The MLAs of the 19th Legislative Assembly have decided on how they will select the next Premier and cabinet. No big surprise, the new members are following suit of previous governments. On Friday, any MLAs who wish to become premier will have the chance to make their case with a…
Paulatuk residents were thankful this past Thanksgiving Monday as several of them attended a mitten-making workshop hosted by the RCMP. According to a news release from the Mounties, the Monday’s workshop saw several community members learning how to make traditional Inuvialuit fur mittens. “It was a huge success, with great…
An experienced paddler and well-known Fort Smith resident has described for CKLB exactly how a man was rescued from the trecherous Cassette Rapids on the Slave River on Thanksgiving Monday. Don Jaque was at the scene when the man was rescued Monday night. “He and a friend had been across…
Paul Falvo is a criminal defence lawyer from Yellowknife and the Green Party candidate for the upcoming federal election. He’s also been appointed the party’s Arctic critic. He sat down with Francis Tessier-Burns to discuss transitioning to a green economy, leaving oil and gas in the ground, and other issues…
A 26-year-old canoeist is fortunate to be alive after he fell into rapids on a frigid Slave River on Thanksgiving Monday, just south of Fort Smith on the Alberta side of the border with the Northwest Territories. RCMP say the man had put the canoe in the river Monday afternoon…
G-Division RCMP confirms the collision of a white sedan and transport truck on Monday morning along NWT highway 3 killed two people. “Both occupants of the sedan, a 47-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman, were deceased upon arrival. The driver of the semi-trailer did not sustain any injury,” say police…
The Clerk of the Legislative Assembly said it had been years since he had seen so many people in the public gallery. Hundreds of friends and family members were gathered for the swearing in of the new MLAs on Friday, October 11. Following the brief ceremony, the newly-sworn-in MLAs were…
A Fort Simpson man who was shot last month by a wildlife officer with the territorial government’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) says he and his community are still owed some answers. Dennis Nelner, 54, was hit in the thigh with a slug fired from a shotgun while…
Yellowknife RCMP is asking for the public’s help as they search for a missing man. Glenn Harold Field, 63, has grey hair, grey/blue eyes, measuring 178 cm/5 feet 8 inches and weighing 77 kg/169 pounds. Field is reported to spend most of his time on the land, in the area of…
If you are unable to vote in the federal election on Oct. 21 or just want to get it done, and you live in one of six communities in the Northwest Territories, or Yellowknife, you can cast your ballot at an advance poll this week. The advance polls run from…