For Cynthia Pavlovich, every day starts in Gwich’in (Dinjii Zhu Ginjik). “That’s been a really nice start to the day,” she says. “I just want to learn so badly I am willing to invest any and all of my spare time in doing that.” Pavlovich is 39 years old, originally…
The nominations for Premier of the Northwest Territories are in, and each of the candidates has made their appeal to the N.W.T.’s small and Indigenous communities. R.J. Simpson, Kieron Testart, Shane Thompson and Caroline Wawzonek all put their names in the hat for premier on Thursday. Each gave a 20-minute…
The boil water advisory in has been lifted. According to the territory’s chief public health officer (CPHO), the use and consumption of water can resume. The advisory was issued on Friday after health officials said the water contained higher turbidity in the water. The Délı̨nę Got’ine Government and the CPHO said…
Yellowknife RCMP are investigating a homicide after finding a man dead inside the Hilltop apartment complex on 47 Street. Police were called to the scene shortly before 3:00 a.m. on Saturday morning, where they found the man laying unresponsive. The incident was first ruled a “suspicious death,” but has since…
For Sir John Franklin High School Student Reanna Brownlee, addictions and mental health are issues that hit close to home. “I’m doing it for the kids around me, all the kids I work with,” she says. “There’s so many kids with parents that struggle from addiction and suffer — my…
The Legislative Assembly is going to look very different next week. During election night on Tuesday, seven incumbent MLAs, including two cabinet ministers and the speaker of the house, were defeated: Ronald Bonnetrouge of Dehcho; Katrina Nokleby of Great Slave; Rocky Simpson of Hay River South; Diane Archie of Inuvik…
Fort Smith RCMP, are asking for the public’s help in locating a wanted man. Northwest Territories RCMP shared the message along with a photo of Donovan Desjarlais on social media on Tuesday afternoon. Desjarlais has “a number of warrants out for his arrest,” according to police. The statement did not…
“The Western medical system can be quite harmful to people that it wasn’t necessarily built for (or) built to support. There are a lot of challenges with racial equity in the healthcare system. And we see that in reproductive health care, as well,” says Sabrina Flack, co-founder of Northern Birthwork…
A Yellowknife man has been sentenced to five years in prison and ten years of probation for the possession and transmission of child pornography and for extortion. Twenty-year-old Chase Straker was sentenced in an N.W.T. court on Monday, according to an RCMP release. He was found to have stored and…
Michael Vandell will serve a second term as chief of Deh Gáh Got’îê First Nation. That’s according to results shared by the returning officer on social media on Tuesday, following the day’s election. Vandell defeated challenger Xavier Canadien by 178 votes to 110. Seven of the 14 candidates for councillor…