By Kody Ferron, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Yellowknifer The Tlicho Government and Yellowknives Dene First Nation have reached an agreement regarding the potential routing of the Arctic Economic and Security Corridor. The AESC is a proposed all-season road that will stretch across the NWT’s Slave Geological Province, connecting the territory to the Nunavut border and the Grays Bay Road and Port. The proposed corridor is roughly 400 km long. Prime Minister Mark Carney travelled to Yellowknife in March to announce that he would be referring the project to Canada’s Major Projects Office. An Aug. 12 joint news release from the Tlicho Government (TG) and Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) states that the corridor will be an Indigenous project, co-led by the TG and YKDFN, in partnership with the GNWT. Federal…
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