#Ndilo
Forrest Doctor, a skateboarder from the community of Ndilǫ, Northwest Territories, kicked off his inaugural skateboard competition.
September 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The entire city of Yellowknife in Canada's Northwest Territories is being evacuated due to wildfire. Twitter is useless now & Facebook blocks all news links in Canada now) so use this website: https://cabinradio.ca/142263/news/yellowknife/full-evacuation-for-yellowknife-ndil%C7%AB-and-dettah/
Full evacuation for Yellowknife, Ndılǫ and Dettah
Anyone remaining in Yellowknife, Ndılǫ and Dettah must leave by noon on Friday, residents were told in a fresh, blanket evacuation order. Here’s the latest.
cabinradio.ca
August 17, 2023 at 2:16 AM
Visiting the Yellowknives Dene First Nation's Ndilǫ community in Canada's Northwest Territories before tomorrow's joint meeting of the Canadian Network for Economic History and the Indigenous Economics Study Group.
economichistory.ca
August 20, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Yellowknife, Behchokǫ̀ hit by another lengthy weekend power outage

Yellowknife, Ndılǫ, Dettah and Behchokǫ̀ lost power on Saturday afternoon in at least the second significant weekend outage of the past month.
Yellowknife, Behchokǫ̀ hit by another lengthy weekend power outage
Yellowknife, Ndılǫ, Dettah and Behchokǫ̀ lost power on Saturday afternoon in at least the second significant weekend outage of the past month.
cabinradio.ca
April 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Nitauchapisha mchoro wangu kesho...
Jamani, msinicheke...
Hili ndilo lilikuwa rejeleo langu. 😶‍🌫️
October 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Voters in Ndılǫ will choose from four candidates on Monday as they select a chief for the community. Voting runs from 9am till 8pm at three locations.
Ndılǫ goes to the polls on Monday in chief election
Voters in Ndılǫ will choose from four candidates on Monday as they select a chief for the community. Voting runs from 9am till 8pm at three locations.
cabinradio.ca
August 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
NorthWords NWT has published the schedule for its 2026 festival, running across Yellowknife and Ndılǫ, alongside this year's six-author guest roster.
NorthWords NWT releases 2026 festival’s author lineup, schedule
NorthWords NWT has published the schedule for its 2026 festival, running across Yellowknife and Ndılǫ, alongside this year's six-author guest roster.
cabinradio.ca
April 25, 2026 at 12:01 PM
the entire capital city of Canada’s northernmost province (Northwest Territories) is being evacuated due to threat of wildfire, while the premier of the province just to the south (Alberta) is arguing for extending fossil fuel use
August 17, 2023 at 2:40 AM
Wildfire on Ndılǫ peninsula is rapidly attacked, declared out

A wildfire reported on the Ndılǫ peninsula has been quickly extinguished, NWT Fire said on Thursday afternoon....
Wildfire on Ndılǫ peninsula is rapidly attacked, declared out
A wildfire reported on the Ndılǫ peninsula has been quickly extinguished, NWT Fire said on Thursday afternoon.
cabinradio.ca
July 2, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Man, 27, faces charges after Ndilǫ police operation

RCMP say a 27-year-old is accused of assault with a weapon, uttering threats, mischief and other firearms offences after an incident in Ndilǫ on Wednesday.
Man, 27, faces charges after Ndilǫ police operation
RCMP say a 27-year-old is accused of assault with a weapon, uttering threats, mischief and other firearms offences after an incident in Ndilǫ on Wednesday.
cabinradio.ca
February 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
“Residents of Yellowknife, Ndilǫ, Dettah and the Ingraham Trail will be able to go home starting at noon on Sept. 6, three weeks after the territory issued an evacuation order for these communities due to an approaching wildfire”

