Beaufort Delta

Art, Entertainment, Events, Featured, News March 9, 2023

Emery Burningrass creator talks trauma and comedy ahead of Beaufort Delta shows

How Donald MacDonald turned a $5 puppet into an Indigenous YouTube sensation


He’s small, he’s got attitude, and he may or may not still bootleg liquor. Meet Emery Burningrass. He’s become a YouTube and social media star over the past five years, particularly among Indigenous communities, from which he draws his humour. Now, Emery and his puppeteer, Donald MacDonald, are coming to…

Community, Featured, Health, News November 8, 2022

“We’re not used to being isolated”: Beaufort Delta chiefs hope new anti-suicide funding will curb post-Covid isolation

The Beaufort Delta was the hardest-hit region in this year's suicide spike


Ken Kyikavichik says the past few years have been challenging for his people. “The amount of grief that’s gone on, especially over the last two years, has been exceptional,” the Gwich’in Grand Chief says. This year’s spike in suicides hit the communities of the Beaufort Delta the hardest: There were…

Featured, Health, News February 9, 2021

New online group connects northern women on sober journey

Natasha Kulikowski wants women who are on a journey to sobriety to know they’re not alone. “Just knowing that there’s other people out there going through the same thing is very important,” she says. That is why she launched the Facebook group Arctic Circle Sobriety last week, where sober women can…

Featured, News December 10, 2020

Western Arctic Youth Collective a finalist for AIP youth category

The Arctic Inspiration Prize is an annual competition aimed at supporting and bolstering innovative projects in the North to benefit northerners.


A youth-led organization from the Northwest Territories is a finalist for the Arctic Inspiration Prize (AIP). The Western Arctic Youth Collective was started in 2018 by a group of Inuvialuit and Gwich’in youth from the Beaufort Delta, aiming to provide youth-led programing and support. Alyssa Carpenter is one of the…