Today is voting day for the Tłı̨chǫ community government elections. Here is the full list of candidates for chief and council in Behchokǫ̀, Whatì, Gamètì and Wekweètì. CKLB spoke with the chief candidates for Behchokǫ̀, Whatì, Gamètì and Wekweètì about their policies. CKLB will publish the results once released.
A new paid program will offer Tłı̨chǫ residents the opportunity to improve life skills while learning how to farm. This 12 week paid internship is being run out of Hay River’s Northern Farm Training Institute (NFTI), in partnership with the Tłı̨chǫ Government. Leona Lafferty, career development manager for the Tłı̨chǫ…
The territorial government has awarded a second contract to continue shooting wolves from the air, this one worth $100,000. The second contract, like the first, was awarded to Great Slave Helicopters, according to Open NWT. Combined, the contracts are worth $191,000 for about three weeks of aerial removal. The latest…
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Shane Thompson, Lutsel k’e Dene First Nation Chief Darryl Marlowe and Tlicho Grand Chief George Mackenzie are calling for more responsible harvesting. ENR officers say the caribou were killed within the Mobile Bathurst Caribou Management Zone. They also found wasted meat from 12 caribou outside…
Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane and several members of her cabinet met with Tłı̨chǫ Government Grand Chief George Mackenzie as well as regional Chiefs Clifford Daniels, David Wedawin, Charlie Football, and Alfonz Nitsiza in Yellowknife last week to discuss issues of common interest. That included Tłı̨chǫ Government Priorities to Inform…
The Department of Culture and Lands Protection of the Tlicho Government is inviting Behchoko community members to a public meeting to discuss the 100th anniversary celebration in 2021 of Treaty 11. In an advisory, the department states that it would like to hear people’s ideas for projects and activities to…