Approximately $11 million in funding will go towards a fibre-optic cable that will run along the Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road to Whatì. The project will connect 152 homes to high-speed internet. In a press conference on Thursday, Whatì Chief Alfonz Nitsiza described the issues around connectivity in the community. “It is…
Students 18 and older that will be returning to a small community this summer can be vaccinated before they return home. The office of the chief public health officer (OCPHO) says it will “arrange to vaccinate these students” but did not offer additional detail on how that would happen. The…
Some Elders in Behchokǫ̀ have received cellphones from the RCMP in case of emergencies, but many details on the program are unclear. About a month ago while visiting her 85-year-old mother Dorothy Liske found her holding a flip phone. Liske says her mother explained the RCMP had given phones to…
The Town of Inuvik kicked off its 63rd annual spring celebration over the weekend, but due to the pandemic, only a small portion of the community could attend in person. Dr. Kami Kandola, chief public health officer (CPHO) of the NWT, allowed 50 residents in a town of roughly 3,000…
Michael McLeod, member of parliament for the NWT, has announced $1.8 million in funding for projects in Inuvik and Fort McPherson to create 25 full-time and part-time jobs. Five regional initiatives led by businesses, community organizations and Indigenous economic development organizations will split the pot of money. The supported projects…
A federal judge has ruled that Acho Dene Koe First Nation (ADKFN) illegally postponed its election, but the federal government says it will be appealing the decision. In March 2020 when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, the federal government passed legislation allowing First Nations to delay elections to avoid transmission…
The NWT On The Land Collaborative has awarded $840,000 across 48 projects that “connect NWT residents with land, culture, and community.” The upcoming projects will happen across the territory and were awarded anywhere between $3,700 to $40,000. According to a news release, projects can have several benefits such as connecting…
A pan-Northern entrepreneurial project called EntrepreNorth has highlighted a growing business run by a man from Fort Providence. EntrepreNorth is Northern-based project that works with Indigenous and community-based entrepreneurs across the three territories, said community manager Xina Cowan. “Our mission is empowering these entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses and livelihoods…
There has been a push in recent years to educate harvesters in the traditional hunting ways. Despite this, there is illegal caribou harvesting every year. CKLB’s Francis Tessier-Burns recently had the chance to join Environment and Natural Resources officers as they monitored hunting near the Tibbitt to Contwoyto winter road….
Steven Ronald Theriault will be spending the next four years and three months in prison for a fatal collision that took the life of a 21-year-old mother. He was sentenced to six and a half years for the incident, but had approximately 15 months removed from his sentence for time…