Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya says “The Dene nation supports the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation and their call for RCMP to leave their traditional territory.” In a press conference yesterday, Chief Yakeleya told reporters that “Aboriginal people can, if they really want to, bring Canada to a standstill,” …
Updated Feb. 21 to reflect budget and spaces available in each community. The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority is launching a two-year pilot project to provide caregivers for elders, seniors and people with disabilities. The project will be in six NWT communities including: Behchoko, Dettah, Ndilo, Yellowknife, Tuktoyaktuk…
As the days get longer and the temperatures hopefully get milder, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Northwest Territories are advising people to be cautious as they head out on the land. Tragically, three people died just under a year ago when their snowmobiles went through the ice on…
Questions about caribou in the North Slave region are to be answered by government officials tonight. Officials from the Northwest Territories Department of Environment and Natural Resources are hosting a supper in Whati this evening to talk about Boreal Caribou. They will also be discussing wolves and their effect on…
Community leaders in Colville Lake are asking the Government of the Northwest Territories to step away from self-government negotiations. “Rather than talking we want to get the work done,” says David Cozi, president of the Ayoni Keh Land Corporation. Codzi and Behdzi Adha’ First Nation Chief Wilbert Kochon recently sent…
Yellowknife RCMP has confirmed that they responded to a call for service before noon today regarding an emergency landing of a small plane near the Yellowknife Airport. Julie Plourde is the Media Relations Officer for the Northwest Territories RCMP in Yellowknife, NT. “The RCMP is assisting the Transportation Safety Board…
RCMP in the Northwest Territories are reporting that officers seized about a pound of crack cocaine from a vehicle near Enterprise, south of Hay River According to a news release from the Mounties, police from the RCMP’s Federal Investigations Unit (FIU) stopped a northbound vehicle believed to be on route…
Two people have been charged with firearm and drug-related offenses by the Inuvik RCMP. According to an RCMP news release, on Wednesday, February 12 the Inuvik RCMP learned an individual was violating his bail conditions out of Alberta was at a hotel in Inuvik and in breach of his release…
Local climate activists are patting themselves on the back after MP Michael McLeod has said he will support a motion in the House of Commons to introduce a Green New Deal. The motion proposes swift changes to cut emissions, while transitioning workers into a green economy, all while respecting the…
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