Dehcho Regional Helicopters is assisting three students from Fort Simpson in pursuing their educational goals.

Model cars powered by solar panels on their roofs rolled slowly before amazed young eyes on a sunny afternoon last week in Fort Simpson.

Carpenter, artist, heavy equipment operator and band administrator, those are some of the career goals held by young adults in Nahanni Butte.

Balls were flying in Fort Simpson on May 1 as six teams battled to emerge as the victors in a dodgeball tournament.

Liidlii Kue First Nation used its Youth Infrastructure Grant to sponsor a one-day youth dodgeball tournament at the Fort Simpson recreation centre. Every year each of Dehcho Regional Helicopter’s seven Limited Partners can apply for a youth grant and a Women’s Wellness Grant that are funded through our agreements with Great Slave Helicopters.

Inaugural pilot scholarship awarded to Fort Simpson youth.

Dehcho Regional Helicopters (DRH) is pleased to announce that it has awarded its first ever Fixed-Wing and Helicopter Pilot Scholarship.

Loyal Letcher Jr. of Fort Simpson was given the scholarship in the fall of 2020. Letcher is attending the Diploma in Aviation Management program at the Sub-Arctic Leadership Training (SALT) College in Fort Smith.

Liidlii Kue First Nation uses Women’s Wellness Grant to transmit tanning knowledge

Giving back to the communities that are part of its ownership group is an important part of Dehcho Regional Helicopters’ mandate. Every year each of the seven Limited Partners can apply for a Youth Infrastructure Grant and a Women’s Wellness Grant that are funded through our agreements with Great Slave Helicopters.

Liidllii Kue First Nation (LKFN) used their $4,000 Women’s Wellness Grant in 2000 to fund a moosehide tanning program. The idea came from the participants in the First Nation’s sewing circle who expressed interest in learning this traditional skill, said Roslyn Firth, LKFN’s wellness coordinator.