Mahalia Yakeleya Newmark comes from a long line of caregivers. Her great-grandmother, Harriett Gladue, was a midwife who lived in the bush. “One of the stories I would hear is that they’d be out in the bush, and then they would hear the bells on the dog team coming, and…
A 20-year-old male driver is facing several charges after injuring both a security guard and an RCMP officer in an impaired driving incident in Yellowknife. The incident took place shortly after 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, when the driver struck a security guard with his vehicle. The security guard was trying…
It was an eventful final day of the annual general assembly (AGA) of the Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC), as two former presidents of Designated Gwich’in Organizations (DGOs) were banned from serving for life and one delegation temporarily walked out. The three-day AGA wrapped up on Thursday, during a day of…
An Inuvik man wanted in connection with a break and enter and theft has been taken into custody. That’s according to a release from the Inuvik RCMP on Friday. 45-year-old Michael Clifford Rilling was wanted in connection with an incident that took place at the Inuvik Regional Hospital on or…
Smoke curled through the air as the red tarp was removed and the Legislative Assembly’s new art installation was revealed. Dozens gathered for the unveiling of the new Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) monument in front of the Legislative Assembly building on Wednesday. The monument was designed…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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,…