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Featured, News, Politics May 8, 2025

Facing ‘urgent’ governance challenges, Enterprise now under GNWT administration

Former Inuvik CEO Grant Hood will be Municipal Administrator for an indeterminate time, performing the duties of council


A municipal administrator is now running the Hamlet of Enterprise, after the GNWT dismissed the community’s entire council, citing urgent “governance, financial, and operational challenges,” says the minister in charge. The tiny South Slave community of Enterprise — with a population of just 75 in 2021 — has faced leadership…

Featured, News, Police, Politics, Reconciliation May 7, 2025

‘Top offender list’ to help RCMP allocate resources in fight against drug crime in the NWT

Dene Nation forms drug-fighting task force, as senior Mountie lays out concerns with small airport security, lenient bail, and soft sentences for traffickers


“I don’t want anybody to get hurt standing up for their community, and I don’t want anybody to cross the line where they’ve done something that does break the law.” – RCMP Supt. Chris Romanchych The RCMP are compiling for the first time a top offender list for the Northwest…

Featured, News, Politics, Reconciliation May 7, 2025

Dene Nation leadership debates creating task force to tackle drug crisis gripping communites

'This is a new type of genocide. It's a genocide that we've inflicted upon ourselves,' says Dehcho Grand Chief Herb Norwegian


As dozens of First Nations leaders were searching for ways to stop drug traffickers from importing violence and misery from the south, news came of an RCMP arrest in Norman Wells of two Alberta men and the seizure of crack cocaine, meth, and a loaded handgun. Since the pandemic, shootings,…

Featured, News, Politics May 6, 2025

Yellowknife’s new mayor is ‘old-fashioned process guy’ Ben Hendriksen

Internal council process passed over two councillors who placed their Indigenous backgrounds front-and-centre at Monday special meeting


“Reconciliation is a core value that council continues to champion and uphold.” – the City of Yellowknife Yellowknife’s new mayor is Ben Hendriksen, who has been in an acting role since Rebecca Alty began her successful campaign in April to be the NWT’s new MP. The self-confessed “old-fashioned process guy”…

Featured, News May 2, 2025

Youth MLAs debate drugs, high school drop-out rates and educational funding

Youth Parliament 2025 took place at Yellowknife’s Legislative Assembly on Thursday


19 high school students from across the territory took their seats in the Legislative Assembly chamber on Thursday as part of Youth Parliament 2025, voicing concerns on issues affecting their communities — just like real MLAs. During the two and a half hours session, youth ministers and members raised topics…

Featured, News, Profile April 30, 2025

Cheko hopes to check off essential employability skills for Indigenous youth

CKLB profiles Arctic Inspiration Prize NWT finalists, leading up to the May 13 awards ceremony in Ottawa


The Arctic Inspiration Prize (AIP) has announced the 2025 finalists, which include 18 Northern teams whose ideas and community-driven solutions span food sovereignty, cultural revitalization, language preservation, youth empowerment, and climate leadership. Together, they are eligible for approximately $3.7 million in prize funding — an investment that is designed to…