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Featured, Health, News January 28, 2021

COVID lockdown delays chief and council nominations in Fort Liard

Residents in Fort Liard have been under a containment order since Jan. 16, which is expected to be lifted on Jan. 30.


COVID-19 has delayed the election for the Acho Dene Koe First Nation (ADKFN) in Fort Liard, again. This announcement comes days after the election process was scheduled to begin on Jan. 22. ADKFN says the delay is due to the current COVID-19 infections and related restrictions in the community. According…

Featured, News January 27, 2021

GNWT launches independent review of procurement process

Over the next four months the territorial government is launching an independent review of its procurement process. In a press conference Wednesday morning, Caroline Wawzonek, minister of finance, says this is due as the procedure hasn’t been substantially updated since 2010.  The review will involve elected leaders, the business community,…

Featured, Health, News January 27, 2021

RCMP and HSS warn of two toxic substances found in drug supply

"Those tainted drugs could be anywhere in the territory, so this warning is for the entire Northwest Territories,” says Inspector Dyson Smith.


The RCMP says the danger of using illegal drugs has increased after two toxic substances were found in a local supply. RCMP seized what officers believed to be crack cocaine, powder cocaine and tablets on Nov. 27, and sent samples to the Health Canada Drug Analysis Service. On Jan. 20,…

Featured, News January 26, 2021

‘Our voices have been heard by the U.S. President’: Gwich’in Grand Chief

In his first day in office, U.S. President Joseph Biden signed an executive order placing a temporary moratorium on drilling activity in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.


The Gwich’in Tribal Council Grand Chief says he is “ecstatic” that President Joseph Biden issued a temporary moratorium on drilling activity in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Grand Chief Ken Smith was among several Gwich’in voices, coordinated under the Gwich’in Steering Committee, to speak out about the environmental risks associated…

Community, Featured, Life Style, News January 22, 2021

WRRB recommends no more helicopter wolf shootings, focus on traditional harvest

“(Aerial removals) didn't appear to get to the target levels that they were hoping to reach for the required program to be considered effective and successful,” says Jody Pellissey, the Wekʼèezhìi Renewable Resources Board's executive director.


The Wekʼèezhìi Renewable Resources Board has recommended stopping a controversial practice of shooting dìga (wolves) from the air. Instead, it proposes the Tłı̨chǫ and territorial governments put more resources into supporting ground harvesting to try and protect Ɂekwǫ ̀ (barren-ground caribou). This was one of 20 recommendations the board recently…