The members-elect of the brand new Northwest Territories 19th Legislative Assembly will hold a roundtable discussion on Wednesday in the chamber of the legislative assembly building in Yellowknife A news release from the assembly states that the meeting marks the formal start of the priority setting process for the 19th…
Mary Beckett is the NDP’s candidate for the upcoming federal election, and the first of CKLB’s candidate profiles. Beckett has lived in Inuvik for 35 years and has spent most of that time helping individuals and small businesses grow. She spoke with Francis Tessier-Burns on bringing a green economy to…
An Aklavik man had to be medevaced to Edmonton with life-threatening injuries following an assault. About 4:40 p.m. on Sunday, October 6, Aklavik RCMP responded to call of a man lying on the ground in front of a residence. When RCMP arrived, community members were on their way to the…
The City of Yellowknife is asking resident to review its proposed community plan. In a news release, the city says the plan is the “road map for how land will be used and planned for the next 20 years.” The city says it’s been collecting background data for the upcoming…
Hay River RCMP Monday said that they are scaling back the active marine search for the four missing commercial fishermen on Great Slave Lake. Police say after searching for them for a week, there is just no sign of them. “Deteriorating weather conditions have combined to wind down the effort,”…
A Yellowknife city councillor says she has a difficult time believing the RCMP’s claim that officers conducted 51 downtown foot patrols in August, including about 15 of them aimed at the sobering centre and day shelter on 50th Street. Stacie Smith, who also operates a flower shop at the YK…
RCMP now say that after an extensive aerial and water-based search since Monday, they are now in recovery mode for four commercial fishermen missing on Great Slave Lake since last weekend. In a news release issued Friday afternoon, Mounties stated that under the circumstances and with the low probability of…
A Yellowknife-area man does not want to be called a hero but he is being credited with possibly saving a man’s life after two boats crashed head-on Thursday on Great Slave Lake, not far from Yellowknife Bay. Three men in total are probably thankful to be alive after the harrowing…
Environment and climate change is one of the most important issues to Canadian voters; the same cannot be said for most of the NWT candidates in the upcoming federal election. Liberal Michael McLeod, Conservative Yanik D’Aigle, and People’s Party candidate Luke Quinlan all skipped out on a debate centred around…
Originally from Grand Prairie, AB, 26-year-old Salah Omar is facing a series drug-related charges. According to an RCMP news release, the charges stem from offences committed in September 2018 and include one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking, one count of obstructing a peace officer, and four counts…