The Education Summit being held by the Dene Nation next Tuesday on the K’atl’odeeche First Nation Reserve in Hay River has been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak. The Dene Nation plans its first Education Summit The Summit was planned for March 17 to 18 by Dene leadership to encourage…
Legislative Assembly Speaker Frederick Blake Jr. called on Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty to apologize to Premier Caroline Cochrane. Lafferty has repeatedly criticized the premier’s firing of former Aurora College President Tom Weegar. Late in February, he accused Cochrane of breaking the law when dismissing Weegar. He also tabled a legal…
Officials from the Office of the Auditor General and the NWT’s Department of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) are to appear before the Legislative Assembly’s Standing Committee on Government Operations on April 1. The committee will be conducting a public hearing on the auditor’s report on early childhood to Grade…
The issue of shortages of cannabis supply in Yellowknife was a burning question in the NWT Legislative Assembly this week. It comes after the Yellowknifer newspaper reported that there was no pot on the shelves of the uptown Liquor Shop for several days in late February. Yellowknife North MLA Rylund…
The YWCA NWT which is a women’s organization working to increase women’s safety across the Northwest Territories (NWT) received an investment from the Government of Canada over the weekend to help end violence. On Saturday, Feb 28, Michael McLeod, Member of Parliament for the NWT, on behalf of the Honourable…
With climate change affecting the ferry near Fort Simpson, Mayor Sean Whelly is calling on the territorial government to consider building a bridge over the Liard River. Whelly said the river is melting sooner in the year but that breakup is lasting longer, putting residents at risk with uncertain ice…
The Dene Nation will be holding its first-ever Education Summit. “We are at a critical time as Dene people. More than ever, we are working towards securing a strong foundation for our youth and future generations as we continue to establish cultural and language-based education programs,” Dene National Chief Norman…
Housing Minister Paulie Chinna will not step in to help the Yellowknife Womens’ Society secure funding for its Arnica Inn project. A week and a half ago, the womens’ society had its funding application rejected to transform the Arnica Inn into transitional housing. According to Bree Denning, the womens’ society’s…
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya commends Teck Resources for the decision to withdraw its application for the Frontier Oilsands Mine. “The project was becoming a lightning rod for all the concerns about the health of the Mackenzie River Basin,” Chief Yakeleya said. “The decades of the cumulative environmental impact of…
Bree Denning says she was surprised to hear the NWT Housing Corporation didn’t support the Yellowknife Women’s Society’s project to turn the Arnica Inn into transitional housing. She was told as much not by the housing corporation itself but by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation after it rejected a…