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Inuvialuit artist designs Canadian Mint collector coin

Myrna Pokiak's design was selected to commemorate the NWT's 150th anniversary.


Myrna Pokiak, an Inuvialuit artist, has designed a collector coin that reflects the Inuit, First Nations and Métis peoples who shape the Northwest Territories. This was part of an initiative by the Royal Canadian Mint to celebrate the territory’s 150th anniversary. Melanie Luis, product manager at the Royal Canadian Mint,…


Indigenous leaders tell MLAs they need to rebuild trust

Stalled negotiations, lost trust, inconsistency—these are all issues new MLAs are inheriting from the last territorial government. And they’re only some of the concerns more than a dozen Indigenous leaders from across the territory told MLAs at a public meeting at the Tree of Peace Friendship Centre in Yellowknife. The…