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Community, Events, Featured, News October 2, 2023

In photos: Truth and Reconciliation across the N.W.T.

Commemorations took place in Ndilo, Inuvik, and other communities last week.

Saturday was National Truth and Reconciliation Day, and schools and community governments across the territory held commemorations of all kinds. Mildred Hall Students performed a drum dance outside their Yellowknife school on Friday. In nearby Ndilo, YKDFN hosted a ceremony that included feeding-the-fire and speeches by political figures including Dene…

Featured, News, Police October 2, 2023

Missing Fort Smith woman found safe

Tanya Harry was first reported missing on Oct. 1.

A missing Fort Smith woman has been found safe, and Yellowknife RCMP are saying media attention played an important role. Thirty-eight-year-old Tanya Harry was first reported missing from Yellowknife on Oct. 1 after having not been seen since Sept. 28. One day after Harry was reported missing, Yellowknife RCMP announced…

Community, Featured, News September 28, 2023

Documentary on “The Biggest Little Radio Station in the North” gets Edmonton screening for Orange Shirt Day

"CBQM" documents Fort McPherson's small but vital radio station.

It’s 2009, Christmas is just around the corner, and Charlene Nerysoo wants to send a message to her friend Deborah, saying she’s home and wants Deborah to come over for a cup of tea. But instead of phoning, she decides to send a message out over the airwaves of CBQM….

Community, Environment, Featured, News September 27, 2023

Paulatuk Porridge set to make splash at world porridge competition

Stephanie Yuill says the changing Northern climate has made foraging for local ingredients a challenge.

Stephanie Yuill never thought twice about her porridge, whether at home or on a camping trip. But while on a trip to the United Kingdom in 2016, she learned about the Golden Spurtle, an annual porridge-making competition with entries from across the world. (A spurtle is a wooden utensil used…

Featured, News, Police September 26, 2023

Hay River RCMP begs drivers to slow down near fire crews

Drivers have been caught doing up to 70 km/h over the speed limit.

As fire crews continue their work along N.W.T. highways, the Hay River RCMP is raising the alarm about drivers speeding through work zones. Police issued a statement on Tuesday morning denouncing the excessive speeds clocked in recent days and urging drivers to slow down. Two incidents in particular stand out,…

Community, Featured, News September 26, 2023

YKDFN announce council results

The preliminary council results for the Yellowknives Dene First Nation are in. Leading in the community of Dettah is Anastassia Judas with 153 votes, followed by Peter Crookedhand with 139 votes, and lastly, Mary Rose Sundberg with 128 votes. In N’dilo Leroy Betsina is leading with 201 votes, Philip J….

Community, Education, Featured, News September 25, 2023

Inuvik Native Band gets $1.6 million for youth through Jordan’s Principle

The funding will be used for things like online programs and tutoring services.

Tutoring services, online programs, and a 14-passenger van. These are some of the things the Inuvik Native Band will do with $1.6 million in new federal funding for youth programming. The funding is provided through Jordan’s Principle and was announced by the Band on Friday. Chief Robert Charlie-Tetlichi acknowledges it’s…

Community, Featured, News September 25, 2023

Canada Post Office building being renewed, no plan for seating area

The Canada Post Office building in Yellowknife is set to get a face-lift, an official name, and a few new upgrades. That is according to President, Darrell Beaulieu, of 6133 NWT Ltd (the company that owns the building). But new planters or a seating area for residents is not a…

Featured, News September 21, 2023

‘I cried’: Planters removed from Yellowknife Canada Post branch, side door fenced off

The storefront was a popular hub for the city's homeless and other members of the community.

Last updated Friday, Sept. 22 at 2:10 p.m. “For as long as I can remember, everybody sat in front of that post office.” Dowrey Lafferty, 63, says she’s been on the street for what seems like forever. In that time, the storefront of Yellowknife’s Canada Post office has served as…

Education, Events, Featured, News, Politics September 21, 2023

Dozens rally for Yellowknife “solidarity march” in response to 1 Million March 4 Children

Nearly 100 protests, many met with counter-protests, were planned across the country on Wednesday.

“You have no idea what it is to live life with the fear that your child could commit suicide at any time,” says Violet Collinson with tears in her eyes. “And anything that encourages that, I’m against.” Collinson has a deeply personal connection to today’s rally: She says her own…