Around a third of the population of Colville Lake has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the latest numbers from the territorial government. A press release says 55 people have tested positive in the community that has a population of 151. Colville Lake has the lowest vaccination rate in the…
The territorial government is reporting that there have been more hospitalizations as a result of the COVID outbreak. However, no exact number was provided as a press release reads there are currently less than five hospitalizations. Some of the cases have been confirmed as the Delta variant, which first originated…
A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the Sahtú Dene Nechá Ko ̨́ long-term care facility in Norman Wells. Two positive cases have been reported at the facility, an outbreak is declared after one person who lives or works there tests positive. A series of restrictions have been implemented in…
Fort Good Hope Chief Tommy Kakfwi says he has requested additional support from the territorial government as his community faces a “staggering” COVID-19 outbreak. “We are calling out to the departments to provide us with help,” he said. This includes healthcare staff, something the community and the territory has a…
After a tight race, Tommy Kakfwi was elected chief of Fort Good Hope. The certified results state Kakfwi earned 85 votes, defeating incumbent Chief Daniel Masuzumi who received 83 votes. “It’s the Elders, the Elders that wanted change,” Kakfwi said after news that he had won. However, he credited the…
Residents of Fort Good Hope will be voting in a chief and council election on Monday. Incumbent Chief Daniel Masuzumi is running against Tommy Kakfwi. Masuzumi was voted in as chief in 2019. There are also 12 people running for nine available councillor positions. This includes: Angela Chinna Jonas Chinna…
The second of five public listening sessions on caribou conservation in the Sahtú will be next spring in Délı̨nę. The session’s central question is “What should people’s role be in maintaining healthy relationships between caribou and other wildlife?” The first listening session was in Colville Lake in January. Last month,…
Some Sahtú beneficiaries are calling for an RCMP investigation into the Sahtú Secretariat Inc. (SSI) and other organizations in the region. “At this time we are requesting the assistance of the RCMP Forensic Investigation Unit to begin investigations immediately,” reads a letter sent to police by Raymond Yakeleya, Walter Blondin…
What is the most effective way to conserve caribou? According to a recent report from the Ɂehdzo Got’ı̨nę Gots’ę́ Nákedı (Sahtú Renewable Resources Board), the answer is to let communities take the lead. The board decided to do away with Total Allowable Harvest (TAH) restrictions in favour of community conservation…
The community of Délı̨nę lost George Cleary on Thursday, a beloved and outstanding leader. The Cleary family says he passed away “peacefully” in a Facebook post. He fulfilled many roles in his lifetime, as an educator, chief, and mayor, says Bernice Lavoie, Clearys sister-in-law in a Facebook post. “The Sahtu…