A 36-year-old man is fighting for his life in an Edmonton hospital after he was punched in the head several times during an attack Tuesday afternoon in front of the downtown Yellowknife sobering centre on 50 St. According to RCMP, about 5:40 p.m. Tuesday evening, officers responded to a call…
A former Yellowknife man has been declared a dangerous offender and imprisoned for 14 years to be followed by ten years of long-term supervision after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Hay River in 2014. Cody Durocher, 34, was handed his punishment in Supreme Court in…
The former Speaker of the NWT Legislative Assembly has announced that he is running to become the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding on Nunakput. Jackie Jacobson was the MLA for the riding from 2007 to 2015 and was the Speaker for his second term. He says his…
Yellowknife City Councillor Rommel Silverio has announced he’s running to become the member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Kam Lake. Silverio is a two-term city councillor having been re-elected last year. He says obviously he could not hold down both jobs if he wins but says that…
Long-time Yellowknifer Thom Jarvis has declared his intention to run to become a member of the NWT Legislative Assembly in the Riding of Yellowknife Centre. In breaking the news to CKLB Friday evening, Jarvis says he both works and lives downtown in the riding and is confident that he is…
Edwin Erutse knows the delay to signing an establishment agreement for the Ts’udé Nilįné Tuyeta protected area is far from ideal. Erustse, the president of the Yamoga Land Corporation, and other community leaders in Fort Good Hope were criticized earlier this week for delaying the agreement after the community approved…
The federal government has committed almost $1.8 million dollars to help improve the quality of life for Elders and other senior citizens in the Northwest Territories. The funding announcement was made Thursday at the Avens Seniors Centre in Yellowknife by NWT MP Michael McLeod. It’s the latest in a slew…
An administrative review conducted by Northwest Territories RCMP on one of their own officers has cleared the Mountie after a man was injured, allegedly while being arrested in Yellowknife earlier this year. RCMP stated that the review was conducted by a commissioned NWT RCMP officer, an inspector, who was “independent of…
August 30 is the deadline to file an application to be a part of the Sixties Scoop class action settlement. The settlement includes any registered First Nation person or Inuit who was adopted or made a permanent ward and was placed in the care of non-Indigenous people. The settlement affects…
The Federal Government is committing more than $6 million over five years to fight homelessness in Yellowknife. The funding was announced Thursday morning by Northwest Territories Member of Parliament Michael McLeod at Hopes Haven. It’s a transitional home for teens and young adults in Yellowknife who might otherwise have no…