Posted: May 14, 2021 1:59 PM CT | Last Updated: May 14
Rising water levels limited access to the island on which the community of Fort Simpson is built, as seen in this aerial image taken May 14 around noon.(Laurie Ozmun Nadia/Facebook)
The people are fine. Our little community is not : Communities deal with flooding along Mackenzie River
CBC News hasn t been able to reach people in Jean Marie River on Saturday, but Paul Simon was able to find cell phone service on a drive and posted photos of the flood waters on social media.
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Posted: May 08, 2021 1:08 PM CT | Last Updated: May 8
CBC News hasn t been able to reach anyone in Jean Marie River, but in a post on Facebook Paul Thunder-Stealer says the community is not fine amid flooding from the Mackenzie River breakup. (Paul Thunder-Stealer/Facebook)
Posted: Apr 06, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 6
Alberta s proposed changes to its curriculum is spurring a conversation about how the N.W.T. should move forward.(CBC)
Alberta s decision to renew its education system could lead to a change in the course of learning in the Northwest Territories.
The province is coming under fire for proposed changes to its K-6 curriculum that critics are calling Eurocentric, dismissive of Indigenous perspectives, and not based on research about how to teach young children.
The N.W.T. has used portions of Alberta s K-12 curriculum and provincial exams since the 1970s. Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya said it s time for the territory to create its own school curriculum, independent from other jurisdictions.
/CNW/ - Sustainable fisheries, marine safety, and protection of the marine environment are of critical importance to Arctic communities. In 2018, Fisheries and.
Posted: Dec 18, 2020 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: December 18, 2020 The Dene are calling on the government, the world of Canada, to stop poisoning us, Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya said after the Commission for Environmental Cooperation reported that Alberta s tailings ponds have been leaking. (Sidney Cohen/CBC News)
A recent report that documents the leakage of tailings ponds in Alberta has Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya calling on provincial and federal governments to establish stricter regulations. The Dene are calling on the government, the world of Canada, to stop poisoning us, Yakeleya said during a Thursday morning press conference.
Yakeleya was referring to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation s 208-page