Fundraiser Saturday for Yellowknife couple whose houseboat was destroyed by fire

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Posted By: August 2, 2019

Former NWT Commissioner and accomplished musician George Tuccaro will headline a fundraising concert at Old Town Glassworks Saturday night.

The event is in support of Stephane and Allyce Hervieux who lost their houseboat to a devastating fire on Yellowknife Bay back in May of this year.

The couple is well-known in the city and beyond for their starring roles in the reality series Ice Lake Rebels.

The concert features Tuccaro and the Don’t Give Up Your Day Job Band as well as special guests George Mandeville, Norbert Poitras, Earl McAuley, Tracy Riley, Andrea Boettger, Pat Braden and Felipe Gomez.

There will also be an art auction.

The licensed event gets underway at 7:30 pm the glassworks compound at 3510 MacDonald Drive.

For more details visit Old Town Glassworks Facebook page or call (867) 445-5995.

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John McFadden
John has been in the broadcast journalism industry since the 1980s. He has been a reporter in Yellowknife since 2012 and joined CKLB in January of 2018. John covers the crime and court beat as well as reporting on other areas including politics, business, entertainment and sports. He won seven national community newspaper awards while he was a journalist with Northern News Services Limited (NNSL). John worked in Ontario before coming North including stints as a TV sportscaster in Peterborough and senior news writer for CBC and CTV in downtown Toronto.