A group of canoeists from B.C. who came upon a distraught woman on the MacKenzie River after a fatal bear attack last week, has signed a letter to the people of Tulita, thanking them for their help during a very difficult time. The paddlers were on the river last Thursday…
The Chief Public Health Officer has declared a syphilis outbreak for the Northwest Territories. In a news release issued Thursday morning, health officials say the NWT has seen a dramatic increase in syphilis rates with 28 reported cases since January 1, 2019. The declaration follows a less serious Public Health…
A trial for a Yellowknife man, facing three charges including criminal negligence causing bodily harm for allegedly selling fentanyl to a Yellowknife woman who then survived an overdose, is to resume Thursday morning. Darcy Oake, 24, is also on trial for possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking and…
A Tuktoyaktuk repeat sexual offender, who pleaded guilty to entering a home and sexually assaulting children, has been sentenced to one year of jail time that he has already served, and three years probation. According to an agreed statement of facts, Gilbert Katigakyok, 25, who suffers from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum…
For Steven Nitah, the federal and territorial governments have finally caught up to the community of Łutsel K’e in protecting Thaidene Nëné. Nitah is the lead negotiator for Łutsel K’e Dene First Nation (LKDFN). On Wednesday, LKDFN Chief Darryl Marlowe signed an agreement with Parks Canada and the Government of…
The National Chief of the Dene Nation is echoing the positive sentiments of Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde after the federal government Wednesday approved a class action settlement with survivors of Indian Day Schools. Both Norman Yakeleya and Bellegarde say the settlement is an important step towards…
Although the Chief Coroner of the Northwest Territories says she does not yet have confirmation of the identity of a man killed by a bear near the Sahtu community of Tulita last Thursday, he has been named in a published report. On its website, Cabin Radio says it learned from…
The territorial government’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) is reporting that at least ten problem bears have been put down by their officers and private citizens in several communities in the Northwest Territories over the past week. ENR spokesperson Meagan Wohlberg told CKLB Monday afternoon that three grizzly…
The Sahtu community of Colville Lake is in mourning after an 18-year-old man was killed when an all-terrain vehicle he was riding crashed in the community on Saturday morning. In an email to CKLB Monday afternoon, RCMP state Mounties in nearby Fort Good Hope received the call about 7:15 a.m….
A spokesperson from the NWT Department of Environment and Natural Resources says a grizzly bear and a black bear have both been killed near where a man was killed in a bear attack last Thursday, not far from the Sahtu community of Tulita. Meanwhile, the NWT Chief Coroner says the…