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Community, Environment, Featured, News, Weather June 16, 2023

These researchers were helping the N.W.T.’s small communities. Then the fires came

'[I'm] concerned and worried about a place and people that I've really grown to care about,' says one PhD candidate

For Carla Johnston, Sambaa K’e has a special place in her heart. Johnston, a PhD candidate with the Balsillie School of International Affairs, has been working with communities in the territory since 2019. Her work focuses on integrating Indigenous knowledge and practices in the design of local and global food…

Community, Featured, News, Politics June 15, 2023

Deninu Kųę́ First Nation set for election

Two candidates for chief and four candidates for council have submitted their nominations

Election season kicks off in Deninu Kųę́ First Nation this month. Nominations for chief and council closed on June 13. Incumbent Chief Louis Balsillie will face off against Gordon Beaulieu for the role of chief. Four candidates are running for three council seats. These include former Fort Resolution Mayor Patrick…

Community, Featured, News June 13, 2023

‘I am a person that was brought up in a muskrat camp’: Nellie Cournoyea embodies community in new stamp series

“Every community has a special aura, a special group of people, and in their effort to make a life, they create a stamp on earth,” says Nellie Cournoyea, 83, one of Canada Posts’ new faces celebrated in the Indigenous Leaders stamp series. Before Cournoyea was leading the Northwest Territories and…

Community, Environment, Featured, News, Weather June 7, 2023

Residents return to KFN, while wildfire approaches Sambaa K’e

"My heart goes out to everyone that lost their homes," says KFN Chief April Martel

After weeks of fear and uncertainty, residents of Kátł’odeeche First Nation (KFN) are starting to return home. In a message posted to social media on June 6, KFN said residents could once again start returning to the community. Power, water and sewer services have not yet been restored. Returning residents…

Community, Environment, Featured, News, Weather June 2, 2023

As fire raged near Hay River, some stayed behind

Residents recall towering flames across the river from their town

While Gabrielle Landrie was at home in Hay River, across the water the sky was on fire. “You could see, clear as a bell, flames shooting up. I’d say nothing less than 150 feet up. The sky, it glowed red, and you could hear little pops here and there that…

Community, Featured, News May 29, 2023

11 N.W.T. youth talk climate change in new advisory group

“All I care about is the people, plants, and animals of the N.W.T.,” says Andrew Speakman.

Canada’s Arctic is warming fast, and youth, on the shoulders of Elders, are ready to talk about it. “Elders I spoke to in the past had told me that things are changing. And it’s not the same weather, the same season that they’re used to. Things are coming early,” says…

Community, Environment, Featured, News, Weather May 25, 2023

Hay River prepares to re-open, while the fires rage on

Residents of Hay River may be able to return this week, while KFN residents await a re-entry plan

Hay River residents are expected to return home as early as May 26, although the possibility of evacuation remains. That is according to the town of Hay River in a post on its official Facebook page. While Hay River Residents prepare to return home, over 300 members from Kátł’odeeche First Nation…

Community, Environment, Featured, News, Weather May 19, 2023

Fort McPherson, Aklavik remain calm and positive amid rising waters

"At least in my lifetime, I've never encountered this type of a situation before in Fort McPherson," says the Gwich'in Grand Chief

Connor Charlie says he’s never experienced anything like this before. Over the past week, he’s watched the Peel River slowly rise around his community of Fort McPherson, claiming many cabins in the low-lying area around the community. But even after learning that his family’s cabin had been washed away, Charlie,…

Community, Featured, News May 18, 2023

Hay River RCMP seek public’s help in locating missing man

Kelly Minoza was last seen wearing multi-colored track pants and a grey hoodie riding a red ATV on May 14.

Kelly Daniel Minoza, 44, was last seen in Hay River on a red ATV at 4 p.m. on May 14. He is described as being five foot nine inches tall, weighing 150 pounds with a medium build. He was also wearing multi-colored track pants and a grey hoodie. Kátł’odeeche Chief…

Community, Environment, Featured, News May 18, 2023

Breaking: KFN administration building destroyed by wildfire

Former chief Roy Fabian confirmed the building was among the 15 damaged by wildfire

The administration building of the K’atl’odeeche First Nation (KFN) has been destroyed by fire, according to a former chief. Roy Fabian posted a message on social media confirming the damage on Thursday. “The sadness I feel, hearing about the KFN administration building burning down, brings tears to my eyes,” he…