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Featured, News, Police May 2, 2024

UPDATE: Lance Lafferty has returned home, says family

Mom phoned CKLB when son returned home after RCMP issued missing person bulletin today

The Yellowknife RCMP are asking for assistance in locating 20-year-old Lance Lafferty who was last seen in downtown Yellowknife on April 23. Lafferty is described as being 5’4” with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen near the CIBC bank and is known to frequent the downtown area….

Featured, News, Police May 1, 2024

Cocaine-related charges slapped again on Edmonton men in Inuvik

An Alberta man on bail for drug charges after a March bust in Inuvik has now been charged with trafficking in the same Beaufort Delta community. RCMP credit a pro-active drug trafficking investigation for the seizure of 37 grams of cocaine and the arrest of two Edmonton men. Thirty-year-old Abubakar…

Featured, News, Politics April 29, 2024

‘Show my people … there’s a promise for a better tomorrow,’ says Tuk teen Miley Wolki

Youth Parliament attracted grade 9 and 10 students from the NWT's 19 ridings to learn about territorial politics

Nineteen youth took over the NWT Legislative Assembly last week. No, it was not a protest. The annual Youth Parliament attracted grade 9 and 10 students from the 19 ridings across the territory for several days of acting the role of an MLA and learning about the workings of the…

Environment, Featured, News, Weather April 29, 2024

Wildfire watch: Low to medium risk in southern regions

There are currently two active hotspots in the Northwest Territories. Both of these are holdover smoulderings outside of Fort Smith in the South Slave region, and Fire NWT states will be extinguished by crews with help from a helicopter. Those are the only fires detected and first to date this…

Community, Featured, News April 29, 2024

Dene Nation seek nominations for national chief

Elections for the Dene National Chief are set to begin on July 24 at the annual Dene National Assembly in Fort Good Hope. Nominations for Dene National Chief will open on April 29 and close on May 24. The format is considered a hybrid of in-person and online voting, with…

Education, Featured, News, Politics, Reconciliation April 25, 2024

On-the-land school Dechinta breathes easy with $5.2M in federal funding

For most folks, news of another federal budget can be met with indifference or disdain. But Kelsey Wrightson, executive director of the Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning, admits she was on the edge of her chair on budget day, April 16. Wrightson told a gathering today at Dechinta’s Yellowknife…

Featured, Industry, News April 24, 2024

Construction starts on large national defence facility in Yellowknife

Construction began today for the $136 million National Defence Multipurpose Facility, designed to enhance the mobility, reach, and footprint of the Canadian Armed Forces in the North. Minister of National Defence Bill Blair and Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal are in Yellowknife as part of the Trudeau government’s post-budget…

Featured, News, Politics, Reconciliation April 23, 2024

GNWT says bargaining with Union of Northern Workers at an impasse

A mediator has determined the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) and the Union of Northern Workers (UNW) have reached an impasse in their efforts to reach a new collective agreement. This despite the GNWT’s position for its more than 5,500 employees that it offers a salary and benefits package…

Community, Featured, News April 23, 2024

Deh Gáh Got’îê First Nation youth to take the stage at Miss Indigenous Canada

“To be an Indigenous woman in Canada today, I think it’s taking all of what my ancestors and family have been through and putting it out there into an environment where I’m able to do what I love, be passionate and work towards things that I’ve always wanted to do.”…

Featured, News, Politics April 23, 2024

Yellowknife’s city manager quits after two weeks

After two weeks on the job as Yellowknife’s city manager, retired Maj.-Gen John Collin made a hasty retreat, ordering himself to resign and leaving the city’s bureaucracy to fend for itself. This morning, the City of Yellowknife stated it is sad to announce that its top administrator tendered his resignation…