Kirsten Murphy
Kirsten Murphy is a reporter in Hay River, N.W.T. She graduated from the International Center of Photography (New York) in 2015. In 2010 Kirsten won an RTDNA award for her syndicated radio show about climate change and traditional Indigenous knowledge on CKLB. You can reach her at kirsten.murphy@cbc.ca.
Latest from Kirsten Murphy
How volunteers are helping Hay River highrise fire evacuees
A small army of volunteers and government workers have helped protect, house, feed and clothe more than 120 adults and children facing an uncertain future after the March 15 fire at the MacKenzie Place highrise in Hay River, N.W.T.
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Drink, pray, recycle: Meet the Hay River nun raising money for music
A Catholic nun who retired from teaching has raised thousands of dollars for community projects with her simple, but streamlined, bottle recycling program in Hay River, N.W.T.
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Growing number of Hay River highrise tenants in need of emergency shelter after fire, says mayor
Mayor Kandis Jameson says she knows of more than 100 families and individuals who will need to find a place to live following Friday's fire at the Mackenzie Place highrise.
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If Dene want an apology for tuberculosis treatment, they might have to ask for it
After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s apology to Inuit last week, Sonny MacDonald wants the government to acknowledge the mistreatment and disappearance of hundreds of Dene and Métis of the Northwest Territories at TB hospitals.
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Proposed Forest Act affront to Indigenous authority, says Dene Nation
The national chief of the Dene Nation says a proposed Forest Act from the Northwest Territories government is an affront to treaty rights and Indigenous authority.
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Hay River couple celebrates 57th anniversary with 'a good shot of whisky'
This love story starts in Fort McPherson, N.W.T., in 1961.
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NWT Métis Nation says Ottawa shortchanged them millions in land claim money
Garry Bailey says the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations shortchanged his organization several million dollars for the current fiscal year, and an additional $240,000 requested last December.
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'She is a warrior': Hay River woman recovering from double lung transplant
A 55-year-old Hay River mother and grandmother with advanced COPD — chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — is in critical but stable condition after undergoing a double lung transplant in Edmonton on Friday.
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'They should be out where people can see them': Hay River artist's work to be preserved
Three paintings by the late Métis artist Don Cardinal created more than 50 years ago in Hay River are being preserved by the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority.
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'I'm heartbroken': Award-winning trapper from Fort Smith dies
A quiet German immigrant who made Fort Smith home for 62 years is being remembered as a loving father, award-winning trapper and accomplished craftsman who meticulously built log cabins, freighter canoes and toboggans.
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