The Hamlet of Aklavik has seen three new accessibility ramps built and for that it has been recognized with the NWT Human Rights Commission Accessibility Award. The award recognizes new and existing physical and/or non-physical accommodations that businesses or governments make to increase accessibility to their services. Aklavik recently completed…
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation is pleased to be a proud partner with the City of Yellowknife in hosting Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada 2020. That statement follows the announcement from Sportsnet and Scotiabank that Yellowknife, located on Chief Drygeese Territory and the home of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, …
Residents of Fort Smith are assessing the damage and cleaning up after a powerful storm Sunday that some people in the South Slave community are describing as a tornado. There are no reports of injuries but residents have posted to social media photos and video of damage to buildings and…
The highway linking Hay River to High Level Alberta has now reopened fully to traffic in both directions. Northwest Territories Mackenzie Highway #1 and Alberta Highway 35 had been closed earlier this week due to wildfires near Steen River. The fire crossed the highway in Alberta and also destroyed a…
A GoFundMe page has been set up for the victim of a house fire in Yellowknife on Wednesday evening. Maria Ecklund has now been identified on social media as the woman who was medevaced to Edmonton with serious injuries after her cabin on Drybones Drive in Kam Lake burned. Two…
When the Toronto Raptors play their first-ever National Basketball Association (NBA) championship series game on Thursday night, a Fort Simpson fan will be watching with a keener eye than most. William Michaud was lucky enough to attend a Raptors playoff game last week at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. He says…
The Tłı̨chǫ Government has approved a 2019 Harvest Subsidy Payment of $250 to each enrolled Tłı̨chǫ citizen. According to an advisory, Tłı̨chǫ citizens can now submit the 2019 Harvest Subsidy Payment Request Form. The 2019 Harvest Subsidy Payment Request Form can be downloaded from www.tlicho.ca and hard copies are available…
Parasites take over a body—or host—multiply, weaken the host and drain it of its nutrients. That’s exactly what happened when colonizers came over from Europe to Turtle Island, says Dr. Donna May Kimmliardjuk. And she would know, Dr. Kimmliardjuk is both a physician and Indigenous—she’s the first Inuk heart surgeon…
Environment Canada has issued a Heat Warning for the Fort Liard region in the southwest corner of the Northwest Territories including Nahanni Butte and Sambaa K’e, formally known as Trout Lake. Daytime high temperatures near 30 degrees Celsius combined with overnight lows in the mid-teens are expected in Fort Liard…
Attention writers and those who love to read! The 14th annual NorthWords Writers Festival is happening from May 30 to June 2 in Fort Smith, Yellowknife and Hay River. Indigenous writers are well-represented at this year’s festival. Guest authors include Catherine Lafferty, Antoine Mountain, Dennis Allen and Billy-Ray Belcourt. According…