Kenneth Mackay has just signed a deal with Simons Canada to sell his hand-crafted knives, called uluit, online. “It’s a pretty big deal,” he says, “They’re a big company.” Uluit is a traditional Inuit multi-purpose knife used to cut through tough materials, such as seal, beluga, and caribou. Although Mackay…
Kallaya Dow and Mahad Mohamed Adar are facing drug trafficking charges. The two were arrested earlier this month after Hay River RCMP entered two homes entered two homes in the community in the early morning. Both Dow and Adar have been charged with Possession of the Proceeds of Crime. Adar,…
Once again, NWT healthcare services are going to be affected by a staffing shortage. The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority says some service reductions will last all summer. For now, NTHSSA says physician coverage in Hay River between July and September “is not guaranteed.” As a result, Hay…
Fort Liard RCMP have found the body of 65-year-old Anthony McLaughlin. Police say McLaughlin was in the Fort Liard area hiking and was reported missing after not returning a rental car to Fort Nelson. RCMP sent a public request to find the man last Wednesday. Searchers found the body yesterday….
CKLB Radio · New TV show features Indigenous entrepreneurs on national stage Amanda Balsillie is one of 18 contestants competing for the grand prize of $100,000 as part of APTN’s first reality TV series called Bears’ Lair. “I am very proud to be representing as a contestant from the North,”…
Two people are running for chief of the Teetl’it Gwich’in Band Council: Richard John Blake and Elizabeth Wright. Blake previously ran to become Gwich’in grand chief two years ago; Wright has previously served as sub-chief and chair of the Gwich’in Land and Water Board. As for councillors, 13 people have…
K’atl’odeeche First Nation, Hay River, Enterprise and Kakisa had been under a boil water advisory since large-scale flooding in Hay River this spring. The chief environmental health officer put in the boil water advisory due to higher-than-normal levels of turbidity and the flooding affecting Hay River’s water treatment plant. The…
Hay River RCMP has arrested two people after officers entered two residences early Monday morning. Police issued a news release about 1:15 a.m. Monday asking residents to stay away from the area of Stewart Dr. and Riverbend , but said there was no risk to the public. Police say units…
Residents of Fort Liard that need police need to go to the detachment in person. According to RCMP, phone service in several communities was interrupted on Saturday. On Sunday afternoon, RCMP said the issue had been fixed in all communities except Fort Liard. It’s not clear how long the outage…
Three former chiefs have put their names forward to become the next Dehcho grand chief. The candidates include: Jim Antoine, former Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́chief and NWT premier Herb Norwegian, former Dehcho First Nations chief Tim Lennie, former chief of Pehdzeh Ki First Nation CBC has reported that a fourth candidate, Ernest…