Many people think that having salmon in traditional fishing grounds would be a good thing. But that’s simply not necessarily the case for some fishers in the Northern part of the Northwest Territories. The issue was brought up this week in the Legislative Assembly by Herb Nakimayak, the MLA for…
RCMP have now confirmed they are investigating a report of a bear encounter near the Sahtu community of Tulita as well as a missing person. Police state in a news release that at approximately 7:45 am, Thursday, RCMP received a signal from an emergency communications device. The location was about…
CKLB News has learned that RCMP in Tulita are investigating a possible fatal grizzly bear attack along the Mackenzie River near that Sahtu community. Mounties in Tulita were not willing to share any information with CKLB about the investigation referring questions to RCMP media relations in Yellowknife. What is known…
The Slave Geological Province Corridor project got a financial boost this week. Transport Canada is giving $30 million and the Government of the Northwest Territories is adding another $10 million for environment regulation review and planning studies. The corridor is essentially a two-lane gravel road that would run from Yellowknife…
A 34-year-old man from Gjoa Haven, Nunavut is charged with murder after a woman was found deceased in her home in the community on Tuesday. According to a news release from RCMP, police responded to a complaint of a 33-year-old woman found in her home not breathing. Her name has…
Yellowknife RCMP say they are seeking to speak with the person who stole a van in the city over the weekend. They say the blue, 1996 GMC Safari van was stolen at about 6:45 pm on Saturday from the owner’s residence. Police say for privacy reasons they won’t say where…
The MLA for Tu Nehde-Wiilideh says the territorial government must put the brakes on bulk buying at the liquor store to combat bootlegging in the Northwest Territories. Tom Beaulieu says when folks buy a full case of booze from the liquor store – everyone knows that the bottles are going…
The Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Mackenzie Delta wants officials from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) to do something about what he says is an increase in grizzly bear numbers in the Hamlet of Aklavik. Frederick “Sonny” Blake raised the issue in the Legislative Assembly…
(UPDATE) RCMP in the Northwest Territories said Tuesday that they believe their phone systems are working once again. “Northwest Territories RCMP advise that, to the best of their knowledge, the phone systems for local RCMP detachment “1111” numbers are operating normally. This includes call forwarding for detachments to the RCMP…
Indigenous cultural camps, road upgrades, trails development, wastewater and solid waste management projects across the Northwest Territories all received a financial boost Tuesday from the federal government as well as various communities and Indigenous groups. MP for the NWT, Michael McLeod along with Alfred Moses the territorial minister for Municipal…