Fort Liard RCMP is investigating the damage done to the gate on Highway 7. Located just 10 kilometers from the NWT border with British Columbia. Police were advised by the GNWT department of Infrastructure of the mischief. The RCMP is investigating the extent of the damage done and is expecting…
Sixties Scoop survivors who have had their claims approved will be receiving $21,000 as an interim payment. This comes after the Federal Court of Canada approved an order on June 1 allowing Collectiva, the claims administrator, to release the payments. On March 16, Collectiva suspended the denial of claims due…
The Dene National Chief is calling on the federal government to follow the mandates set out by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The framework was released in 2015 after nearly 7,000 residential school survivors testified on the abuse they suffered. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission provides ’94 Calls to Action’…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced $650 million in additional federal aid to support Indigenous families and communities during this crisis. The new funding will be allocated for health care, income support, and new shelters for women. The Government of Canada says its working with First Nations, Inuit, and Metis communities…
An RCMP officer stationed in Fort Good Hope is no longer in the community after details of a sexual assault case emerged. Const. Randy McKay pled guilty to sexual assault in 2015 while he was stationed with the RCMP in Buffalo Narrows, Sask. He was stationed in Fort Good Hope…
Sixties Scoop survivors will still have to wait for an unknown period of time before seeing the money they’re owed through the federal settlement. Collectiva, the administrator of the settlement, said it is putting payments on hold due to COVID-19. In a notice posted to the settlement’s official website, the…
RCMP believe 44-year-old Steven Theriault was at the wheel of a car that ended up upside down near Highway 3 last Wednesday. A young woman from Behchokǫ̀ died in the crash. Police have issued an arrest warrant for Theriault and are requesting the public’s help in finding him. RCMP say…
Despite the global pandemic, Indian Day School class action members can still submit their claims. Earlier this month, Gowling WLG, the law firm in charge of the class action, announced it would be cancelling in-person community sessions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Instead, it will host a series of…
Earlier this week, more than a dozen NWT lawyers called on corrections facilities to release inmates temporarily to protect them from an outbreak while in jail. The territorial Department of Justice has since said it is “looking to use Temporary Absences to allow inmates to return to the community where…
Conrad Prince says, “there’s still a lot of work to be done” when it comes to educating people on the Sixties Scoop. Prince is the lead for the Sixties Scoop Foundation engagement sessions and has been travelling around the country to hear from survivors on what they’d like to see…