Janessa Elanik is humble when asked why she thinks she’s a leader in her community. “There’s not a lot of people in my family or in the communities up north who really pursue what they want to do, or their passions,” she says. “Going out and doing that, and being…
Inuk Elder Qapik Attagutsiak, 99, along with other Nunavut Inuit were recently honored for their contributions as Hometown Heroes by the Government of Canada. Attagutsiak played a vital role during WWII by voluntarily gathering animal bones and carcasses, which were then shipped to southern Canada to be made into munitions,…
Nine people have been arrested in Hay River with three of them charged with drug trafficking-related offences. According to an RCMP news release, they were all arrested last Thursday by Hay River RCMP, assisted by the Yellowknife General Investigation Section, Major Crimes Unit, Police Dog Services, Federal Investigation Section, and the combined…
The 2020 Arctic Winter Games Trials were held this past weekend in Inuvik and Ariana Keevik from Fort McPherson has earned a spot on Team NT for snowshoeing. According to the Sportnorth Federation, the Arctic Winter Games is a high profile circumpolar sport competition for northern and arctic athletes. This…
“The Project is likely to result in significant adverse impacts.” Those words are bolded in a recent report issued by the Mackenzie Valley Review Board on a proposed change to Diavik mine’s closure plan. That change would see 5 million cubic metres of processed kimberlite—the material that contains diamonds—stuffed back…
A Yellowknife man, 18-years-old at the time of his crime, is facing six years in jail for chasing and then beating a 73-year-old Yellowknife cab driver and then leaving him in the snow to die. 20-year-old Elias Schiller appeared in a packed Supreme Court in Yellowknife on Monday for the…
A new record for knuckle hop was set in Inuvik this weekend at the Arctic Winter Games Trials. Chris Stripdonk from Fort Simpson, had an incredible run as he completed an entire lap around the East Three school gymnasium. The knuckle hop is one of the Inuit Arctic Winter Games…
When Conrad Prince was two years old, he was sent to Germany as part of the Sixties Scoop. He also only met his sister four years ago, who, he says, didn’t know she was Ojibwe. While each survivor’s experience is unique, this loss of place and identity is common among…
The holy grail of hockey, The Stanley Cup, is headed to Délįne for the first time ever for Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada. Some say Délįne, which is located in the Sahtú region of the Northwest Territories on the western shore of Great Bear Lake, is the birthplace of hockey. Joel…
Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Norman Wells, Fort Good Hope, Deline and Colville Lake through Saturday morning. Snowfall with total amounts of 15 to 20 cm is expected by morning as several pacific disturbances are passing through the area. Rapidly accumulating snow will make travel difficult. Visibility…