Yellowknife City Councillor Rommel Silverio has announced he’s running to become the member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Kam Lake. Silverio is a two-term city councillor having been re-elected last year. He says obviously he could not hold down both jobs if he wins but says that…
Long-time Yellowknifer Thom Jarvis has declared his intention to run to become a member of the NWT Legislative Assembly in the Riding of Yellowknife Centre. In breaking the news to CKLB Friday evening, Jarvis says he both works and lives downtown in the riding and is confident that he is…
Edwin Erutse knows the delay to signing an establishment agreement for the Ts’udé Nilįné Tuyeta protected area is far from ideal. Erustse, the president of the Yamoga Land Corporation, and other community leaders in Fort Good Hope were criticized earlier this week for delaying the agreement after the community approved…
The federal government has committed almost $1.8 million dollars to help improve the quality of life for Elders and other senior citizens in the Northwest Territories. The funding announcement was made Thursday at the Avens Seniors Centre in Yellowknife by NWT MP Michael McLeod. It’s the latest in a slew…
An administrative review conducted by Northwest Territories RCMP on one of their own officers has cleared the Mountie after a man was injured, allegedly while being arrested in Yellowknife earlier this year. RCMP stated that the review was conducted by a commissioned NWT RCMP officer, an inspector, who was “independent of…
August 30 is the deadline to file an application to be a part of the Sixties Scoop class action settlement. The settlement includes any registered First Nation person or Inuit who was adopted or made a permanent ward and was placed in the care of non-Indigenous people. The settlement affects…
A celebration of life is to be held Friday afternoon for reknowned Northwest Territrories priest, author and photographer Rene Fumoleau. Its being held at the Willideh Site on the Yellowknife River out the Ingraham Trail. Fumoleau died at Avens Manor in Yellowknife on August 6th – his 93rd birthday. Originally…
RCMP say they have charged a man who once worked in the Tlicho community of Whati with possession of and making child pornography available. Police state in a news release that the arrest came as a result of a proactive investigation initiated by the NT RCMP Internet Child Exploitation Unit…
Updated August 30, 2019 to reflect the answers of the Government of the Northwest Territories. When it comes to Fort Good Hope’s ongoing self-government negotiations, there’s still a “large gap” between the community and the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT), says Chief Negotiator Daniel T’Seleie. For now, that means…
Kateri Lynn was the youngest candidate running for a position on the Yellowknives Dene First Nation council and she got the most votes. The 19-year-old receives 204 votes to win a seat representing Dettah. According to an interview with NNSL earlier this month, she said a lack of youth representation…