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…
RCMP now say that after an extensive aerial and water-based search since Monday, they are now in recovery mode for four commercial fishermen missing on Great Slave Lake since last weekend. In a news release issued Friday afternoon, Mounties stated that under the circumstances and with the low probability of…
A search operation is underway after four commercial fishermen were reported overdue in Hay River. According to an RCMP news release, issued over the noon hour Monday, Mounties in Hay River received a report just after 4:00 am Monday that the men were believed to have been travelling by boat…
Several hundred environmentally conscious students and other like-minded adults turned out on Friday for a march through Yellowknife’s downtown. The rally, which some students called a strike, culminated with a noon-hour protest rally at Somba K’e Plaza on the shore of Frame Lake beside city hall. The demonstrators were part…
A mass walk out is planned for Friday in Yellowknife by students and other environmentally conscious individuals to protest a lack of action on climate change. According to a news release, students from Yellowknife schools and other concerned residents will walk out of classrooms, homes and workplaces to join in…
Dennis Nelner, a 54-year-old man from Fort Simpson, has confirmed for CKLB that he is the victim of a shooting by an Environment and Natural Resources officer in that Dehcho community on Friday night. Nelner was taken to Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife, reportedly by Medevac. A photo of him…
RCMP are investigating after a man was shot by Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) officer in the Dehcho community of Fort Simpson. Mounties stated in a news release Saturday that it happened on Friday when the ENR officer shot at a bear that was within the town’s boundary and was…
Anyone in Inuvik looking for a night off from cooking can look to the community greenhouse for a new food delivery service. Ashley Jacobson is the community coordinator with the greenhouse and is in charge of the delivery program. She says anyone can sign up for the program, and expect…
How important are the perceived effects of development on the land? That was one of the main questions at a public hearing on a possible change to Diavik mine’s closure plan. The project The mine is hoping to stuff 5 million cubic metres of processed kimberlite back into one of…
Edwin Erutse knows the delay to signing an establishment agreement for the Ts’udé Nilįné Tuyeta protected area is far from ideal. Erustse, the president of the Yamoga Land Corporation, and other community leaders in Fort Good Hope were criticized earlier this week for delaying the agreement after the community approved…