Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde has welcomed the enactment of two new pieces of federal legislation passed in the House of Commons Friday. Bill C-91 – The Indigenous Languages Act and Bill C-92 – An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families received…
From Metis to Dene to Inuvaluit people and well beyond, Yellowknife’s National Indigenous Day celebration was a party, but it was also a recognition of Canada’s rich cultural heritage as a whole. Free fun and free fish, fresh from Great Slave Lake, as well a gorgeous sunny day helped bring…
The Government of the Northwest Territories says a public health advisory due to wildfire smoke has now been lifted. The territory’s acting chief public health officer had issued the advisory on Tuesday. It was issued for Behchoko, Fort Providence, Hay River, Fort Resolution, Kakisa, Enterprise, Dettah and Yellowknife. The air…
The premier of the Northwest Territories says he’s still undecided on whether he will seek re-election in this fall’s territorial election. Bob McLeod made the comment while answering a question from a reporter this week following a meeting in Yellowknife of the Intergovernmental Council – a group made up of…
The RCMP in Yellowknife have charged a Nunavut man with assaulting a peace officer after a corrections officer was attacked at the North Slave Correctional Complex (NSCC) last month. Police state it happened mid-afternoon on May 28 and the male victim, whom they haven’t identified, went to Stanton Territorial Hospital…
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day by reaffirming its commitment to expand its partnerships and relationships with Indigenous Governments and communities, promote conservation and protection in their traditional territories, and build bridges for future collaborative conservation projects. In a news release, Ducks Unlimited Canada states that…
A judge in Yellowknife is to sentence a man who is originally from Fort Smith on June 28 after she convicted him in April of three counts of sexual assault for having sex with three underage girls. Supreme Court Judge Shannon Smallwood presided over a sentencing hearing Thursday for Joshua…
As part of its commitment to reconciliation, The Human Rights Commission of the Northwest Territories says it will review at its July meeting the Calls for Justice made in the final report from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). A commission spokesperson states that…
Members of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation are getting ready to head to the polls this summer. Four candidates are vying for Chief in Dettah. Former Lands and Environment Manager Rachel Crappeau is the lone female candidate, along with longtime Councillor Bobby Drygeese. Former Ndilo Chief Fred Sangris is also…
An Indigenous woman is suing an RCMP officer in British Columbia over a “malicious, degrading” and “victim blaming” interview she gave while reporting a sexual assault in West Kelowna in 2012. That interview, described as an “interrogation” in the suit, sparked national outrage last month when video surfaced revealing the…