The COVID-19 outbreak at Gahcho Kué Mine is over, according to the office of the chief public health officer (OCPHO). On Friday, Dr. Andy Delli Pizzi, the deputy chief public health officer, issued an advisory saying the last worker to have developed symptoms has recovered. A total of 20 workers…
NWT RCMP has stopped its investigation into the source of the Hay River highrise fire that happened two years ago. Despite the territorial Fire Marshal’s initial investigation that suggested the fire was lit intentionally, the RCMP has not laid any charges related to the case. “In the end, the criminal…
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…
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…
The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun (FNNND) has filed a judicial petition to challenge the Government of Yukon in awarding Metallic Minerals Corporation advanced exploration rights in its territory. The First Nation says it was not properly consulted before the Government of Yukon made dealings with the mining company…
Residents on Highways 3 and 4 will soon see a reduction of emergency fire services from the city. As of April 1, the City of Yellowknife will be reducing fire services outside of municipal boundaries and the territorial government wants residents to be a part of the conversation. Public engagement…
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…
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…
A new research project incorporating Indigenous knowledge is looking to increase the rate of HPV vaccination in the Northwest Territories. According to a news release, the NWT’s HPV vaccination rate is 55 per cent, compared to 92 per cent across Canada. HPV is one of the most common sexually transmitted…
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…