Residents from across the Northwest Territories have signed an open letter calling on MP Michael McLeod to push for a Green New Deal in Parliament. Our Time Yellowknife drafted the letter, which describes a Green New Deal as “an ambitious plan to tackle the climate crisis at the scale that…
After a recount yesterday, the results are in from Monday’s Hamlet and District Education Authority elections held in Fort Liard. It was an extremely close race for mayor with Hillary Deneron becoming the mayor-elect. She won by a three vote margin, 71 votes to her uncle Mike Gonet’s 68. Eight…
It’s election day in Fort Liard. Two candidates are running for mayor of the Dehcho hamlet. They are Hillary Deneron, and Mike Gonet. Eight candidates are running for the six seats on the hamlet council. It’s also a large field of candidates for the Fort Liard District Education Authority, with…
CKLB has been following with great interest the City of Yellowknife’s decision to cut its Indigenous Relations Advisor position. So has Yellowknife resident Natasha McCagg. Here is her Facebook post on the issue: “City of Yellowknife has decided not to fund the necessary salary dollars to continue to fund the Indigenous…
The Maclean’s Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award has been presented to a former leader from the Northwest Territories. Former NWT MP Ethel Blondin-Andrew was given the honour at last evenings, “Welcome to the Hill” event sponsored by MacLean’s. Blondin-Andrew was the first Indigenous woman elected to Parliament 30 years ago. “I…
(UPDATED) Officials from the Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) and the City of Yellowknife are to meet Thursday morning to sign a new Memo of Understanding (MOU). According to a news release from the city, the MOU outlines how the two governments will commit to working together, building on and…
Political leaders from across Canada are getting their first chance to meet NWT Premier Caroline Cochrane this week. She attended her first Council of the Federation meeting on Monday in Toronto. She says the North is on the minds of Canada’s premiers and made the priority list. “I was quite…
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya is joining hundreds of other First Nations leaders, Elders and Knowledge Keepers, women, youth and other delegates on Algonquin Territory in the nation’s capital for the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly taking place Tuesday through Thursday. Chiefs and delegates are gathering in Ottawa…
On Friday, Yellowknife students led the charge to call on MLAs to declare a climate emergency. Here’s what organizer Ella Kokelj had to say about the gathering; she also lists some specifics she’d like to see from the Government of the Northwest Territories. Kokelj said there has been “movement” on…
Yellowknife’s only Indigenous city councillor says she is “enraged” after learning the City of Yellowknife will not renew its Indigenous relations advisor post once Maggie Mercredi’s 18-month term ends in February. Stacie Smith says the decision is short-sighted and wrong. “I don’t think the role was taken as seriously as…