Indigenous storytellers are being recognized for their distinct contributions to Canadian literature. Among the nominees for the Indigenous Voices Awards are Lisa Boivinis from Fort Resolution, Katłįà Lafferty from Yellowknife and Zacharias Kunuk from Iglulik, Nunavut. Lafferty and Kunuk talk of the importance of representation in a world that doesn’t…
Travellers from the Yukon will soon be able to enter the Northwest Territories without self-isolating. The chief public health officer announced the new exemptions in a press release on Wednesday morning. “With a low number of cases, a successful vaccine roll-out and strong public health measures in place in both…
Frame Lake MLA Kevin O’Reilly introduced a private member’s bill which passed second reading in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. But it did so without the support of cabinet. The bill would amend legislation to allow for the disclosure of information on resource royalties to an MLA or Indigenous government…
Melania Norwegian, a resident of Tthek’éhdélį First Nation (Jean Marie River), fears the territorial government isn’t addressing her community’s needs with urgency. She worries those displaced will not have a home by next winter. CKLB spoke with Paulie Chinna, minister of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA), on Tuesday. When asked…
The Edmonton Football team will officially be known as the Elks. This came after public outcry led the team to change its name from the Edmonton Eskimos last July. The word Eskimo has been criticized as racist for years, but the club previously defended it — stating the name was…
The family of a beloved community member from Délı̨nę, George Cleary, has organized a scholarship for Indigenous youth in his honour. Now Indigenous youth and Sahtu beneficiaries can access this scholarship to pursue trades or post-secondary education. “My family’s excited, it’s something we wanted to do for a long time,”…
Many MLAs, ministers and Premier Caroline Cochrane expressed their disappointment and sadness in the recent discovery of Indigenous children’s remains at a former residential school site in Kamloops, B.C. Monday. Lisa Semmler, MLA for Inuvik Twin Lakes, said it was insulting that using the term genocide was ever debated. “Genocide…
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The remains of 215 Indigenous children have been found buried on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in B.C. – a reality that has shaken the nation and echoed across the North. The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First…
More than 160 residents from Aklavik have been evacuated to Inuvik following flooding in the community over the weekend. Since then, however, waters have started to recede. The community declared a state of emergency after the road to the dump became submerged. According to resident Allen Kogiak, the road is…
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation will receive $18.8 million to build 19 new affordable housing units in Ndilǫ and Dettah. The new units include 11 one-bedroom homes, and eight four-bedroom houses. Following the announcement, Ndilǫ Chief Ernest Betsina said these would all be in addition to the existing housing stock,…