Opinion

Catholic church, Ottawa owe so much to the Indigenous people they harmed through residential schools

You know how it’s often said people see things during near-death experiences? One minister in the U.S. claims he had one but it was about Hell.

Editor’s note: Darrell Taylor is a member of the Mattawa North Bay Algonquins of Ontario. He retired after 25 years as a mental health professional, including eight as a clinical supervisor in Inuvik. He hosts a weekly meditation group in Yellowknife that gets “Zoomed” across Canada.

While an inclusive, public play space seems like a boon for disability rights, it’s actually the bare minimum under the law.

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?

This article is for Wayne and Tamara Mitchell. I was greatly concerned to read your “Direct Answers” advertisement in the marketplace section of the July 14 edition of the Yellowknifer.

Hats off to the NWT Brewing Company for its new Five Antlers Ale campaign designed to draw attention to the caribou in the north teetering on the brink of extinction. In conjunction with NWT Species at Risk, part of the money raised from the sale of this specially brewed beer and the accompanying swag (including original artwork by Robbie Craig) will be donated to conservation efforts intended to give the caribou a chance.

Fistbumps and kudos to the historians whose work made it possible to mark the final resting places of fallen soldiers with the tribute they deserve.

The Unforgotten is a short documentary film that explores Indigenous interactions with the Canadian healthcare system at five stages in life — birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and Elder-hood — and how the Canadian healthcare system has failed at every stage in its oath to “do no harm.” With Yellowknife’s own Dr.

Many people are saying that they are being overwhelmed by constantly seeing and hearing about the remains of children being found at former Indian Residential School locations. Definitely not cool.