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Featured, News, Police September 11, 2024

Tulita RCMP seizes booze being boated into restricted community

'More great work by our officers in the North District!' states a post from NWT RCMP

Tulita RCMP acted on a tip from the public last night and it paid off, with the seizure of a large quantity of liquor arriving in the community by boat. “More great work by our officers in the North District!” stated a post to the RCMP’s social media page. The…

Featured, News, Police September 9, 2024

South Slave senior busted after cannabis grow op found in yard

Hay River septuagenarian charged with possessing more than legal limit of four cannabis plants

A 70-year-old Hay River man has been charged under the Cannabis Act after RCMP discovered “a large number of cannabis plants” on his property during an unrelated August call. Last Friday, Mounties executed a search warrant and seized 40 cannabis plants, which is ten times what is currently permitted under…

Featured, Housing, News, Politics, Reconciliation September 9, 2024

Homeless encampment in Yellowknife to come down starting today

Authorities will work with residents there to secure housing options; area residents complained of filth and crime

“I’m at a breaking point. I’m out of options. But today we’re supposed to hear news from the GNWT or the City … about finding us a new location or public housing if possible.” – Encampment resident Colton Migwi The homeless encampment on 51st Street in Yellowknife is scheduled to…

Featured, News, Politics September 8, 2024

Pierre Poilievre unpacks parcel of promises during Yellowknife stop

Axe the Tax rally also heard the Conservative's Opposition leader's plans for housing, health-care, addictions and gun control

It was billed as an Axe the Tax rally, and Conservative Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre gleefully chopped away at the ruling Liberal Party’s record on Sunday, just days after the NDP pulled its support for the minority government. In addition to promising to kill the maligned Carbon Tax — which…

Featured, News, Politics September 5, 2024

GTC looks for acting grand chief; electoral dispute now before courts

Petition and Facebook page also launched this week, alleging 'the democratic process of the election is in peril.’

The politically heated 2024 Gwich’in Election of a Grand Chief will now simmer in the courts, after presumptive winner Frederick Blake Jr. was granted a judicial review this week of the Gwich’in Tribal Council’s decision to toss the results of the August 19th visit to the polls by beneficiaries. Incumbent…

Featured, News, Police September 3, 2024

Missing Hay River man found dead, foul play is suspected

Tyler Peterson, 41, last in contact with friends and family on July 3, found deceased August 15

A missing Hay River man has been found deceased in Alberta and authorities call it a homicide. Forty-one-year-old Tyler Peterson was last in contact with friends and family on July 3rd, and police issued a request for public assistance on July 10th. On Aug. 15, Alberta RCMP located human remains…

Featured, News, Police September 3, 2024

Two loitering teens busted with drugs, a gun and money in Fort Providence

Saskatchewan males aged 16 and 17 now face a host of charges for trafficking, firearms and breaking court orders

Two wanted teenagers were arrested and illegal drugs and guns were seized after Fort Providence RCMP received a complaint about suspicious people last week. On August 30th, which was last Friday, police received a report of two persons loitering around a local business in that South Slave region community, stated…