A Taloyoak woman charged with animal cruelty following the death of a puppy says she’s been falsely accused and her life has become increasingly difficult since the criminal allegation has been made public.
Karen Nanook, 41, says she has lost a job opportunity as a result of facing one count of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. “Social media is making me look like a monster,” Nanook said.
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It is my hope that my story helps Inuit who are trying to find their biological parents.
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An Inuk guide was struck on the head and knocked unconscious by a piece of plywood caught by a gust of wind during a floe edge trip with a wilderness adventure company near Pond Inlet earlier this month.
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Iqaluit’s Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory has been named the winner of the inaugural Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award.
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Nine projects are approved for roughly $12.6 million in funding from the Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation as a result of an open call issued in the fall of 2017.
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The urban on-the-land camp behind the Fieldhouse in Yellowknife has been successful since it’s opened, according to the camp’s organizers.
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The Yellowknife Polar Bear Swim Club held a car wash in the YK1 Education District’s parking lot on Saturday to raise money for new training equipment.
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Close to 90 people joined the Yellowknife Investors Group Walk for Alzheimer’s on Saturday.
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The Aurora College Foundational Review recommends transforming the College into a polytechnic university that provides numerous degrees as well as college education and apprenticeship training. It’s about time you say? I say woohoo!
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Schools across the NWT are offering different Indigenous language and culture courses as the Government of the NWT (GNWT) enters year five of a 10-year education renewal plan.
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Friends, as yet another Aboriginal Day comes around we are left to think about what it all means.
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by Jim Martin, Fort McPherson
I was sitting in the A&W having breakfast when two friends asked me if I wanted to go to check out their new traditional camp. It sounded interesting so I agreed to go with them to see what it is all about.
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If Rankin Inlet claims the title of Hockeytown, Nunavut, you can pencil in Cambridge Bay as Basketballtown, Nunavut.
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It’s no secret that two of the territory’s Metis groups are separated by more than the sprawling waters of Great Slave Lake.
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It was around 1920 when drillers struck oil in the Mackenzie region, though the Dene knew of oil seeps long before.
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A Tutyoyaktuk-born Aurora College nursing grad says a new practical nursing program coming to Inuvik’s campus this fall stands to boost Indigenous representation in health care while tackling a shortage of professionals in the North.
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Whether we call it National Indigenous Peoples Day or National Aboriginal Day, the founding peoples of the Northwest Territories have much to teach the world.
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by John Holman
The Sagittariids began at the start of the month, although here in the sub-Arctic there is no darkness for us to enjoy the celestial delights thereof. What do we get instead?
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The Tlicho Government says it’s “extremely disappointed” with the GNWT for taking it to court to try to resolve negotiations around a road to Fortune Minerals Ltd.’s NICO cobalt-gold-copper-bismuth project, 160 kilometres northwest of Yellowknife.
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The Dehcho Guardian program, an Indigenous land and water monitoring outfit, is embarking on its first industrial watch dog project – overseeing the $53-million replacement of the Norman Wells pipeline under the mighty Mackenzie River.
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And so the largest single sporting event in the NWT is committed to history for another year.
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It was a win 44 years in the making for the Washington Capitals and a win 13 years in the making for Alexander the Great.
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Karis Dekwant decorated her special occasion cake for the Skills Canada National Competition (SCNC) in 15 minutes and won gold.
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Joe Savikataaq stepped into unseated Premier Paul Quassa’s shoes after an unprecedented vote of non-confidence June 14.
The Arviat South MLA was pronounced premier after two rounds of voting. Fellow Kivalliq MLAs Patterk Netser and Lorne Kusugak were also in the running.
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The GNWT and the Union of Northern Workers (UNW) will head into mediation in October with the goal of reaching a collective agreement.
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The Inuvik Wind Project was highlighted as a key example of energy from the Arctic intended to meet Arctic needs at the Arctic Energy and Emerging Technologies Conference and Trade Show June 12.
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The government of Northwest Territories has added to its list of lakes with elevated levels of arsenic.
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A jury has found a 40-year-old man guilty of committing a number of violent acts against his former girlfriend.
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The new Marine Training Centre in Hay River has completed offering its first class.
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The John Wayne Kiktorak Centre (JWKC) has opened its doors for the first time during the day to offer meals and programs to its clients in the summer.
Read More The popular Saturday Fisherman’s Wharf outdoor market will open June 16.
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Braeden Picek, 16, brought home a silver medal from last week’s track and field meet in Hay River.
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Students at Tuugaalik High School were competing to see how far they could fly off the handle in Naujaat this past month.
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Hay River has once again done something that it has proven over the years to be very good at doing.
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Baker Lake
Listed below are the 2018 outstanding students and their disciplines for the fifth annual Trades Awareness, Skills and Knowledge (TASK) Week at Jonah Amitnaaq Secondary School in Baker Lake this past month.
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Another year, another round of athletes at St. Patrick High School getting recognized for what they do.
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The familiar sounds of fastpitch in Yellowknife were on full display last weekend at Tommy Forrest Ball Park.
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Canadian Men’s Health Week runs through June 17. Yeah.
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We’re about to embark on a grand experiment in legalizing recreational pot use with the aim of freeing up courts from prosecuting minor possession charges while fighting illicit drug sales and the violent crime associated with it.
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There is good news and not so good news. Seems to be a lot that that going around lately.
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The Canada Basketball U15 Nationals are still two months away but we now know who will be wearing the territory’s colours on the hardcourt in August.
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40 years ago
Wardair’s first Dash 7 arrived in Yellowknife. Indications were that there would be considerable work available for the new machine, which was faster and carried double the payload of the Twin Otter.
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The Yellowknife Historical Society is expecting close to 400 visitors to gather at the Wardair float base in Old Town tomorrow for the 10th Annual Beer Barge.
Read More Three candidates are officially confirmed in the running for Dene Nation chief, says election officer Lynda Comerford.
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