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Final arguments delivered in Fort Liard murder trial

Warning, this article contains graphic content of an alleged murder.   The final arguments to determine the fate of a Fort Liard woman accused of murdering her partner were delivered at the Yellowknife Courthouse on Wednesday.  Selena Lomen is facing a second-degree murder charge for stabbing her partner Danny Klondike in…


‘By learning my language, I’m able to connect with my Elders’

Tłı̨chǫ Government offers language revitalization course in Behchokǫ̀.


The Tłı̨chǫ Government held a five-day language revitalization course in Behchokǫ̀ in March, in partnership with the University of Victoria (UVic). The course offered at the Kǫ̀ Gocho Sportsplex Centre — called LING 159 — goes towards the Certificate in Indigenous Language Revitalization (CILR). Mary Siemens and Alice E. Rabesca…




Ice road to Nechalacho Rare Earth Mine officially opens

The ice road from Dettah to the Nechalacho Rare Earth Mine officially opened this past Saturday. The 110-kilometer road on Great Slave Lake leads to where Cheetah Resources and Det’on Cho Nahanni Construction Ltd. will start work at the rare earth mine. The plan is to operate a mine about…


126 affordable housing units coming to NWT

The Northwest Territories will be getting 126 affordable housing units, announced in a Monday morning joint press conference with the territorial and federal governments. The new units will be constructed with funding from the federal National Housing Co-investment Fund, out of which the NWT has received a special $60-million “carve…



YKDFN youth brings Giant Mine’s toxic legacy to TikTok

Morgan Tsetta, a 26-year-old Yellowknives Dene First Nations (YKDFN) member has taken the conversation between the federal government and Giant Mine to TikTok. Tsetta was successful in helping YKDFN get over 32,000 signatures in support of the remediation process, earlier this month. She stresses every single one of those signatures…


Police investigating cyberbullying in Beaufort Delta

Warning: this article discusses suicide. RCMP is investigating incidents of cyberbullying in Beaufort Delta communities, including Inuvik. NNSL reported several parents reached out to the Inuvik Drum with concerns about cyberbullying on TikTok, a video sharing platform. The article says several youth’s videos were reposted on an account called @exposingInuvik28…


CIRA grant prioritizing projects that benefit northern, Indigenous communities

Organizations looking to launch projects that will improve connectivity in northern and Indigenous communities could be eligible for funding. The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is offering a total of $1.25 million for projects dedicated to infrastructure, cybersecurity and digital literacy. Those that benefit northern, rural, and Indigenous communities, as…