The office of the chief public health officer (OCPHO) has confirmed one new case of COVID-19 in Yellowknife. According to a public health advisory, the case is related to domestic travel outside the territory. Health officials say those on Canadian North, flight 244 from Edmonton on June 28, row four…
Frederick Blake Jr., Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, has appointed Justice Ronald Barclay to be the adjudicator in the conduct complaint against MLA Steve Norn. Barclay is a retired judged from Saskatchewan who also served as the province’s conflict of interest commissioner for a decade. He’s now in charge of…
According to officials in Fort Providence, the body of 56-year-old Knute Norwegian was found today. Norwegian was swept away by the Deh Cho (Mackenzie River) on Sunday evening, following Treaty 11 commemorations. Residents last saw Norwegian swimming near the Winter Crossing around 7 p.m. According to an RCMP press release,…
A 21-year-old man facing murder charges from last October is in custody. Ahmed Mohamed — known as Scotty — turned himself in to the Yellowknife RCMP detachment on Saturday, police announced in a press release. Mohamed is facing charges for murder and assault causing bodily harm from Oct. 31, 2020….
The territorial government will be coordinating and covering the cost of all repairs to private homes caused by flood damage this past spring. In a press conference Monday afternoon, Laura Gareau, the deputy minister for the department of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA), explained the plan. All household repairs not…
One hundred years have passed since the signing of Treaty 11. Now several communities across Denendeh commemorate what that signing means, all those years ago to protect the Dene people and their way of life. Among those communities, Fort Providence kicked off celebrations, over the weekend with a fire-feeding ceremony,…
A man was swept away by the Deh Cho (Mackenzie River) on Sunday evening in Fort Providence. Chief Joachim Bonnetrouge, of Deh Gáh Got’ı̨ę First Nation, says he and his community are “terribly devastated” by this loss. On the evening of June 27, community members and RCMP officers went searching…
The nomination period has opened for an election to replace former Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty. Nominations are open until Friday, July 2; residents can submit their papers to Returning Officer Harriet Koyina at the friendship centre in Behchokǫ̀. Residents in the smaller Tłı̨chǫ communities can find nomination papers on the…
Acho Dene Koe First Nation (ADKFN) administration says it is not scheduling a new election until learning the reasons the previous one should be annulled. In a press release emailed on Friday, the band administration wrote that Sub-Chief Brenda Berreault and council will decide on the next steps after it…
Kenneth Cayen is officially the new Grand Chief for the Dehcho First Nations. “I’m just proud of myself because I wanted to show the youth and my children that anything is possible. And if you put your mind to it, you can achieve it,” he said. During the 28th Dehcho…