The Yellowknives Dene First Nation announced the chief candidates for its upcoming election. The four candidates are: Cecilie (Cece) Beaulieu Ernest Betsina Fred Sangris Shirley Tsetta The position of councillor has been filled by Ted Tsetta due to being the only nomination submitted. The candidates were announced in a Facebook…
Dettah residents found a black bear hanging from a power pole outside the community on Tuesday morning. According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR), the bear was shot after climbing the pole but ENR wasn’t the one to shoot it. Who shot the bear is still unclear….
The office of the chief public health officer (OCPHO) has confirmed one new case of COVID-19 in Yellowknife. According to a public health advisory, the case is related to domestic travel outside the territory. Health officials say those on Canadian North, flight 244 from Edmonton on June 28, row four…
Frederick Blake Jr., Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, has appointed Justice Ronald Barclay to be the adjudicator in the conduct complaint against MLA Steve Norn. Barclay is a retired judged from Saskatchewan who also served as the province’s conflict of interest commissioner for a decade. He’s now in charge of…
According to officials in Fort Providence, the body of 56-year-old Knute Norwegian was found today. Norwegian was swept away by the Deh Cho (Mackenzie River) on Sunday evening, following Treaty 11 commemorations. Residents last saw Norwegian swimming near the Winter Crossing around 7 p.m. According to an RCMP press release,…
A 21-year-old man facing murder charges from last October is in custody. Ahmed Mohamed — known as Scotty — turned himself in to the Yellowknife RCMP detachment on Saturday, police announced in a press release. Mohamed is facing charges for murder and assault causing bodily harm from Oct. 31, 2020….
The territorial government will be coordinating and covering the cost of all repairs to private homes caused by flood damage this past spring. In a press conference Monday afternoon, Laura Gareau, the deputy minister for the department of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA), explained the plan. All household repairs not…
One hundred years have passed since the signing of Treaty 11. Now several communities across Denendeh commemorate what that signing means, all those years ago to protect the Dene people and their way of life. Among those communities, Fort Providence kicked off celebrations, over the weekend with a fire-feeding ceremony,…
Dr. Kami Kandola, chief public health officer, has removed her orders of mandatory masking in indoor public spaces for Behchokǫ̀, Ndilǫ, Dettah and Yellowknife. The order had been in place since May 17, around the time the COVID-19 outbreak related to N.J. Macpherson School. Kandola declared that outbreak to be…
Every dollar spent on repairs takes away from programs for kids, says Patricia Davison. Davison is the executive director of the Children First Society in Inuvik, and for the past month or so the organization has had to deal with several instances of vandalism. So far, staff and the 90…