Businesses and Community Services
Local and long distance telephone service is supplied by Northwestel
satellite link, and includes direct dial service. High speed
Internet is available at government offices. Mail is
delivered by air on scheduled flights. The post office is
in the Northern Store, one of two "department" stores
in town. The other is the Great Bear Co-operative Association Ltd. The stores offer
a variety of household supplies, clothing, and food, at prices
reflecting Déline's distance from southern suppliers,
and the difficulty of re-supply.
There is a local FM radio station that broadcasts CBC network
programs and adds several hours per day of local programming.
Video rentals are available, as well as satellite television
service. News publications include the weekly News North and
the Yellowknifer, both published in Yellowknife. Aurora College
students also publish a newsletter.
Techi?q Ltd.
Techi?q Ltd supports high speed Internet, and provides information
technology to the community. In addition, the company looks
after community air radio (CARS), and provides forest fire
fighting services. Techi?q looks after administration for
the Déline Land and financial group of companies,
including property management, and is negotiating purchase
of a share of North-Wright Airways.
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Ayha
?Ehtseo Ayha (Great Grandfather Ayha) school offers K-12,
and includes a gymnasium and a library. The school year runs
from late August to late June. In addition, Aurora College
offers adult education programs.
Déline has its own health centre, staffed by two nurses,
with dentists visiting regularly. In case of medical emergency,
the patient is flown immediately to a hospital in Yellowknife.
An RCMP detachment provides policing in the community. Electricity
is supplied by diesel generators operated by the Northwest
Territories Power Corporation.
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