NWT to receive $70 million in new health care funding over 10 years
The NWT will receive an additional $7 million annually for health care for the next 10 years. The money comes as part of a new…
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Canadian North launches Yellowknife-Calgary route
Direct service from Yellownknife to Calgary is now available seven days a week
Passengers of the inaugural Canadian North flight from Yellowknife to Calgary got a warm welcome at the Calgary International Airport on Tuesday morning. Canadian North…
Traditional Inuit tattoos reemerge in new program
Arsaniq Deer’s life changed the day she witnessed her mother receive traditional Inuit tattoos and at that moment, she says, was filled with a new…
Two candidates in race for Deline Got’ine council seat
Dora Blondin and Roy Modeste are the two candidates following the closing of the nomination period
Two candidates will compete for the vacant seat on the council of the Délı̨nę Got’ı̨nę Government this spring. Dora Blondin and Roy Modeste are the…
Wolves kill 3 dogs in Fort Good Hope
Rose McNeely was walking to work last Wednesday morning when she saw something dark in the road. Initially, she thought it was a garbage bag…
GNWT considering a zone-based approach to fuel rebates
Under this system, communities that spend more on fuel would get bigger rebates
The Government of the Northwest Territories is considering a zone-based approach to fuel price rebates. Minister of Finance Caroline Wawzonek confirmed such a system…
Residents offer buffet of solutions to address NWT food insecurity
Just do something, anything. That was the message to a handful of MLAs during a committee meeting on food security held Wednesday night. Presenters handed…
Health and Social Services warns of chicken pox outbreak in Tuktoyaktuk
Symptoms of chicken pox include fever, headache, and lesions on the torso and face, then the arms and legs
The department of Health and Social Services is warning about an ongoing chicken pox outbreak in Tuktoyaktuk. Multiple people in different households have recently contracted…
Finance minister tables “responsive and responsible” budget with few surprises
2023-24 budget includes no new territorial investments in housing, little in Indigenous languages
There are few surprises in the GNWT’s 2023-24 budget. Minister of Finance Caroline Wawzonek tabled the budget in the Legislative Assembly early Wednesday afternoon. For…
Two teachers publish kids’ book 40 years in the making
When Wendy Stephenson was a teacher in Wekweètì 40 years ago, getting students interested in books was a challenge. “In the 70s, 80s, there weren’t…