A Hay River home at the south end of Rowe’s Trailer Court was extensively damaged by a fire on Friday morning. The Town of Hay River advised residents to stay clear of the area in a Facebook post. “Fire crews appear to be making positive progress in containing the fire…
The Gateway Jamboree in Enterprise marks its 25th year of family fun this weekend, but another more sombre anniversary will be on minds as well. Just hours after last year’s Jamboree finished, winds pushed a raging wildfire that had been moving away from the community right towards Enterprise, and the…
A senior employee of the Beaufort Delta Education Council has been charged with multiple sexual offences alleged to have occurred in Inuvik and Ulukhaktok between 2018 and 2020. Forty-four-year-old Richard Steven McKinnon, assistant superintendent of the Beaufort Delta Education Council, was arrested by RCMP on August 5 and subsequently charged…
A person-caused fire on a small island near Mackenzie Island on Great Slave Lake “had the potential to spread quickly,” but was snuffed out by crews over the weekend, says NWT Fire. Shannon Graf is a wildfire information officer with the territorial government. “Fire ZF043 … was quickly actioned by…
An early morning single-vehicle rollover Friday on Highway 3 has claimed the life of the lone occupant, say RCMP. The crash happened near the kilometre 290 marker between Behchokǫ̀ and Yellowknife. When RCMP and EMS arrived, they found a vehicle in the ditch off the highway on its roof, read…
The sun was shining, the wind was blowing, and smiles were plentiful in Behchokǫ̀ for Tłı̨chǫ Day Celebration on Sunday. Hundreds of residents and visitors enjoyed an afternoon and evening of fun, food and festivities marking the signing of the Tłı̨chǫ Agreement in 2003. The Tłı̨chǫ Agreement is a historic…
Former Tłı̨chǫ grand chief turned Dene National chief, George Mackenzie, says he plans on taking a hard look at its “outdated” constitution as one of his top priorities in office. “We need to modernize the Dene Nation Constitution,” he says, “to fit the needs of the five regions’ political position.”…
Squatters in a recently vacated Yellowknife apartment were sitting on one-kilogram of methamphetamine – likely the largest seizure ever of the psychoactive stimulant in the NWT. It all began on May 22, when city RCMP received a report that several people were unlawfully inside an empty apartment, reads a release….
Fort McPherson RCMP say they have seized a total of 169 bottles of illicit liquor from several investigations into bootlegging activity in July. Several charges were laid under the Liquor Act, but the police didn’t identify any offenders. “These seizures represent a substantial amount of lost profits for bootleggers,” says…
The former CEO of the Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation (LKDFN ) engaged in “extreme” and “oppressive conduct” which harmed his employers while enriching himself and his family with millions of dollars, a judge has found. In a 53-page decision, Supreme Court Justice Karan Shaner ruled Ron Barlas breached his…