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Environment, Featured, Industry, News, Politics, Reconciliation April 15, 2024

ATCO president brings heat to cabinet over Hay River biz loss to Power Corporation

'Particularly for the Deputy Premier, and the GNWT ... I don't think it sends the best of messages to future investors,' ATCO's Nancy Southern

ATCO CEO and president Nancy Southern turned a social occasion into a public dressing down of senior GNWT cabinet officials over the loss of Hay River’s franchise. The NWT Power Corporation is a GNWT subsidiary and in 2016 Hay River’s town council chose to pull the plug on ATCO/Northland Utilities…

Featured, News, Police, Politics, Reconciliation April 12, 2024

MLAs bring Missing Persons bill to Beaufort Delta for review

The territory’s pending Missing Persons Act might not go as far as some advocates had hoped, as police investigations of any kind need to maintain a certain amount of confidentiality. For some anxious loved ones, this can make it look as if investigators aren’t working as hard as they might…

Featured, News, Politics, Reconciliation April 3, 2024

National Indigenous women’s group mired in controversy; local affiliates likely not affected

The Native Women’s Association of Canada is in deep turmoil, facing serious allegations of “union busting” while undergoing a federal financial audit amid budget cuts and mass layoffs. CBC reports preliminary evidence of “ineligible expenses” have been found, while at the same time, the Association has laid off 78 employees,…

Featured, News, Politics, Reconciliation March 22, 2024

Feds provide nearly $13M for YKDFN’s education and training arm

Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) has received nearly $13 million for a project by its education and training arm, designed to provide employment training for jobs in the resources and remediation industry, public sector, renewable resources, trades and media/arts sectors. NWT MP Michael McLeod announced the funding Friday on behalf…

Featured, History, News, Reconciliation March 22, 2024

Help set long-term vision for Thaidene Nëné protected area

The operational management board for Thaidene Nëné is seeking feedback from the public to help inform the land relationship plan for the Thaidene Nëné protected area. In a release, the GNWT stated that much of the work for the first plan, “is foundational, setting out what is needed to ensure…

Featured, History, Life Style, News, Reconciliation March 21, 2024

We Are a River flows through Treaty 11 community commemorations

“Something the Dene have celebrated is that they’ve kept their word. No matter what the non-Indigenous people did with the treaties. The Dene kept their word.” ~ Co-author of We Are a River, Paul Andrew, a former chief of Tulita. We Are a River is a pictorial commemoration and commentary…

Community, Entertainment, Events, Featured, Life Style, Reconciliation March 20, 2024

City council warm to half-day holiday for start of YKDFN Spring Carnival

Calls to support the Yellowknives Dene First Nation’s Spring Carnival received feverish support from city councillors who decided to fast track a request from the organizers. First reading will be on Monday March 25 at the Governance and Priorities committee on, then final two readings in the evening during the…

Featured, News, Reconciliation March 18, 2024

City council looks to sink Franklin’s name on 50th Avenue

The city is exploring a name change for Franklin Avenue in the spirit of truth and reconciliation after a request was made by Yellowknives Dene First Nation. Having the main street in the territory’s capital named after a European colonist who never set foot anywhere near what is now Yellowknife…