More than 300 families have benefitted from the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation’s Child First Initiative (CFI) funding during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the IRC now says that funding has come to an end after it provided $448,000 to local stores to support the families. The funding for CFI came from the…
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Shane Thompson, Lutsel k’e Dene First Nation Chief Darryl Marlowe and Tlicho Grand Chief George Mackenzie are calling for more responsible harvesting. ENR officers say the caribou were killed within the Mobile Bathurst Caribou Management Zone. They also found wasted meat from 12 caribou outside…
There are now four total confirmed cases of the virus in the territory. Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola’s office says both cases are linked to travel outside of the territory. One person went to Europe before returning to Yellowknife on March 20. They have been self-isolating since then….
The Crown Prosecutors office in Yellowknife is now reviewing a file where a Fort Simpson man was accidentally shot by an officer from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The incident happened back in September of last year. Dennis Nelner was sitting in his home when a slug, fired…
The Det’on Cho construction company has signed an agreement with Australia-based Cheetah Resources to control the mining at the Nechalacho Rare Earth mining project site. Det’on Cho is a subsidiary of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation. According to a news release, the agreement may be the first where all mining…
It’s no secret many people across the territory need to travel for medical reasons. Starting in June, the Department of Health and Social Services is making changes to the Medical Travel Program, which pays a portion of the travel costs for NWT residents who need to access insured health services…