Funding for the completion of more than 60 additional affordable housing units in Yellowknife is officially in the books. The announcement was made at City Hall Monday at a news conference attended by all levels of government, including Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Ahmed Hussen. The federal government…
A Yellowknife teen has been reported missing. According to RCMP, 18-year-old Sherrina Hikoalok has been reported missing since Nov. 4. Hikoalok is described as five foot five, weighing about 115 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She also goes by the alias, Sherrina Ohiktook and is believed to still…
Eric Janvier hopes his new documentary shows Indigenous youth that it’s never too late to learn their culture. In Heartbeat of a Nation, Janvier captures an intimate afternoon between a father and son as they make a traditional drum. Janvier’s documentary has been screened in Calgary, Toronto and San Francisco, among…
Last updated on Nov. 3 at 4:15 p.m. The deficit of the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority has quadrupled in the six years since its creation, according to a report by a Legislative Assembly standing committee. Members of the Standing Committee on Government Operations, including Yellowknife North…
Jamie Wetrade-Stevenson is a beloved creative, navigating both the traditional and modern world through the lens. Her latest adventure has brought her to Toronto where her Nomad portrait was displayed on the corner of King St. West. After five short years, her ambitions evolved from passion projects into a full-blown…
A missing Yellowknife teen has been found “safe and sound,” according to RCMP. Yellowknife RCMP confirmed on Friday afternoon 16-year-old Dayton Lafferty had been found roughly one day after being reported missing. Lafferty was last seen on the afternoon of Tuesday, Oct. 25. He was reported missing on Oct. 27….
After staying in the shadows, the person who has filed a complaint against a Territorial Court Judge has come to light. Her name is Martha Chertkow – a former crown attorney. Chertkow filed a complaint with the Judicial Council alleging Judge Donovan Molloy is guilty of misconduct. Aside from Chertkow’s…
A territorial court judge has thrown out the search warrant for last month’s raid on a cultural camp near Łútsël K’é. On Monday, Chief Justice Shannon Smallwood agreed to throw out the warrant at the request of Larry Innes, the lawyer for the Łútsël K’é Dene First Nation. The council…
Smoked white fish filled the air as seven youths prepared for their first night at camp at Deèzàatì (Point Lake). For many of them, this was their first time experiencing the Hozı̀ıa (Barrenlands) and being away from their home community. Through a program called Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoehdèe K’è (Boots on the…
The Northwest Territories will not be getting its own addiction treatment centre any time soon. That’s according to the territory’s Minister of Health and Social Services. During a sitting of the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, October 20, Monfwi MLA Jane Weyallon Armstrong asked Minister Julie Green if she would commit…