The constituency of Great Slave is one of six ridings that has only two candidates this territorial election, and it’s expected to be a close race between retired videographer, now cafe owner Patrick Scott, and consulting engineer Katrina Nokleby. This riding is mostly residential, and covers most of downtown Yellowknife,…
RCMP in Tuktoyaktuk seized 190 bottles and cans of different sizes and types of alcohol. According to a news release, police received a tip on September 6 about a vehicle going to the community with a large amount of alcohol. RCMP then intercepted the vehicle on the Inuvik-Tuk highway. The…
Learning about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is the easiest way to support someone living with it. That’s according to Korry Garvey of the Foster Family Coalition of the NWT. September 9 is FASD Awareness Day and the coalition hosted a public barbecue in Somba K’e park in Yellowknife to raise…
No one is reported hurt but several residents have been indefinitely displaced after a fire Sunday morning at Crestview Manor on 52 Ave. at 50 St. in Yellowknife. According to a news release from the city – fire crews got the call just before 8:00 am and arrived to find…
Three NWT MLA’s will be acclaimed in the October 1st territorial election. After nominations closed on Friday afternoon it was revealed Speaker and Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty will be acclaimed for a second consecutive term. Sonny Blake is also unopposed in the Mackenzie Delta, and RJ Simpson in Hay River…
RCMP in the Northwest Territories have once again defended its officers for locking up a sexual assault victim. A then-13-year-old girl, the victim of a vicious sexual assault in 2014 at the Hay River high rise, was jailed by Mounties — they say — for being intoxicated and breaching her…
How important are the perceived effects of development on the land? That was one of the main questions at a public hearing on a possible change to Diavik mine’s closure plan. The project The mine is hoping to stuff 5 million cubic metres of processed kimberlite back into one of…
A man accused in a fatal attack in front of the Yellowknife Sobering Centre Tuesday is now charged with second-degree murder. Victor Ugyuk, 32, made a very brief appearance in Justice of the Peace bail court on Friday afternoon. He is charged in the beating death of Mark Poodlat, 36,…
Mounties in the Mackenzie Delta community of Fort McPherson say they stopped 144 bottles of liquor from entering the community, where alcohol is restricted under the NWT Liquor Act. There is a set amount of booze any one person can bring into the community. According to a news release from…
New Democrats from the Northwest Territories finally have a candidate for the upcoming federal election. According to a news release from the NWT Federal NDP Electoral District Association, Inuvik resident Mary Beckett will be their candidate. The NDP is the last of the main federal parties to announce their candidate…