Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya is calling on northern and federal leaders to enforce Alberta to reinstate environmental monitoring of the oil sands. The Alberta Environment and Parks department suspended certain monitoring practices with the oil sands as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Alberta Energy Regulator has received legitimate…
NWT residents wanting to leave the territory via Highway 7 will be allowed to do so twice a week. The territorial government has updated its travel restrictions to allow residents to leave using schedule exits at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. Residents wishing to leave need to email the…
A handful of NWT airlines and rotary wing operators will be receiving an additional $3 million in funding to ensure essential services continue. Summit Air was one of the airline providers who received the funding. Myles Cane, spokesperson for Summit Air said in an email, the company is using the…
Fort Liard RCMP says it is investigating a third incident of “damage done” at the gate on Highway 7 near the British Columbia border. The department of Infrastructure informed local RCMP of the incident, the department has since re-secured the gate. There have been two other similar occurrences, on April…
The YK Food Bank is hoping to begin accepting food donations in the next month, the vice president says. The news comes at a good time as food supplies are beginning to run low, says Coleen McClean-Cham, volunteer coordinator. “We’re still not taking any food donations, and our stock pile,…
A new education plan will allow NWT schools a more blended and flexible learning approach. Minister R.J. Simpson met with education leaders and the NWT Teachers’ Association (NWTTA) via teleconference yesterday, to discuss how learning will be maintained throughout the 2020-2021 school year. Stemming from the precautions of COVID-19, this…
The MV Johnny Berens ferry on the Mackenzie River at the N’dulee crossing has closed. Earlier this week, the department of Infrastructure tweeted that the MV Lafferty on the Liard River closed. Both closures are due to high water levels and debris and neither have a timeline for when operations…
The Government of Canada has committed $16.5 million, through the Gas Tax Fund, to help local governments provide municipal services for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. The GTF is a long-term fund to help address local infrastructure needs in communities all across Canada. Infrastructure Canada will send the $16.5 million to…
Dettah Yellowknives Dene First Nation Chief Edward Sangris says a resident recovered the body of a deceased boater found on Great Slave Lake last Thursday. Previous reports stated the RCMP contributed to the recovery of the body, something Sangris says is incorrect. A community search was launched to find James…
NT RCMP is warning residents about a spike in fentanyl use after two recent overdoses. The first was on May 28 in Yellowknife; officers and paramedics arrived to find an unresponsive man. According to a police news release, paramedics managed to revive the man who later said he knew he…