Paulatuk is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the signing of Tuktut Nogait National Park. June 5 marks 25 years to the day that the park was signed into creation; it was physically established two years later. This year’s celebration also happens to coincide with Inuvialuit Day. Paulatuk residents are the…
Wildfire season in the NWT has had a slow start and will likely stay the same into June. So far in May, there has only been one fire in the NWT and it was a result of an abandoned campfire. No hectares were burned as a result. Richard Olsen, the…
The GNWT’s Bathurst Caribou Advisory Committee is looking for input on their management plan. A draft of the committee’s management plan is ready and the government wants communities and harvesters to act to ensure they have the best possible plan. With an end goal of curbing caribou numbers declining and…
The second of five public listening sessions on caribou conservation in the Sahtú will be next spring in Délı̨nę. The session’s central question is “What should people’s role be in maintaining healthy relationships between caribou and other wildlife?” The first listening session was in Colville Lake in January. Last month,…
A handful of wolverine sightings have been reported in Yellowknife. The department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) confirmed three sightings, on Sunday, near Finlayson Dr., Magrum Cres. and Forrest Dr. ENR says they investigated all three areas with no trace of the animal. “Yellowknife is a wilderness city, and…
“Without the Porcupine caribou herd, you take out who we are as a people,” says Ken Smith, grand chief of the Gwich’in Tribal Council. “That is a future we cannot comprehend,” he adds. Smith says he is concerned for the protection of the Porcupine caribou after the Trump administration opened…
The department of Environment and Natural Resources is warning residents of a large grizzly bear spotted near Vee Lake road. ENR is asking any residents to be cautious if walking or hiking in the area and to report any sightings to 867-873-7181. The department also shared some safety tips in…
The Northwest Territories and Alberta are in the process of establishing a traditional knowledge working group as part of the transboundary water agreement. This is according to a report released on Thursday. The report described the Alberta-NWT Traditional Knowledge Working Group’s (TKWG) first meeting, which occurred in January 2018. “Indigenous…
An NWT resident reported seeing a cougar early Sunday afternoon on the Ingraham Trail, according to the department of Environment and Natural Resources. The department posted on social media that the animal crossed the highway between Cameron Falls and Reid Lake campground, about kilometre 49. “Cougar sightings are rare in…
The government is launching a wastewater testing program to potentially detect the presence of COVID-19 in the territories. The program will collect sewage samples from Hay River, Yellowknife, Inuvik, Fort Smith and Fort Simpson. The government says they suspect this program to cover half the population’s and 100 per cent of all…