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Entertainment, Featured, Life Style, News February 1, 2023

Gwich’in chef shares the importance of sober living — and beef jerky

Stephanie Baryluk started Mrs. B's Jerky while stuck at home during the pandemic


On a typical pandemic day, Stephanie Baryluk’s kitchen was bustling. That’s because Baryluk, a Gwich’in chef from Fort McPherson, chose to turn the uncertainty of the pandemic into an opportunity. Now, her home business, Mrs. B’s Jerky, puts out as many as 100 bags of dried beef, caribou and moose…

Community, Environment, Events, Featured, News January 30, 2023

Fort McPherson Caribou Summit unites around the importance of responsible hunting

Harvesters from across the North unite for three days of workshops, discussion


Robert Alexie is retired now, but once upon a time he was a full-time harvester and a tour guide. He believes in doing things the traditional way: Without an ATV or Ski-Doo, and without leaving any lasting marks on the land. “Untouched,” he says. “That’s the most important word to…

Community, Featured, News January 23, 2023

Fundraiser launched to help K’asho Got’ine mother, newborn with medical costs

"Thank you to everyone that's praying for Alivia," says Bryanna Mcneely. "She's getting stronger every day."


Bryanna McNeely remembers holding her little girl for the first time and hearing a cracking sound. “It didn’t really process,” she says. “Only when we were in Edmonton did they tell me everything about her disease.” Her name is Alivia Faith Orlias and she was born with severe osteogenesis imperfecta,…

Featured, News, Police January 17, 2023

Phones, internet restored in Sahtú and Beaufort Delta

NorthwesTel has confirmed its phone service in several communities in the Sahtú and Beaufort Delta has been restored. The telecom told CKLB the disruption was caused by a construction company damaging a fibre line just south of Norman Wells. Original article below: Residents in the Sahtú and Beaufort Delta needing…

Community, Featured, Life Style, News January 12, 2023

NWT pair publish northern-inspired cookbook

Melissa Sangris says her new cookbook has a few staple recipes, but with a northern twist. Sangris paired up with Barb Mercredi of Fort Smith and the pair recently published their first cookbook. Now living in Edmonton, Sangris says cooking some of the recipes she grew up with makes her…

Community, Featured, News January 10, 2023

5 new seniors’ duplexes to be catered to culture

After years of client dissatisfaction and lack of foresight in the production of public units, five new seniors’ duplexes are set to be built with culture in mind, according to Housing NWT. Eleanor Young is the President and CEO of Housing NWT and she says, “We haven’t done a great…

Featured, Justice, News, Police January 10, 2023

Police seeking public’s help following multiple Midwest break-ins

Four break-ins affecting Midwest Property Management have happened since Christmas Eve


Update, Jan. 11 2:00 p.m.: In an email to a tenant of the former Solar Apartments building early Wednesday afternoon, a Midwest employee said “Maintenance are doing their best to change the locks and that’s the priority but we don’t have a timeline.” Yellowknife RCMP are asking for the public’s…