One of the largest mines in Nunavut is facing a series of charges related to the death of a worker on December 16 last year. Last week, the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission filed 16 charges against Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation under the Mine Health and Safety Act. In a…
RCMP homicide investigators from Northern Alberta were in Yellowknife Monday interviewing a man and a woman they describe as “persons of interest” in connection with a recent homicide. RCMP Sgt. Mark Sloan tells CKLB that they have located and interviewed the two people in connection to a homicide in the…
Yellowknife RCMP are looking for a suspect after the Shell gas station and convenience store was robbed by an armed suspect late Friday night. According to a news release from the Mounties, just before midnight Friday, police responded to a call for service at the business on Range Lake Road….
The temporary reduction in administrative service hours at the Yellowknife Detachment will remain in effect for Yellowknife RCMP and Northwest Territories RCMP. That means the front counter will be staffed from 10 am to 2 pm only. The fingerprinting and criminal records check services have been reinstated in the reduced administrative…
The Sixties Scoop shattered Indigenous families across Canada by taking children from their parents and placing them in the foster care system. Through the legal settlement with the federal government, $50 million is being put towards the creation of a new foundation for survivors. Conrad Prince is leading the engagement…
It’s election day in Fort Liard. Two candidates are running for mayor of the Dehcho hamlet. They are Hillary Deneron, and Mike Gonet. Eight candidates are running for the six seats on the hamlet council. It’s also a large field of candidates for the Fort Liard District Education Authority, with…
Inuvik RCMP are asking the public for help as they investigate the theft of LED lights from the top of two Parks Canada vehicles in the community. According to a news release from the Mounties, the theft happened on or between the evening of December 1, and 7 a.m. on…
The Member of the Legislative Assembly for Nanukput is among those in Tuktoyaktuk who are continuing to mourn but are also celebrating the life of Elder Persis Gruben. She died last Sunday at the astonishing age of 101. MLA and long-time Tuk resident Jackie Jacobson says he knew Persis his…
CKLB has been following with great interest the City of Yellowknife’s decision to cut its Indigenous Relations Advisor position. So has Yellowknife resident Natasha McCagg. Here is her Facebook post on the issue: “City of Yellowknife has decided not to fund the necessary salary dollars to continue to fund the Indigenous…
“On this day in 1989 a 25 year old man walked through L’ecole Polytechnique in Montreal. In less than 20 minutes he shot and killed 14 women and wounded 13 others,” some of the facts from that chilling day 30 years ago described in a media release from the Status…