New chief elected in Fort Good Hope
Daniel Masuzumi was elected on Monday, taking over from Wilfred McNeely Jr. Here’s what Masuzumi wants to get done first. He added that homelessness was…
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Committee asking residents to write in with carbon tax questions and concerns
For a place that doesn’t even have a carbon tax yet, the Premier has made a lot of noise about the issue. Again last week,…
City of Yellowknife and YKDFN propose boundary changes
“We want to be as one.” That’s what Ndilo Chief Ernest Betsina told reporters after the City of Yellowknife supported the Yellowknives Dene First Nation…
Wetland map to help Akaitcho land planning
As the Akaitcho Process marches on, negotiators were given another tool to help in land use planning. Ducks Unlimited Canada presented a 77-million acre map…
In photos: new Stanton Territorial Hospital grand opening
As speakers mostly chose to pat themselves on the back in completing the $350-million Stanton Territorial Hospital “on time and on budget” as Minister Caroline…
Here’s how to get your day school records from the GNWT
Hundreds of Indigenous people in the Northwest Territories are taking a pro-active approach to the proposed Indian Day School settlement. CKLB recently came across a…
GNWT gives $1 million to subsidize mining exploration
Nineteen mining exploration projects recently got a helping hand from the Government of the Northwest Territories. The GNWT announced it handed out just under $1…
First Air, Canadian North airlines to merge over next two years
The deal is done. First Air and Canadian North will merge into a single airline over the next two years. The new airline will continue…
Man charged in connection to First Nations Bank robbery
Robin Kelly, 34, has been charged in relation to a robbery at the First Nations Bank of Canada that happened six months ago. In a…
Polytechnic transition to take five to six years
Support, inspiration and new opportunities. Those concepts will apparently guide the transition of Aurora College into a polytechnic university. That’s according to survey results of…