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Art, Entertainment, Events, Featured, News, Wildfires August 9, 2024

Music and merriment to fill the air one year after Enterprise’s devastating wildfire

The Gateway Jamboree marks 25th anniversary this weekend, with a roster of entertainers, merchants, food and plenty of family fun

The Gateway Jamboree in Enterprise marks its 25th year of family fun this weekend, but another more sombre anniversary will be on minds as well….

Environment, Featured, News, Wildfires August 6, 2024

Campfire carelessness could have sent small island up in smoke

Fire crew quickly extinguishes wildfire within one kilometre of cabins on Great Slave Lake, says NWT Fire

A person-caused fire on a small island near Mackenzie Island on Great Slave Lake “had the potential to spread quickly,” but was snuffed out by…

Featured, News, Police, Transportation August 6, 2024

One dead in early morning Highway 3 rollover late last week

An early morning single-vehicle rollover Friday on Highway 3 has claimed the life of the lone occupant, say RCMP. The crash happened near the kilometre…

Community, Culture, Events, Featured, News August 6, 2024

Tłı̨chǫ culture, heritage, and pride celebrated in Behchokǫ̀

Annual day-long event marks signing of Tłı̨chǫ Agreement in 2003

The sun was shining, the wind was blowing, and smiles were plentiful in Behchokǫ̀ for Tłı̨chǫ Day Celebration on Sunday. Hundreds of residents and visitors…

Featured, News, Politics August 1, 2024

‘We need to modernize the Dene Nation Constitution’: Newly elected Dene National chief

The clock is ticking for George Mackenzie, who plans to rework the Constitution during his three-year term

Former Tłı̨chǫ grand chief turned Dene National chief, George Mackenzie, says he plans on taking a hard look at its “outdated” constitution as one of…

Featured, News, Police August 1, 2024

Mega meth haul by city RCMP also nabs two handguns

Twenty-one-year-old Musab Ibrahim of Saskatoon, faces seven drug-and weapons-related charges

Squatters in a recently vacated Yellowknife apartment were sitting on one-kilogram of methamphetamine – likely the largest seizure ever of the psychoactive stimulant in the…

Featured, News, Police August 1, 2024

RCMP seized 169 bottles of bootleg liquor in Fort McPherson

These seizures were from several investigations into bootlegging in July

Fort McPherson RCMP say they have seized a total of 169 bottles of illicit liquor from several investigations into bootlegging activity in July. Several charges…

Featured, Law courts, News August 1, 2024

Ron Barlas engaged in ‘egregious conduct’ bilking Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation out of millions of dollars

Supreme Court rules Barlas’ wife Zeba was ‘a knowing recipient’ of the proceeds, which purchased college tuition, travel, cosmetic surgery, liquor, and high-end clothing

The former CEO of the Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation (LKDFN ) engaged in “extreme” and “oppressive conduct” which harmed his employers while enriching himself…

Featured, News, Politics, Weather July 31, 2024

Time to make big waves as NWT’s water on decline

‘This water conference has to be like a movement — like it was with the Berger Inquiry, which was just about oil,' says Dene National Chief George Mackenzie

A major three-day conference on the health and volume of water in the NWT starts tomorrow in Kátl’odeeche First Nation (KFN), examining the downstream results…

Featured, Justice, Law courts, News July 30, 2024

Canadian equipment company fined $200K after fatal workplace injury

A worker died from being pinned by a haul truck at the Gahcho Kue Mine on September 1, 2022

SMS Equipment Ltd. will have to pay $200,000 to the Worker’s Protection Fund after pleading guilty to failing to ensure the health and safety of…