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Featured, News March 16, 2021

StatsCan hiring in every NWT community for May census

Statistics Canada will be hiring people in all 33 communities across the Northwest Territories for the 2021 census this May. Geoff Bowlby, the director general for the census at Statistics Canada, says his department will be hiring 180 employees for the census, 39 of whom will be in Yellowknife. “We…

Community, Featured, News, Police November 27, 2020

Crime is related to trauma: Chief Betsina

New Statistics Canada report claims higher crime rates to be found in the Northwest Territories.


Crime is more likely to be reported in remote communities, specifically with high Indigenous populations according to a recent survey. Although, Yellowknives Dene First Nation Chief Ernest Betsina says this isn’t a fair depiction of Indigenous communities. “Our youth are not genetically prone to crime. It’s a symptom of social…