Kelvin Redvers is still walking on cloud nine after meeting one of his TV heroes. He grew up in Hay River watching Conan O’Brien’s late-night talk show and recently had a chance to meet him, although virtually by appearing on O’Brien’s podcast called Conan Needs A Friend – the comedian’s…
You know flu season is just around the corner when the NWT’s top health official gets her flu shot. Dr. Kami Kandola, the NWT’s Chief Public Health Officer, will be kicking off the NWT flu season by getting her annual flu shot Friday at the Centre Square Mall Vaccination Clinic…
The federal government is committing more than $500,000 in the Northwest Territories to help residents make their homes more energy efficient and ultimately lead to the creation of more jobs. Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories, Michael McLeod, says the government is giving nearly $683,000 to Fort Providence-based Gonezu…
The RCMP are investigating a motor vehicle accident near Inuvik that left one person dead over the weekend. The accident happened on Saturday evening, at about 8:20 p.m. along the Inuvik/Tuktoyaktuk highway. A man who was seriously injured in the crash was airlifted to a hospital in Alberta, where he…
Lisa Boivin was taken from her home community of Deninu Kųę́ when she was a baby. Nearly 40 years later, she reconnected with her father Bill Norn. Prior to his passing in 2016, Boivin says they spoke often of the meaning of their dreams. Boivin leaned on her father’s teachings…
Updated 10:15 a.m. Oct. 11. Police say a community-led search party has found the body of a Fort Resolution man who fell into the Slave River last week. The RCMP announced on Tuesday the body of 42-year-old George Giroux was found by a community search party on Oct. 8….
Dozens took to the streets of Ndilo and Yellowknife on Tuesday to mark the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on Tuesday. The march began at the Ndilo gym and continued all the way to Yellowknife’s Northern United Place, where there was a sharing…
More people have committed suicide in the NWT so far this year than in any other year in at least two decades. That’s according to newly-released data from the NWT Coroner’s Office. Eighteen suicides have been recorded so far in 2022, a significant increase over the 11 recorded in 2021….
An active wildfire has claimed a cabin to the northeast of Fort Smith. According to Mike Westwick, spokesperson for NWT Fire, the cabin’s owner has been notified. Crews flew over the area on Monday and saw the remnants of the cabin. “This was due to a combination of extreme winds…
The Nahʔą Dehé Dene Band in Nahanni Butte has a new on-the-land guardianship program in the works. The Nahʔą Dehé K’ehodi program is part of a recent agreement between the band, Dehcho First Nations and Parks Canada to advance the co-management of Nahanni National Park Reserve. According to Soham Srimani,…