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Featured, Health, News November 28, 2024

One confirmed case of bird flu swoops into the NWT, but no sign of outbreak

Low risk to other feathered creatures, transmission to humans is rare, relatively mild, but CPHO advises caution


The Department of Environment and Climate Change (ECC) has confirmed one case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, otherwise known as bird flu, in a raven, with one additional suspected case. Testing identified the H5N1 strain, which is highly infectious among birds, NWT Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola stated…

Featured, Justice, Law courts, News November 27, 2024

Overworked jail staff delayed obtaining Alberta records on high-risk offender before he attacked

Judge clears GNWT after Jason Bard randomly attacked a fellow inmate, causing serious injuries that required stitches, treatment for a concussion


A lawsuit by the victim of a random, vicious jailhouse attack by a “dangerous violent offender with anti-social personality disorder” has provided a rare glimpse into the internal operations at North Slave Correctional Complex (NSCC). Jason Bard was 28 years old and incarcerated at NSCC in 2018, when he randomly…

Featured, News, Police November 27, 2024

Search on in Tuktoyaktuk area for Northern Store burglary suspect

The community's key retail business was broken into on weekend, with suspect fleeing with goods on stolen snowmobile, say RCMP


Tuktoyaktuk RCMP are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect after the burglary of the community’s Northern Store early Saturday morning. Electronics and cigarettes were stolen from the business, after which the suspect stole a snowmobile and fled the area, stated a release. Video surveillance was obtained showing…

Featured, Justice, Law courts, News, Police November 27, 2024

Yellowknife jail guard attacker shot dead by Winnipeg police on weekend

His family impacted by residential school system, Jordan Charlie’s troubled upbringing resulted in a string of brutally violent crimes


A Nunavut-born man shot dead Sunday by Winnipeg Police after police say he stabbed a cop in the neck was the same person who viciously assaulted a corrections officer inside Yellowknife’s North Slave Correctional Complex in 2019. Twenty-four-year-old Jordan Charlie’s violent life came to a quick end Sunday at a…

Featured, News, Police, Reconciliation, Weather November 26, 2024

Community-minded RCMP officer collects coats for 120 needy kids in Aklavik

Const. Jason Emmons and wife, Larissa, found many youth in the Arctic community did not have adequate winter clothing


A caring RCMP officer and his wife took it upon themselves to find a way to provide proper winter clothing for more than 100 children in Aklavik. Constable Jason Emmons and his wife, Larissa, in 2023 found that many youths in the Arctic community did not have adequate winter clothing,…

Featured, News, Police November 26, 2024

Reported drive-by shooting of vehicle ends with RCMP gunpoint takedown of suspects

About $20,000 cash, believed to be the proceeds of crime, crack cocaine, ski-masks and several edged weapons seized by police


Three people were arrested at gunpoint by RCMP officers after reports of a drive-by shooting near Walmart on Sunday. A motorist was allegedly followed by another vehicle that pulled up alongside, and a masked individual pointed a gun at the victim’s vehicle after which a thud was heard, leading the…

Community, Featured, News November 25, 2024

More than 100 Yellowknife students march in support of Addictions Awareness Week

The walk was organized by the Tree of Peace Friendship Centre


More than a hundred youth and community members marched through downtown Yellowknife, braving wind and snow, to raise awareness for drug and alcohol addictions on Monday. The walk, organized by the Tree of Peace Friendship Centre, kicks off Canada’s National Addictions Awareness Week. This year’s theme is forging connections, highlighting…

Featured, Justice, News November 25, 2024

Social media bragging results in major drug, handgun bust for Hay River RCMP

Picture of firearm, mention of trafficking at Woodland Drive apartment block, leads to third drug arrest this year for Ontario man


The third time wasn’t a charm for an alleged Toronto drug dealer who was busted again in Hay River after RCMP found an illegal handgun, ammunition and a lot of fentanyl and crack cocaine. A warrant was out for a 39-year-old man named Savy You after a court date was…

Featured, Law courts, News, Politics November 24, 2024

Gwich’in Tribal Council’s contested Grand Chief election results remain in hands of Supreme Court judge

GTC board’s call for a new election after complaints made by incumbent candidate a ‘draconian’ move, says opponent’s lawyer


Legal arguments out of a controversial election Beaufort Delta have explored how much power should an Indigenous board of directors have and who gets to decide what truth is in political debate. Toby Kruger is the lawyer for Frederick Blake Jr., who received the most votes in September’s Gwich’in Tribal…

Culture, Featured, News November 22, 2024

‘Our Tłı̨chǫ ancestors have been making these products long before our time’

Authentic Northern products Tea of Our Ancestors and Fireweed Blossom Syrup to debut at Saturday holiday sale


Two new Northern food products produced from Indigenous land by Indigenous people will join the more than 30 tables of hand-crafted artistic creations at a major art sale Saturday in Yellowknife. The third Tłı̨chǫ Arts Holiday Sale and Showcase takes place tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the…