Colin Adjun has passed away. Colin, known as the Fiddler of the Arctic, a beloved northern musician who loved to play his fiddle and loved to watch people jig to his music passed away at age 77. Adjun began playing the fiddle when he was just 10 years old when…
Territorial health leaders say they’re committed to making changes and improving work conditions for nurses in the obstetrics unit at Stanton Territorial Hospital. “We haven’t necessarily been able to act in all areas and on all concerns as quickly as some people would like to see,” said Kim Riles, the…
Where the Tłı̨chǫ Highway turns off from Highway 3 sits a sign flashing “Road Open”. The local road crew, all with big smiles, direct us to travel a couple minutes apart and at the speed limit of 70 km/h. The caravan of vehicles heads down the Tłı̨chǫ Highway, a two-lane…
The requirement for GNWT employees to be fully vaccinated is now in effect. With more than 6,500 government employees in the NWT, about 20 per cent have yet to show proof of vaccination – which was due Nov. 30. Staff who do not provide proof of vaccination will be required…
According to the chief public health officer, two cases of COVID-19 have been identified at Mildred Hall School on Dec. 1. Letters have been sent home to parents with children in the affected classrooms and are asked to follow the advice outlined. All staff and students, regardless of vaccination status…
If communities knew the effects of mining on caribou, they never would have supported the development. That comment came up from Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation during last week’s public hearing on Ekati’s proposed Point Lake project. The statement echoed many concerns from other Indigenous governments around the project’s effect…
The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC) has filed nine charges against Diavik Diamond Mine. In a news release, WSCC says the charges relate to an incident on Nov. 16, 2020 where a “worker was injured when a slab of rock fell on the excavator machine he was operating. He…
High school students will now be able to get credits for learning to hunt. The territorial government says the hunter education course will “provide new hunters with the fundamental knowledge and basic skills needed for them to become respectful and safe hunters.” The course will be offered to Grade 10…
MLA Thebacha Frieda Martselos was named the new caucus chair at the legislative assembly on Nov. 30. Martselos takes over the position from MLA Yellowknife North Rylund Johnson. Johnson served in this role for two years and says it’s been a “wild ride,” on social media. “I find there (is)…
JULE$, 15, is an aspiring artist from Tulita hoping to make it out of the North with his music. “I want to take my name bigger than the Northwest Territories,” says JULE$. He got interested once the pandemic was announced with more time on his hands, he began rapping for…