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,…
A Fort Good Hope man has abandoned his right to a trial and has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault after an attack on two people in the Sahtu community last September. Christopher Shae, 49, appeared in Supreme Court in Yellowknife Monday where he re-elected to be sentenced by judge alone…
The community of Behchoko is in mourning after two members of the community were killed in a car crash on Saturday. According to a news release from RCMP – it happened about 11:30 in the morning on Highway 3 near Behchoko. Community members have identified the victims as 30-year-old Ryan…
The City of Yellowknife has implemented a mandatory open air burning ban. The ban, which includes the use of approved fire pits within the city, came into effect over the noon hour on Friday. Due to very dry conditions and no indication of rain forecast throughout the weekend, Yellowknife’s Fire…
A wildfire has Yellowknife’s attention and beyond after photos were posted to social media Thursday showing a huge, drifting plume of smoke that was quite visible from any high rise building in the capital city. According to the territorial government’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources the fire, roughly towards…
Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen says Canadians “deserve” to know how the aspiring prime ministers will approach the climate emergency. Gagnon-van Leeuwen is an organizer with Our Time Yellowknife, the local chapter of the national group. Our Time is pushing for a Green New Deal, essentially a set of policies to tackle…
Two American tourists were left stranded on Sunday after a grizzly bear destroyed their canoe. The couple were on a canoe trip in the area of Hanbury Lake, about 480 kilometres east of Yellowknife. They radioed the International Emergency Response Coordination Centre (IERCC), a global search and rescue dispatch centre….