Environment


Bluenose-East caribou maybe recovering; Bathurst continue to drop

The Sahtì Ekwǫ̀ (Bluenose-East caribou) herd may be stabilizing, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. On Thursday, ENR staff and Tammy Steinwand-Deschambeault, the Tłı̨chǫ Government’s director of culture and lands protection, presented the latest population survey results for Sahtì Ekwǫ̀ and Kǫk’èetı Ekwǫ̀ (Bathurst caribou) to the…







What the NWT delegates want out of COP26

The world’s largest climate change meeting took place this week in Glasgow, and two NWT MLAs are there. Shane Thompson, minister of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR); Katrina Nokleby, MLA for Great Slave; and two government staff make up the territory’s delegation to COP26. Prior to leaving, Nokleby told CKLB…


Northern youth discuss combating climate change at recent summit

“They're forcing me to care about this because they are slowly destroying my livelihood,” says Siku Rojas.


The Young Leaders Summit on Northern Climate Change hosted by Ecology North took place from August 17-21. 17 participants from the Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories gathered in Dettah at B. Dene Adventures tour camp.  The goal of the camp is to bring northern perspectives together in one place…


Indigenous inclusion at Nechalacho Rare Earth Mine

“Living in a world where you're mixed between modern and traditional, this mine site brings that inclusivity that connection, and it encourages that there's a lot more to just mining. There's the people aspect, there's the environment aspect, there's the land...there's a lot more that can be learned from this mine than just jobs.” says Lena Black.


The Yellowknives Dene First Nation plays a big part in the Nechalacho Rare Earth Mine on July 21, 2021 as seen on the grounds of the mine as they cut the rope to the opening of one of the mine’s operating machines, the sensor-based ore sorter. The ore sorter is…