According to the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA), it is still working with the community of Fort Good Hope to assess the full extent of the damage caused by flooding late last month. Eleven days passed between the flood risk ending on May 27, and assessors arriving in…
After being knocked unconscious by a falling tree, a firefighter said he continued to work until he felt too ill. After requesting medical attention he said he had to walk alone through thick bush to reach a helicopter. The 20-year-old firefighter and his mother spoke with CKLB on the condition…
The territorial government will be presenting the results of the Legacy Arsenic Health and Human Risk Assessment on Thursday, June 17. The project examined the risk of arsenic exposure in areas surrounding the sites of Giant and Con mine, outside of the immediate remediation zone. The research focused on traditional…
People facing homelessness will need to look elsewhere than Aspen Apartments for a meal and hot shower. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NWT Disabilities Council’s Day Shelter/Sobering Centre has been at reduced capacity; the NWT government set up the services at Aspen to try and cover the gap. But…
The Tłı̨chǫ community elections saw two women elected as chiefs of their community for the first time. Doreen Arrowmaker was elected chief of Gamètì, while Adeline Football was elected chief of Wekweètì. The official results for all four community elections were released Wednesday morning. Wekweètì Football was declared the winner…
An inquiry into MLA Steve Norn’s breaking of public health orders is in the public’s best interest, according to the NWT’s integrity commissioner. The integrity commissioner decides whether a complaint should be thrown out or refers it to an independent adjudicator. In early May, Rylund Johnson filed a complaint against…
Police have found the body of a 42-year-old man from Behchokǫ̀ near Frank Channel. RCMP says he was reported missing on June 10, several days after the man had left on a canoe trip. Following unsuccessful ground searches, RCMP used a helicopter to fly over the area. About 7 p.m.,…
Yellowknife RCMP has found a 41-year-old missing that had been reported missing earlier on Tuesday. Police say she was found safe and sound.
Flood victims in the Northwest Territories will be eligible for some immediate funds to begin repairing damage. Shane Thompson, Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA) minister, and Caroline Wawzonek, territorial finance minister, announced the creation of the Emergency Disaster Assistance Advance Program (EDAAP), in a press release Monday afternoon. EDAAP allows…
When Norman Yakeleya first became Dene National Chief he was struck by how the Dene Nation “as a whole was not working.” Soon after being elected to the position, he was at a gathering where he says a Tłı̨chǫ youth asked “Who is the Dene Nation? What do they stand…