If you rolled your eyes when hearing about a “task force” that’s looking into post-secondary education in the North, you’re not alone. “I completely understand why people would have those feelings when reading the words ‘task force’,” says Kelsey Wrightson. Wrightson is the executive director of the Dechinta Centre for…
Wildfire season in the NWT has had a slow start and will likely stay the same into June. So far in May, there has only been one fire in the NWT and it was a result of an abandoned campfire. No hectares were burned as a result. Richard Olsen, the…
Flooding has devastated the NWT for weeks. As spring break up continues, the community of Fort Good Hope is now preparing to evacuate residents in zone two on the south side of town. The community’s emergency plan identifies four zones corresponding to different water levels. Zone one is affected when…
A team of seven NWT archivists has a big job to do, preserving over 20 years of Gwich’in knowledge. Gwich’in heritage is being recognized nationally for its “unique and irreplaceable documents” by the Canada Memory of the World Register, a national registry that honours culturally-significant documents. “It’s a big achievement…
Power is temporarily restored in Behchoko` after a single vehicle collision led to an outage early Tuesday morning. Behchoko` Chief Clifford Daniels says the damaged pole was on the access road. Doug Prendergast, a spokesperson for the NTPC, says the pole has been removed and power restored. But there will…
Seven homes in Fort Good Hope have been affected by flooding as waters continue to rise. Roger Plouffe, Fort Good Hope’s director of emergency services, says the residents of the homes have already been moved to high ground. This was one of the measures taken weeks ago in preparation of…
K’alemi Dene School students pitched in to help clean up their community last week. Students from seven classrooms from all grades participated in a friendly competition to pick up as much garbage as possible over the course of three days. “On Tuesday morning each class was assigned an area of…
While the Chief of Whatì, Alfonz Nitsiza, reported a sure sense of excitement over the opening of the Tłı̨chǫ Highway this fall, he also spoke of concerns in the community. “They also are concerned about the impact and the influx of people that might be coming out,” he said. Chief…
The designs for a series of murals planned for Yellowknife, Ndilǫ and Dettah were unveiled in a virtual event Thursday evening. The murals were designed by 21 artists, 16 from the Northwest Territories. Myrna Pokiak, an Inuvialuit artist, was one of them. She had the opportunity to participate alongside her…
The Tuktoyaktuk makerspace will be expanding thanks to funding from the federal government. According to a news release, the expansion will include a 3D printer and sublimation printing equipment to be added alongside vinyl cutting, wood burning and laser engraving. The $83,450 investment will also allow for the space to…