Hannah Taneton says there’s a disconnect between people calling for youth input and the effort in getting that input. “We noticed that every time people talk about youth, they always say they should get involved,” she says. “But no one is really reaching out to the youth and asking them…
You hear it all the time: Dene language and culture are inseparable. And that’s what Collège nordique francophone students are going to learn through a new one-on-one mentorship program. Earlier this week, the college held a gathering so students could meet the local knowledge keepers that will share the language…
Paul Nutarariaq says picking a single message when it comes to youth mental health in the North is tough. Nutarariaq is an actor best known for his role in The Grizzlies, a film with a strong theme of mental health. This past weekend, he gave a keynote speech at the…
Paulatuk residents were thankful this past Thanksgiving Monday as several of them attended a mitten-making workshop hosted by the RCMP. According to a news release from the Mounties, the Monday’s workshop saw several community members learning how to make traditional Inuvialuit fur mittens. “It was a huge success, with great…
The Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) for the Northwest Territories has some very simple advice for people who vape or who are thinking about trying it. Dr. Kami Kandola says it you’ve already started – stop, and if you are thinking about trying a vapourizer, think carefully again. Kandola’s advice…
On Friday, September 27, students and staff at K’alemi Dene school in Ndilo celebrated the tenth anniversary of the new school building. [slide-anything id=”4245″] Later, the school inaugurated the new court as students took on staff in a basketball game.
Another man is recovering from a gun shot wound in the Dehcho Region, this time a hunter from Fort Liard. RCMP in that community are calling a it, “a serious but a non-life threatening injury.” In a press release issued Tuesday, police say that they were called about the incident…
Monday evening saw round two of Dene Nahjo’s election forum and featured Frame Lake candidates: Dave Ramsay and Kevin O’Reilly; Yellowknife Centre candidates: Julie Green, Thom Jarvis, Arlene Hache and Niels Konge; and for Range Lake: Caroline Cochrane and Hughie Graham. As in the first forum, the themes of the…
A well-known Yellowknife bartender said her goodbyes on the weekend as she bid an emotional farewell to the city and the bar she has called home for the past 14 years. Jenna Conrad has tended bar at the Raven Pub in downtown Yellowknife since 2005. She says she came here…
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya says he was “shocked” and “disappointed” at seeing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in brownface makeup. But he added if you look at the broader institution of the federal government, it wasn’t so surprising. “Ever since the Europeans first stepped on our country, our lands,” said…