Melanie Norwegian Menacho has been acclaimed as the new chief of Jean Marie River's Tthets’éhk’edélî First Nation.
PositionSimona is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter with a focus on the Dehcho region and the NWT's housing crisis.
JoinedAugust 24, 2023
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"I want to do it for everybody." People across Canada are sending quilts to give northerners whose homes burned in wildfires a token of comfort.
A tiny community's plan to replace wildfire-burned homes and give residents financial aid was halted by the GNWT. Hear from the mayor and the minister.
While much of Enterprise burned in an August wildfire, the damage might have been even worse but for three people who spent days saving what they could.
Enterprise, the hamlet worst-hit by the NWT's wildfires, is ready to allow residents to return if their homes are safe. In practice, that's very few people.
"It took a big weight off my shoulders." A non-profit with Fort Good Hope roots became an Edmonton lifeline for some NWT evacuees.
