A funeral being held Friday for respected Yellowknives Dene elder Muriel Betsina has been moved from St. Patrick’s Church to St. Patrick’s school gymnasium in order to accommodate what’s expected to be a large gathering. Muriel was a long time resident of Ndilo and is the mother of current chief…
And then there were three. Caitlin Cleveland has announced that she intends to run for MLA in Kam Lake in this fall’s territorial election. In a Facebook post, she states that as a photographer she has spent the last 15 years connecting with northerners about what matters to us: our…
NWT South District RCMP have just wrapped up the first edition of a boating safety tour along the MacKenzie River. Police stated in a news release that from July 15 to 19, Special Constable Jordan Groenewegen of the Hay River detachment with the assistance of local members, visited Fort Providence,…
A Yellowknife man faces a slew of charges after an entire apartment building in Yellowknife had to be evacuated in the middle of the night after numerous residents suffered from an exposure to bear spray. According to the RCMP, just past midnight on Wednesday, Yellowknife RCMP received a report of…
A Yellowknife woman is crying foul against Air Canada after she says she feels she was discriminated against due to her Indigenous race when she was removed from a Vancouver to Yellowknife flight last Friday. Rachel Tambour-Zoe tells CKLB that she thought she had paid $150 each to upgrade her…
A 26-year-old woman is charged with impaired driving and failure to provide a breath sample following a single-car rollover on the Ingraham Trail, not far from the Dettah Road. RCMP stated in an email that they were called about 5:15 pm Friday regarding a single-vehicle collision at KM 15 on…
Today is the first of a two-day mediation session to try and get the federal government back to the negotiation table with the Athabasca Denesuliné. If mediation doesn’t work then Minister Carolyn Bennett, of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), will need to answer to the courts. Ron Robillard…
Northern B.C. First Nations would like to see similar resources and public focus on their missing loved ones as has been shed on the deaths of two tourists on the Alaska Highway. That’s according to a story from Glacier Media. Prince George-based Carrier Sekani Tribal Council Chief Mina Holmes told…
Intranasal Naloxone is now available in clinics, pharmacies, health centres and hospitals in all 33 communities in the Northwest Territories. Naloxone is used to counteract the effects of an opioid overdose in emergency situations. While injectable Naloxone kits have been available since 2016. The new kits include a nasal spray….
An out-of-control wildfire, burning about 40 kilometres northwest of Yellowknife, is still too dangerous to put firefighting crews on the ground to battle it. That word from personnel from the Department on Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) in a conference call with the media on Monday. Smoke from that fire,…