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Featured, News, Politics October 12, 2023

Trudeau talks housing, wildfires, Israel-Gaza in Yellowknife visit

The Prime Minister also announced a new 50-unit affordable housing project.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returned to Yellowknife to announce a new affordable housing project, as he continued his tour of the wildfire-devastated territory on Thursday. The 50-unit affordable housing project is slated for completion in 2025. Trudeau was joined at the announcement by Premier Caroline Cochrane, MP Michael McLeod, Mayor…

Community, Featured, News October 11, 2023

Capturing Teetł’it Zheh’s Elders — and their stories

Reel Youth paired young people with Elders for a week of intergenerational learning and storytelling.

As the camera rolls, Mary Snowshoe tells a story of becoming stranded in a storm when she was 18. “I couldn’t even see, maybe, two metres away from myself,” she recalls. But she remembered what her father taught her, and was able to make a fire and a tipi. Through…

Featured, News, Profile October 11, 2023

Profile: Mahalia Yakeleya Newmark and a family tradition of care

From motherhood to volunteering, she carries on her family's legacy.

Mahalia Yakeleya Newmark comes from a long line of caregivers. Her great-grandmother, Harriett Gladue, was a midwife who lived in the bush. “One of the stories I would hear is that they’d be out in the bush, and then they would hear the bells on the dog team coming, and…

Featured, News, Police October 10, 2023

Impaired YK driver injures RCMP officer, security guard

The 20-year-old driver is now facing several charges.

A 20-year-old male driver is facing several charges after injuring both a security guard and an RCMP officer in an impaired driving incident in Yellowknife. The incident took place shortly after 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, when the driver struck a security guard with his vehicle. The security guard was trying…

Community, Featured, News, Politics October 6, 2023

GTC AGA: Two presidents removed, delegation walks out in eventful final day

A forensic audit of the DGOs revealed financial mismanagement.

It was an eventful final day of the annual general assembly (AGA) of the Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC), as two former presidents of Designated Gwich’in Organizations (DGOs) were banned from serving for life and one delegation temporarily walked out. The three-day AGA wrapped up on Thursday, during a day of…

Featured, Justice, News, Police October 5, 2023

UPDATE: Suspect arrested in connection with Inuvik hospital break-in

Michael Clifford Rilling was taken into custody on Thursday or Friday.

An Inuvik man wanted in connection with a break and enter and theft has been taken into custody. That’s according to a release from the Inuvik RCMP on Friday. 45-year-old Michael Clifford Rilling was wanted in connection with an incident that took place at the Inuvik Regional Hospital on or…

Art, Featured, News October 4, 2023

In photos: GNWT unveils new MMIWG monument

The piece was designed by Inuvialuit artist Myrna Pokiak.

Smoke curled through the air as the red tarp was removed and the Legislative Assembly’s new art installation was revealed. Dozens gathered for the unveiling of the new Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) monument in front of the Legislative Assembly building on Wednesday. The monument was designed…

Community, Events, Featured, News October 2, 2023

In photos: Truth and Reconciliation across the N.W.T.

Commemorations took place in Ndilo, Inuvik, and other communities last week.

Saturday was National Truth and Reconciliation Day, and schools and community governments across the territory held commemorations of all kinds. Mildred Hall Students performed a drum dance outside their Yellowknife school on Friday. In nearby Ndilo, YKDFN hosted a ceremony that included feeding-the-fire and speeches by political figures including Dene…

Featured, News, Police October 2, 2023

Missing Fort Smith woman found safe

Tanya Harry was first reported missing on Oct. 1.

A missing Fort Smith woman has been found safe, and Yellowknife RCMP are saying media attention played an important role. Thirty-eight-year-old Tanya Harry was first reported missing from Yellowknife on Oct. 1 after having not been seen since Sept. 28. One day after Harry was reported missing, Yellowknife RCMP announced…

Community, Featured, News September 28, 2023

Documentary on “The Biggest Little Radio Station in the North” gets Edmonton screening for Orange Shirt Day

"CBQM" documents Fort McPherson's small but vital radio station.

It’s 2009, Christmas is just around the corner, and Charlene Nerysoo wants to send a message to her friend Deborah, saying she’s home and wants Deborah to come over for a cup of tea. But instead of phoning, she decides to send a message out over the airwaves of CBQM….