The Tlicho community of Behchoko had a bit of a scare last week as at least one wildfire crept to about ten kilometres from the community. That information came Tuesday from Richard Olsen, the Fort Smith-based manager of fire operations for the NWT’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR)….
A former Yellowknife gymnastics coach, already convicted of sending a photo of his private parts on Snapchat to one of his gymnasts, has had a Charter of Rights and Freedoms hearing postponed. 50-year-old Ricky Lee Sutherland was a no-show in court Tuesday after his lawyer explained to the judge that Sutherland is dealing…
Louisa Lafferty, the Fort Good Hope mother of murder victim Charlotte Lafferty is planning a public grief, healing and trauma session in the fall. Her announcement comes two weeks after her daughter Charlotte Lafferty’s killer, Keenan McNeely, had his appeal of his conviction quashed by the Northwest Territories Court of…
Nearly 400 men who had their lives changed for the better over the past decade. That’s what was being honoured and recognized last week as Bailey House, the transitional home located at Yellowknife’s Salvation Army building downtown, celebrated its 10th anniversary. Folks from across the city and beyond – from…
And then there were three. Fred Sangris has officially withdrawn as a candidate for the Dettah Chief in the upcoming Yellowknives Dene First Nation election. Sangris is the community negotiator for YKDFN and has been working on the Akaitcho land claim process. “I was asked by the elders and members…
Congratulations are going out to the tiny Tlicho community of Gameti. The community has won the ParticipACTION: Canada’s Most Active Community regional prize for the North region which included all three territories. Residents of Gameti logged a total of 110,648 minutes of tracked physical activity across 235 events. That’s pretty heady stuff for…
A group of Yellowknife City staffers put their money where their mouths are last week as they took their lunch hour to clean up littler from downtown streets. This is the third year for the project. “The City of Yellowknife first introduced the ‘Green Team’ in 2017 and we are…
Despite having to move the event indoors – organizers of this year’s Canada Day celebrations in Yellowknife are calling it a resounding success. Dave Zethof – special events coordinator for the city – estimated some three to four thousand people showed up at the Multiplex yesterday for a multitude of…
Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May will be in Yellowknife Wednesday and Thursday. The public is invited to a community town hall tomorrow from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Northern United Place on Franklin Avenue. According to a news release – the purpose of the town hall is to spark…
A Yellowknife man has been sentenced to five years in jail after he was convicted of having sex with three underage girls. Joshua “Taz” Desjarlais, 27, who is originally from Fort Smith, was handed his punishment by Supreme Court Judge Shannon Smallwood this afternoon in Yellowknife. She had found him…