Deninu Ku'e/Fort Resolution
Junior Canadian Rangers from Whati, Behchoko, Fort Providence and Lutsel K'e will gather next month on Mission Island in Fort Resolution.
Ten Junior Canadian Rangers and their leaders will participate in the community event from July 22 to 29.
About 75 people in all are expected to gathering at the Mission Island camp constructed over the last several years by Deninu Ku'e First Nation.
WSCC lays charges against store owners
Deninu Ku'e/Fort Resolution
On April 24, the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC) filed five charges in Territorial Court against the owners of a Fort Resolution store under the Northwest Territories Safety Act.
The North West Company Inc. and the North West Company LP are charged with multiple counts alleging various offences in violation of the Safety Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations.
The alleged breaches stem from information gathered by WSCC safety officers during
and after an inspection at the Northern Store in Fort Resolution.
The allegations include failing to provide instruction, training and supervision to protect the health and safety of workers, by failing to ensure workers performing repairs on a work site were trained in safe work procedures for hazardous substances, including asbestos and mould.
They are alleged to have failed to ensure supervisors had sufficient knowledge on handling, use and disposal of hazardous substances, and the need for personal protective equipment.
Further allegations including failing to identify and record materials the employer knew or could reasonably know were present on the work site, and failing to develop and implement safe work procedures and processes for the handling, use, storage, production and disposal of harmful or hazardous chemical or biological substances.
The charges were announced in a May 29 news release from the WSCC.
RCMP Bike Rodeo set for Enterprise
Enterprise
An RCMP Bike Rodeo, along with outdoor games and a barbecue, will take place in Enterprise on June 16.
The Bike Rodeo will begin at 1 p.m. on June 16 at the Community Centre, followed by a barbecue at 4 p.m.
The events are being presented by the Hamlet of Enterprise and the RCMP.