Opinion

Life is a learning experience and every time you have an experience you should learn something from it. Communities in the North have been evacuated several times over the years and every time it happens, the public and those in charge of these things, should learn from it and modify their procedures for the future.

How couples in a blended family connect

So we won’t be gathering in Hay River for a fourth year running for the NWT Track and Field Championships.

The current and chronic labour shortage in the NWT is holding many sectors back. It’s a frustrating situation for a business owner, or senior manager, that sees immigration as a potential solution to fill a job opening, but is often tripped up by red tape or slams into a solid wall of bureaucracy.

This is the second instalment in a two-part series on local economic development (LED).

This past week we’ve all heard the heartbreaking news of the fire on the Hay River Reserve. Many of us have seen the terrible pictures and videos of the fire.

Sometimes, I go for a walk. I do it for my physical health and for my mental health, because a good walk can help clear your mind or allow you to get your thoughts into order. Walking through nature is particularly good at giving you a different perspective.

Notes from the Trail with Nancy Vail

This is the first instalment in a two-part series on local economic development. Sean Whelly is a lifelong Northerner, economic development practitioner and Mayor of Fort Simpson.

I see red dresses and my body goes into a panic — it’s May 5 and I should do more (I hear my guilt say), but threats to my safety are a lived experience for me — housing insecurity, assault. I live with panic attacks now, and a constant low level anxiety that somehow always threatens to steal me from the beauty of a delicately healing life.