Residents of Colville Lake, N.W.T., say their community needs a new school, and they're wondering why it's taking so long for that to happen. In the meantime, some incoming portable buildings are being called a "Band-Aid solution."
Before fleeing about 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) south of Yellowknife by car, Agnes Grandejambe looked to social media to find out almost everything she needed to know about escaping the encroaching wildfires. Some from official government accounts. Mostly from friends and family, including an offer of help from her First Nation band. But not from…
Before fleeing about 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) south of Yellowknife by car, Agnes Grandejambe looked to social media to find out almost everything she needed to know about escaping the encroaching wildfires. Some from official government accounts. Mostly from friends and family, including an offer of help from her First Nation band. But not from […]
Before fleeing about 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) south of Yellowknife by car, Agnes Grandejambe looked to social media to find out almost everything she needed to know about escaping the encroaching wildfires.
That s because Canadian news outlets - including the only one she trusts - have been blocked on Facebook and Instagram as a result of a dispute with the national government.