A judge in Yellowknife is to sentence a man who is originally from Fort Smith on June 28 after she convicted him in April of three counts of sexual assault for having sex with three underage girls. Supreme Court Judge Shannon Smallwood presided over a sentencing hearing Thursday for Joshua…
As part of its commitment to reconciliation, The Human Rights Commission of the Northwest Territories says it will review at its July meeting the Calls for Justice made in the final report from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). A commission spokesperson states that…
Members of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation are getting ready to head to the polls this summer. Four candidates are vying for Chief in Dettah. Former Lands and Environment Manager Rachel Crappeau is the lone female candidate, along with longtime Councillor Bobby Drygeese. Former Ndilo Chief Fred Sangris is also…
An Indigenous woman is suing an RCMP officer in British Columbia over a “malicious, degrading” and “victim blaming” interview she gave while reporting a sexual assault in West Kelowna in 2012. That interview, described as an “interrogation” in the suit, sparked national outrage last month when video surfaced revealing the…
Yellowknife RCMP say the 14-year-old girl who was reported missing yesterday in the city has been found safe. Police issued a news release this morning saying she’d been located. They later stated to CKLB in an email that she was found Wednesday evening in Yellowknife. As is their policy –…
The Tlicho region’s largest community opened four new housing units yesterday, one step in the region’s battle against homelessness. The minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation, Alfred Moses was in attendance and helped cut the ribbon at the newly renovated bachelor housing units. While it’s not the answer to…
Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, announced Wednesday that the Government of Canada has approved a merger between First Air and Canadian North, the primary air carriers serving Canada’s North, subject to a series of strict terms and conditions. In fall 2018, Makivik Corporation and the Inuvialuit Corporate Group announced an agreement…
Leaders from the Government of the Northwest Territories and Indigenous governments, who are partners in Devolution, sat down in Yellowknife Tuesday to discuss a range of issues related to lands and resource management at the Intergovernmental Council meeting. According to a news release from the territorial government, as a key feature…
The Government of the Northwest Territories has closed one territorial park and enacted fire bans at four other parks – all in the South Slave region – due to the threat of wildfires as well as extremely dry forest conditions. According to a news release from the Department of Industry,…
Yellowknife RCMP are hoping the public can help them locate a missing 14-year-old girl. Police say Selina Dyson was last seen in the Frame Lake area of Yellowknife on Tuesday morning as she was leaving for school. She is described as Metis, with a slim build, 5’5″ tall and weighing…