Tag: #Ndilo
Federal candidates square off on Indigenous issues and carbon tax at forum
All five federal candidates made a case as to why NWT residents should vote for them in the fast-approaching Oct. 21 election during a forum held in the capital Oct. 9.
Incumbent Liberal Member of...
Indigenous rappers give youth sobriety pep talk
Motivational speaker Mike Scott and hip-hop group BrownCanShine combined forces at NACC Tuesday to deliver a message of hope and sobriety to youth from Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilo.
Mike Scott's presentation, called Finding the Warrior...
No arsenic threat to Ndilo, feds say
Arsenic levels found in Ndilo soil were found to be safe and pose little to no risk to the health of the community.
That was the message from Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs...
Still no plan for contaminated soil cleanup in Ndilo
The federal department responsible for lands in Ndilo has yet to begin cleaning up arsenic-laden soil next to the community's K'alemi Dene School, and is not putting up arsenic warning signs in the meantime.
In...
Soil clean up in Ndilo could start within a month
About four years after areas with elevated arsenic levels were first identified in Ndilo, the federal government is making plans to clean up the contaminated soil.
Matt Spence, the regional director general for Crown-Indigenous Relations...
Independent body calls for arsenic warning signs
The Giant Mine Oversight Board is calling for arsenic warning signs in Ndilo after a Yellowknives Dene First Nation chief asked for them at the board's public meeting in May.
“While it is known that...
Arsenic warning signs demanded
There are no signs warning people in Ndilo about arsenic in the soil even though contamination is worse there than in other communities near Giant Mine, says a Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) employee.
“You...