Sudden death in Fort Liard prompts RCMP investigation

“Originally wasn't called Walk to Tuk, that name came about organically. People just started to call it Walk to Tuk and the name stuck,” says Tim Van Dam, a main organizer of the event. The initiative brings together individuals, schools, workplaces, families, and community groups across the territory to stay active by conceptually walking the length of the Big River, a distance of 1658 km from Zhatıé Kų́ę́ / Fort Providence to Tuktuuyaqtuuq / Tuktoyaktuk.

What is giving Tuesday? For organizations like the NWT’s SPCA, it is a day that celebrates and inspires giving that can mean giving food, funding or hours of care work to a calling. Nicole Spencer, executive director of the NWT SPCA, says because the SPCA receives very little funding from the territory, they rely on folks at the organization who work hard around the clock.

The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority announced that changes have been made regarding protocols for lab test orders. When physicians in Alta order lab tests that need to be collected in the NWT there will no longer be the need to book a follow up appointment to have your lab requisition form confirmed or re-written.

Melaw Nakehk’o, who is a Moosehide tanner, artist and filmmaker, noted for The Revenant, has just launched a weekly podcast that examines the legacy of the trailblazing drama North of 60. The premiere episode is scheduled to air today. Nakehk’o who has roots in the territory and Brie O’Keefe, with settler roots, both take a look into the legacy of North of 60, and its accuracy. The hosts’ use their own childhoods of growing up in the Dehcho region as a reference point.

One person is facing charges in connection to alleged drug trafficking after 15 people were taken into custody following a number of police led searches on Sunday in Yellowknife. The searches began on Sunday, at three units of an apartment building in Yellowknife, said officers.