N.W.T. pilot project ‘connecting with people’ on personal level without using police
‘We connect with people on a personal level… there’s already a relationship there, we know everyone in our community and they know us,” says Dylan Steeves.
Northwest Territories
Yukon public service program struggling to increase number of Indigenous workers
The pilot has been extended in order to boost the percentage of Indigenous government employees from 15 to 22 per cent.
N.W.T. border with B.C. opens up after being closed for 18 months due to pandemic
The border between the Northwest Territories and British Columbia is now open again south of…
Canadian military’s ‘Operation Nanook’ sweeps across Northwest Territories
Young soldiers learn from the only First Nation chief warrant officer in the forces.
Tlicho community of Edzo waiting weeks for frozen water lines to thaw
Kelsey Mantla can’t predict how long she’ll have running water for; but she knows how…
Elders crucial to ending family violence in Northwest Territories
Terri Naskan has been working to end family violence since the 1970s. “At the time…
‘It’s a beautiful thing’: Indigenous healing camp gets lifeline extension in N.W.T.
‘They could breathe and it gives them enough time to work on themselves,’ says elder.
60 people call for end of COVID-19 vaccine mandate in Yellowknife
A crowd of around 60 people gathered outside a federal government building in downtown Yellowknife…
Northern youth find hope for housing with Home Base in N.W.T.
Secure and affordable housing is hard to find in Yellowknife.