1,500 military personnel ram into Behchoko
Live ammunition and explosives are on the agenda for an upcoming army training operation in the Tlicho region next month.
View ArticleAklavik mayor honoured with park in Whati
The Tlicho people showed their appreciation last week for the man who built Whati’s first general store, by dedicating the park where the store used to stand in his honour.
View ArticleGhosts of Rayrock haunt Nico hearings in Behchoko
It’s been over 50 years since the Rayrock Mine northwest of Behchoko left a generation of people in the Tlicho orphaned from uranium poisoning, but public reaction to a new mine shows fear still...
View ArticleReview board approves Fortune’s NICO mine
Fortune Minerals' NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper mine in the heart of the Tlicho region received the regulatory green light last week from the review board, but the Tlicho government is still making...
View ArticleThebacha campus ups the ante with advanced Aboriginal language classes
Betty Elias of Tuktoyaktuk is a fourth year student in the Bachelor of Education program at Aurora College in Fort Smith.
View ArticleTlicho join devolution with deal ‘days away’
With the conclusion of devolution negotiations just “days away” according to the premier, the Tlicho government has agreed to become a party to the devolution Agreement in Principle (AiP).
View ArticleBehchoko approves sportsplex borrowing plan
After years of stop-and-go talks about giving Behchoko’s sports complex a much required facelift, the community of nearly 2,000 people has finally given the green light to a $9-million borrowing plan...
View ArticleImbe student program incorporates Tlicho language
They canoe, bead, hunt, fish, make dry meat and play hand games.
View ArticleTlicho, Akaitcho look to airport scanners to thwart black market bootlegging
Fly-in communities in the Tlicho and Akaitcho could be working together to put a damper on bootlegging through an airport scanner for Air Tindi flights, starting this fall with Lutsel K’e.
View ArticleTlicho sign deal on Gahcho Kué diamond mine
The Tlicho Government ended its freeze on the Gahcho Kué diamond mine 280 km north of Yellowknife last week, nodding its support of the project with the signing of an impact benefit agreement with...
View ArticleTlicho government challenges youth to read
A new literacy initiative by the Tlicho Government that is challenging students to read as many books as possible has been embraced by teachers and students alike.
View ArticleNews Briefs
Briefs include: investigations ignited after black bear shot by Reid Lake, Wood Buffalo RCMP conclude investigation into fatal collision, and Tlicho submit injunction to halt water, land board...
View ArticleExperts examine traditional knowledge usage in NWT
Just weeks after one of the boats from the storied Franklin expedition was discovered - with the help of local Inuit knowledge - delegates met over the weekend to discuss the benefits of elevating...
View ArticleFilm breaks silence in Tlicho schools around sexual assault
A film made by and for Tlicho youth is touring communities throughout the region, shining a light on the difficult issues of sexual assault, substance abuse and suicide.
View ArticleTlicho designers celebrate Aboriginal Day with fashion show
Behchoko’s community culture centre was turned into a house of fashion on Sunday as young Tlicho models strutted their stuff in original designs at a regional Aboriginal Day fashion show.
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