpacks this coming school year. The bags are a donation from Islamic Relief Canada and…
NWT Mounties look to bring back former gang leader turned motivational speaker
After a half dozen successful speaking engagements with students in the Northwest Territories last month, the RCMP says it wants to bring ex-gang leader Michael…
Two Aurora College Bachelor of Education students receive $5,000 scholarships for their Indigenous research
Two Aurora College students have won Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) scholarships worth $5,000 apiece. Joni Tsatchia and Karen Lepine, both from…
In Photos: École Sir John Franklin High School 2019 Indigenous students graduation
École Sir John Franklin High School held its 15th annual Honour Ceremony for Indigenous Graduates on Saturday. (All photos: Francis Tessier-Burns/CKLB). [slide-anything id=’1510′]
Weledeh students learn all about Dene culture in two-day on the land excursion to Yellowknife River
About two dozen Grade 4 students from Weledeh Catholic School in Yellowknife, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, have a new-found appreciation for the Dene culture after…
GNWT Indigenous hiring policy ‘not working’ and ‘outdated’: MLAs
Two Indigenous MLAs have criticized the government’s affirmative action policy in as many days. Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Tom Beaulieu and Deh Cho MLA Michael Nadli…
Youth bring climate action to Legislative Assembly
Another day, another protest. At least that’s what it feels like for Yellowknife high school students concerned about climate change. Several students set up outside…
Bear-sized beavers’ diet may have led to extinction
A recently published article in the Journal of Scientific Reports is suggesting Giant Pleistocene beavers diet, helped lead to their extinction during the last ice…