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September 1, 2023 at 11:26 PM
The economic development arm of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation has relocated its headquarters from Ndılǫ to downtown Yellowknife's Precambrian Building....
Det’on Cho moves headquarters from Ndılǫ to downtown YK building
The economic development arm of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation has relocated its headquarters from Ndılǫ to downtown Yellowknife's Precambrian Building.
cabinradio.ca
August 30, 2026 at 11:50 AM
the entire capital city of Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, population ~20,000 (same as my town) is BEING EVACUATED BECAUSE OF AN APPROACHING WILDFIRE
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/phased-evacuation-ordered-for-yellowknife-as-wildfires-continue-to-advance/
The N.W.T. is grappling with more than 200 wildfires
By Wednesday evening, all of Yellowknife, Ndılǫ and Dettah were told to evacuate by noon Friday.
www.aptnnews.ca
August 17, 2023 at 3:08 AM
"Skateboarding helped me a lot growing up." A new half-pipe in Ndılǫ is giving skateboarders a chance to get together and hone their skills.
‘A great community builder.’ Skaters excited about new half-pipe in Ndılǫ
"Skateboarding helped me a lot growing up." A new half-pipe in Ndılǫ is giving skateboarders a chance to get together and hone their skills.
cabinradio.ca
May 20, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Fred Sangris will be re-elected as the Yellowknives Dene First Nation Chief of Ndılǫ, preliminary results from Monday's election suggest.
Fred Sangris holds off challengers and is re-elected in Ndılǫ
Fred Sangris will be re-elected as the Yellowknives Dene First Nation Chief of Ndılǫ, preliminary results from Monday's election suggest.
cabinradio.ca
August 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Over 20,000 people are leaving Yellowknife, as well as the neighboring First Nations communities, Ndilo and Dettah (Yellowknife is named for the Dene; Europeans didn't ask their actual name, but noted their copper knives). Most of them are driving south to Alberta. These things will keep happening.
August 17, 2023 at 4:45 PM
Police in Yellowknife have issued a public appeal for help locating a 32-year-old woman from Ndilǫ reportedly not seen since Sunday.
Yellowknife RCMP appeal for help finding woman reported missing
Police in Yellowknife have issued a public appeal for help locating a 32-year-old woman from Ndilǫ reportedly not seen since Sunday.
cabinradio.ca
January 8, 2026 at 8:15 PM
#Fishing has been a part of the history of Great Slave Lake since time immemorial, says Ndilǫ Chief Fred Sangris. “As [elders] used to say: the fish brought us through life. We survived by #fish. Our ancestors survived by fish,” he says. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'We survived by fish': Northerners reflect on N.W.T. fishery history, future through exhibit | CBC News
A new museum exhibit dedicated to the history of commercial fishing opened in September at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife. Some hope to bring back the fishing industry to ...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Akaitcho communities ‘to offer free home inspections’

Homeowners in Ndılǫ, Dettah, Łútsël K'é and Fort Resolution are being given access to free home inspections, the communities' MLA said.
Akaitcho communities ‘to offer free home inspections’
Homeowners in Ndılǫ, Dettah, Łútsël K'é and Fort Resolution are being given access to free home inspections, the communities' MLA said.
cabinradio.ca
February 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“In addition to being acutely toxic, arsenic trioxide is also linked to lung and skin cancers …. The result, in 1951, was the poisoning death of at least one Dene child on Latham Island (now Ndilǫ), near the mine; his family was compensated a paltry $750”
Yellowknife’s Giant Mine: Canada downplayed arsenic exposure as an Indigenous community was poisoned
Colonialism, corporate greed and lax regulation led to widespread pollution, particularly affecting Yellowknives Dene communities.
theconversation.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“The name Great Slave Lake, it doesn't sit well with our traditional name,” said Ndilǫ Chief Fred Sangris of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation. “It's a colonial name.”

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Akaitcho First Nations to form working group to decide new name for Great Slave Lake | CBC News
Last week's annual general assembly of the Akaitcho Territory Government decided to create a working group to select a new name that the Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation, the Deninu Kųę́ First Nation and ...
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December 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
“Chief Fred Sangris, of the community of Ndilo … has seen the permafrost melt into large ponds, and ancient trees sink as their roots lost their grip on the mushy soils. ... And he felt the peat soils, once as soft as mattresses, dry up and harden.” #envhum #envhist
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Parts of Canada’s Boreal Forest Are Burning Faster Than They Can Regrow
The delicate balance of one the planet’s largest natural systems for storing carbon depends on the humble black spruce tree.
www.nytimes.com
August 13, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Canada is evacuating a city of 20,000 thanks to forest fires. Getting a little tired of the new (nothing is) normal.
https://cabinradio.ca/142263/news/yellowknife/full-evacuation-for-yellowknife-ndil%c7%ab-and-dettah/
Full evacuation for Yellowknife, Ndılǫ and Dettah
Hundreds of vehicles began streaming out of the NWT’s capital after residents in Yellowknife, Ndılǫ and Dettah were told to leave by noon on Friday.
cabinradio.ca
August 17, 2023 at 1:07 PM
Today's top stories: Yellowknives Dene First Nation of Ndılǫ goes to the polls today to select a new Chief and Pierre Poilievre faces over 200 candidates in a by-election, a 16-year old boy is missing in Tulita NWT, Team NT scored what's being called the best soccer goal of the season, and more.
August 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM