Counter-offer an 'Insult:' UNW The president of the GNWT's labour union is calling the government's counter offer in current collective agreement negotiations an insult. Complaint accepted for review A complaint by a transgendered student at Aurora College in Fort Smith against Thebacha MLA and Finance Minister Michael Miltenberger has been accepted for review by the NWT Human Rights Commission. Dene leader considers top job The decision hasn't been made yet, but Bill Erasmus, regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), is considering running for the position of national chief. Dene Nation signs declaration to oppose Enbridge Pipeline Dene National Chief Bill Erasmus and other Dene chiefs met on Jan. 27 in Edmonton to declare their opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project. Lawsuit launched against devolution The Gwich'in Tribal Council has launched a Supreme Court action against both the territorial and federal governments on the basis that they weren't consulted throughout the process of signing the Agreement in Principle (AIP) more than a year ago. Deadly drug might come North Police in the NWT are warning residents of a deadly batch of ecstasy laced with paramethoxymethamphetamine (PPMA) - a batch that is responsible for 18 deaths in British Columbia and six in Alberta over the past six months. Fort Smith Metis president re-elected Ken Hudson has been re-elected president of the Fort Smith Metis Council. New NorthwesTel chair no stranger to competition "Competition" is not a scary word to new NorthwesTel Inc. chairman Charles Brown. Happy to be back in retail Since Sept. 1, David MacLean has been the manager of DKDC Store in Fort Resolution, and he is happy to be back in the community and back in the retail business. National parks try new way to connect with Canadians Parks Canada has launched a new strategy to let Canadians know the importance of the two national parks in the southwest NWT - Nahanni and Wood Buffalo. A diamond volunteer A Yellowknife woman has been chosen to receive one of 60 inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals. Yk honeymooners It may not be Niagara Falls, but if Yellowknife is at all a honeymoon destination, it is because of the physical attractiveness of the great outdoors surrounding it. Narcotics-stealing nurse sentenced A nurse who stole narcotics and injected them for personal use while working, forged signatures and made up patients' names to acquire the drugs at Inuvik Regional Hospital was handed a 12-month conditional sentence in Inuvik territorial court on Feb. 2. New council elected after 10 years It took 10 years for new representatives of the Ehditiitat Gwich'in Council to be elected. Forty per cent of participants in Aklavik voted in an election held Jan. 30.
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