Metis in the NWT shouldn’t have to pay property taxes on cabins in the bush, said Northwest Territory Metis Nation president Garry Bailey, but the GNWT disagrees with the suggestion that these taxes limit Indigenous people’s rights.
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Franklin Avenue is officially re-open to vehicles.
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Several communities in Nunavut will be able to answer the question that will come from youth during summer: what can we do?
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Russia, Russia, Russia.
It’s in the news these days for reasons we’re all aware of, but there’s also the FIFA World Cup happening there right now and there are always stories from the biggest sporting spectacle going today. Who am I cheering for, you may ask?
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by Jackson Lafferty, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
Dear editor,
Thank-you for your June 8 editorial regarding Temporary Special Measures to increase the representation of women in the NWT Legislative Assembly.
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Nicole Latour didn’t waste time ruffling feathers after assuming the role of chief electoral officer of the Northwest Territories.
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Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is set to return to Yellowknife 3 years after the franchise left town.
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People filled Somba K’e plaza to celebrate Aboriginal Day, also known as National Indigenous Peoples Day, to recognize the contributions and cultural diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples.
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Deninu Ku’e/Fort Resolution
The official opening of the Deninu Ku’e Health and Social Services Centre took place on June 11 in Fort Resolution.
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A man convicted of possessing nearly 1.7 kg of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking in Sanikiluaq has been acquitted by the Court of Appeal of Nunavut.
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Inuvik RCMP responded to a report of shots fired near Alder Drive at about 10:45 a.m. on June 14.
A resident of the area, who asked not to be identified, said she was home when the incident took place, but was asleep and did not hear any shots fired. She woke up to a phone call from a scared neighbour.
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There is no doubt that Terence Courtoreille has a special skill when it comes to fly fishing.
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Rankin Inlet
The Rankin Inlet Volunteer Fire Department held one of its biggest annual events this past weekend, June 16 and 17, in Rankin.
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There aren’t too many tournaments where you can golf at midnight.
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Schools across the NWT are offering different Indigenous language and culture courses as the GNWT enters year five of a 10-year education renewal plan.
Read More We’re always looking for sports to be successful in. Sports where we can be on equal footing with the south.
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Sometimes the irony in the news is almost too poetic. In one item the city is up for a five million-dollar Smart Cities prize. In the next we are told city hall is a waterlogged mess because the roof leaked during a rain storm.
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30 years ago
Forty military attaches from 29 different countries were in Yellowknife for a series of seminars on Canadian activity in the North.
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Chances are you’ve probably seen Sousanh Chanthalangsy doing what she does best in Yellowknife on most days: cooking and serving some of the most popular grub going today from her One Of A Thai food truck on Franklin Avenue.
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The first barge of the summer arrived in the capital last weekend to kick off the 10th annual Beer Barge at the Ahmic Air float base.
Read More A territorial judge took time to drive home an anti-impairment message before sentencing a Yellowknife man who blew over the legal limit during a roadside stop.
Read MoreA story in Wednesday’s edition stated Niven, Range and Fiddler Lakes are safe for swimming and fishing (“New list of arsenic-impacted lakes”). While the levels of arsenic in these lakes do not pose a significant risk to people who swim or fish, other bacteria such as e.coli make them unsafe. Also, Fiddler’s Lake is the city’s sewage lagoon, not Fiddler Lake. Yellowknifer regrets the errors and any confusion they may have caused.
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Starting Jan. 1, 2019, a one-third tax exemption on elected official’s salaries will be eliminated.
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Economic Development Officers (EDO) in the Beaufort Delta Region met to review economic development initiatives in all eight communities June 14-15.
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About four years after areas with elevated arsenic levels were first identified in Ndilo, the federal government is making plans to clean up the contaminated soil.
Read More Tongues have been wagging about the possible return of Kentucky Fried Chicken to the city.
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If there was any backroom conspiracy to bring down former premier Paul Quassa, cabinet wasn’t part of it, says the politician who succeeded him.
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The Canadian government needs to act fast to protect endangered Indigenous languages from dying out, says the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
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Arsenic, arsenic, arsenic – when it comes to lakes around Yellowknife that seems to be all we hear these days.
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Krish Sharma, Donovan Arey and Dwayne Raddi landed spots on this year’s under-15 NWT basketball team.
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“Conspiracy” and “coup” are the words Paul Quassa chooses when he reflects on his removal from the highest office in the Government of Nunavut.
There were power-hungry cabinet ministers coveting the premier’s seat and MLAs thirsting for a cabinet position, and that’s what led to his downfall, he told Nunavut News.
“I knew there were some who want to be premier, (others) who wanted to become a minister so badly that they would do anything,” Quassa said.
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Approximately 10 people participated in the public meeting held by Education, Culture and Employment Minister Caroline Cochrane in Inuvik to discuss the foundational review of Aurora College June 13.
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You have not noticed, of course, but we have not mentioned President Donald Trump in an editorial for a year or so.
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Well, I certainly didn’t have a non confidence motion in mind when I called for a Kivalliq premier in Nunavut (Time for Kivalliq led and Kivalliq first, Nov. 14, 2017, Kivalliq News), but as they say, here we are.
Read More The 2018 Great Hay River Triathlon will take place on June 24, beginning at 7 a.m. at the Rec Centre.
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For the second time in nine months, inmates at the Baffin Correctional Centre (BCC) in Iqaluit took control overnight.
The incident began sometime around midnight, with RCMP and the fire department responding to the incident.
Read More Town council has a lengthy list of things it is still hoping to accomplish.
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It was no easy decision for Lloyd Francis to leave Naujaat after five years.
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A lack of signage is making N WT highways unsafe, says the husband of a motorcyclist who was seriously injured after crashing her bike on Highway 3 outside of Fort Providence on Tuesday.
Read MoreThe City of Yellowknife has banned smoking and vaping on all city-managed recreational properties.
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Mounties are investigating a death after a report of a body found behind a residence in Ndilo.
On Tuesday evening at 5:55 p.m., RCMP were dispatched to the location where the body was found. Attending officers confirmed the individual had died.
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The outcome could have been a lot worse after an inmate managed to light the bunk in his cell on fire at the Rankin Inlet Healing Facility on June 11.
Read More An Alberta man convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl in Hay River poses a high risk to reoffend, according to a forensic psychiatrist testifying during a hearing in Yellowknife on imposing a dangerous offender designation.
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Musician Greg Brown, who teaches at the Nunavut Sivuniksavut college program in Ottawa, visited Cambridge Bay to work with kindergarten to Grade 6 students, May 28-31.
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While it’s still a ways from completion, the sight of the new arena taking shape in Rankin Inlet has the community excited over the arrival of the long-awaited multi-purpose facility.
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For the 17th year, the Rotary Club of Hay River Sunrise has given books to hundreds of students.
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