An Inuvik man has been convicted of fatally shooting a polar bear out of season last year as a judge rejected his claim that he killed the bear in self-defence. Justin Elias, 31, was found guilty Monday by Judge Christine Gagnon of killing the endangered and iconic species as well…
A little over a month since being elected, Fort Good Hope Chief Daniel Masuzumi is pushing for the community administration to be more accountable. The election of a new council kicked off an audit on the community’s finances. Since then, Masuzumi said the band office is “conducting an evaluation of…
Game officers with the territorial government’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) have shot and killed 42 bears across the Northwest Territories this year. That compares to only 28 in all of 2018. Those numbers have come from an ENR spokesperson. This year’s numbers include one grizzly and one…
Construction of the Tłı̨chǫ all-season road is officially underway. On Saturday, there was a groundbreaking ceremony in the community of Whatì, where the road will end once completed. The road will be a two-lane gravel highway branching off from Highway 3 west of Behchoko and will run about 97 kilometres….
If Premier Bob McLeod has decided whether he will run in this fall’s territorial election, he is keeping his decision private, at least for now. Some observers expected the only two-term premier in the history of the Northwest Territories to announce his retirement on the final day of the 18th…
There were tears, laughter, glad-handing, backslapping and chest thumping as the members of the 18th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly sat for the final time on Friday. It was pointed out that when the 18th Assembly convened four years ago, a 230 item mandate was declared. Of that, 202 were completed,…
Yellowknife RCMP say they are is looking for the public’s help to identify a suspect in a “serious,” brazen, assault that happened in broad daylight more than a month ago.. Police state in a news release issued Friday that about 6:25 pm on Saturday, July 13, Yellowknife RCMP received a…
Yellowknife RCMP say they are continuing their “internal administrative review” into an officer who is alleged to have broken a man’s rib after allegedly turning off his dashboard camera. However, police officials say they can’t identify the officer or answer CKLB’s question about whether the officer remains on active duty…
A group of canoeists from B.C. who came upon a distraught woman on the MacKenzie River after a fatal bear attack last week, has signed a letter to the people of Tulita, thanking them for their help during a very difficult time. The paddlers were on the river last Thursday…
The Chief Public Health Officer has declared a syphilis outbreak for the Northwest Territories. In a news release issued Thursday morning, health officials say the NWT has seen a dramatic increase in syphilis rates with 28 reported cases since January 1, 2019. The declaration follows a less serious Public Health…