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Featured, News, Police June 14, 2025

Possible kidnapping yields RCMP three suspects in central Yellowknife

Firearm also seized as investigation continues; police say criminal charges are forthcoming


As part of an ongoing investigation, in the early morning on Friday the 13th, Yellowknife RCMP executed a search warrant and arrested several people in the 5400-block of 52nd Street in Yellowknife. That block includes Bison Hill Estates row houses, and further up the street/driveway, Bison Hill Apartments. Days prior…

Culture, Featured, Life Style, News June 13, 2025

Inuvialuit creator from Paulatuk named to TikTok’s Indigenous visionary list

'I hope it helps with typical stereotypes that people see about the North,' says Esther Wolki, one of NWT's three honourees


An Inuvialuit creator from Paulatuk has been named to TikTok Canada’s 2025 Indigenous Visionary Voices list. The list created for Indigenous History Month spotlights 15 Indigenous creators who are using TikTok to build community and keep their cultures strong from across the country. Esther Wolki joins Inuk knowledge-keeper Hovak Johnston…

Community, Education, Featured, History, News June 13, 2025

Community Hide Camp passes down traditional wisdom to Mildred Hall

The event taught traditional hide preparation alongside other artistic practices


To help further pass down traditional knowledge, the YK1 school district has just concluded a three-day event at the Mildred Hall School all about animal hides. Andrea Harding, one of the organizers for the event, explained that this was only the third year that this event has been put together….

Environment, Featured, Law courts, News June 12, 2025

A Mi’kmaq man named Pond must tear down his family’s cabin by an NWT lake, a court has ruled

Matt Pond built told court that removing the late-’90s era cabin would cause him ‘significant and irreparable prejudice’ as he tries to join the YKDFN


A Yellowknife-born Mi’kmaq man must remove his family’s quarter-century-old cabin on public land north of Narcisse Lake, as he is not a member of an NWT Indigenous group, a court has ruled. In the late 1990’s, Matt Pond built a cabin located north of Narcisse Lake on lands now administered…

Education, Featured, Health, News, Politics June 11, 2025

‘In many Northern communities, Jordan’s Principle isn’t supplemental — it’s essential,’ say two NWT cabinet ministers

The new Liberal Government is showing signs of reversing the changes introduced under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, suggests a joint statement by Ministers Caitlin Cleveland and Lesa Semmler


“Jordan’s Principle was working in the North. It helped children catch up and, at times, thrive — especially in smaller communities where supports are scarce. Rolling it back now would hurt the very people it was meant to help” – Monfwi MLA Jane Weyallon-Armstrong The territorial government continues to press…

Culture, Featured, News June 11, 2025

Nááts’įhch’oh National Park Reserve in Sahtu receives $16.5M for cultural centre

'This is good for the people. Parks Canada has listened to the Elders and the community about what is important,' says Tulita Mayor Douglas Yallee


Indigenous and community members from Tulita and Norman Wells recently gathered to herald the cultural and regional significance of the $16.5 million office and cultural centre being built for the Nááts’įhch’oh National Park Reserve. “This is good for the people. Parks Canada has listened to the Elders and the community…

Featured, Justice, News, Police June 11, 2025

Three people charged in connection with 2022 Yellowknife homicide

Police have charged three people with manslaughter in connection to the 2022 shooting death of Feysal Farah in Yellowknife


The NWT RCMP have charged three people in connection with a 2022 homicide in Yellowknife. In August 2022, 28-year-old Feysal Farah was found dead in an apartment on Con Road. Police have charged three people with manslaughter involving a firearm, nearly three years later. The charges were laid in May…

Community, Events, Featured, News June 11, 2025

Frank Gruben Pride Festival returns to Fort Smith to ‘keep his name in mind,’ says organizer

'I’ve been working with Laura Kalinek (Gruben’s mother) to include more things that Frank would have liked to see,' says Ryker Lonehardt


Ever since his disappearance two years ago, Frank Gruben has become a household name across the NWT. Gruben was living in Fort Smith when he went missing, having been last seen on May 6th of 2023, and to help keep his name in the minds of northerners, the Fort Smith…

Community, Featured, News June 10, 2025

“We’ve been watching a live-streamed genocide on our phones,” says Amy Lam

Yellowknife woman joins march to Gaza to support Palestinians


A Yellowknife woman has joined the March to Gaza to break the humanitarian blockade and draw international attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The citizen-led March to Gaza is part of a broader grassroots initiative demanding an end to the siege and unrestricted humanitarian access for Palestinians. Thousands from…

Environment, Featured, News, Weather June 10, 2025

Great Slave Lake, Mackenzie River water levels ‘well below average,’ says report

May precipitation across the NWT was variable — Yellowknife, Hay River, Inuvik had average precipitation — and levels this summer will depend on rainfall in northern Alberta, B.C.


Following spring break-up, water levels and flow rates remain low across most large lakes and rivers in the Northwest Territories, says the NWT’s Department of Environment and Climate Change. May precipitation across the NWT was variable — where Yellowknife, Hay River and Inuvik received approximately average precipitation, Fort Smith received…