(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…
Voters in Fort Providence went for a candidate with more experience in leadership, as they have elected Joachim Bonnetrouge for chief. In a message to CKLB news Bonnetrouge says, “it has been a humbling experience.” He is vowing to continue to work with youth and listen to elders for advice….
Members of the Deh Gah Gotie First Nation in Fort Providence will head to the polls on Wednesday, November 20th for their chief and council election. Incumbent Xavier Canadien is seeking a second term as chief. He says housing and protecting the local fishery are his main priorities. “We have…
This morning, Premier Caroline Cochrane announced which cabinet members will lead each department. Below is the full list: Paulie Chinna (Sahtú) – Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Minister of Housing, Minister Responsible for Homelessness Katrina Nokleby (Great Slave) – Minister of Infrastructure, Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, Minister…
The Fall Dehcho Leadership Meeting ended last evening in Fort Providence, with the host chief walking out before it adjourned. Deh Gah Gotie Chief Xavier Canadien who is up for re-election next month stormed out of the Nah Eh Cho Complex yesterday, after unsuccessfully pitching for the Edéhzhíe protected area…
Unlike the last assembly, the new government’s list of priorities fits on a single page. While they are not presented in a particular order, the top priority reads, “Settle and implement treaty, land, resources and self-government agreements.” The second calls for the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the…