(CORRECTION) The original version of this story stated that the numbers of bears destroyed by ENR officers was for the years of 2018 and 2019. In fact, the numbers are for the months of August only in those years. It was CKLB’s honest mistake, not ENR’s) Game officers with the…
An Inuvik man has been convicted of fatally shooting a polar bear out of season last year as a judge rejected his claim that he killed the bear in self-defence. Justin Elias, 31, was found guilty Monday by Judge Christine Gagnon of killing the endangered and iconic species as well…
A little over a month since being elected, Fort Good Hope Chief Daniel Masuzumi is pushing for the community administration to be more accountable. The election of a new council kicked off an audit on the community’s finances. Since then, Masuzumi said the band office is “conducting an evaluation of…
Game officers with the territorial government’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) have shot and killed 42 bears across the Northwest Territories this year. That compares to only 28 in all of 2018. Those numbers have come from an ENR spokesperson. This year’s numbers include one grizzly and one…
Construction of the Tłı̨chǫ all-season road is officially underway. On Saturday, there was a groundbreaking ceremony in the community of Whatì, where the road will end once completed. The road will be a two-lane gravel highway branching off from Highway 3 west of Behchoko and will run about 97 kilometres….
If Premier Bob McLeod has decided whether he will run in this fall’s territorial election, he is keeping his decision private, at least for now. Some observers expected the only two-term premier in the history of the Northwest Territories to announce his retirement on the final day of the 18th…
There were tears, laughter, glad-handing, backslapping and chest thumping as the members of the 18th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly sat for the final time on Friday. It was pointed out that when the 18th Assembly convened four years ago, a 230 item mandate was declared. Of that, 202 were completed,…
It usually takes two seasons of playing ball to break in a new catcher’s mitt. “It only took three quarters of a season to break in a new glove when you were catching those hard pitches from Floyd Daniels,” says former Team NWT teammate, now Nahendeh MLA Shane Thompson. “Like…
Yellowknife RCMP say they are is looking for the public’s help to identify a suspect in a “serious,” brazen, assault that happened in broad daylight more than a month ago.. Police state in a news release issued Friday that about 6:25 pm on Saturday, July 13, Yellowknife RCMP received a…
Yellowknife RCMP say they are continuing their “internal administrative review” into an officer who is alleged to have broken a man’s rib after allegedly turning off his dashboard camera. However, police officials say they can’t identify the officer or answer CKLB’s question about whether the officer remains on active duty…