Here’s why 911 has been delayed to November
“There have been several emergency situations over the years and across the territory where having a 911 service would have improved response times and, in…
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Behchoko man gets five months jail for punching woman, sexually assaulting man
A Behchoko man has been sentenced to 150 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to punching a woman in the face without provocation and…
Yellowknife Women’s Society Shelter to get makeover giving females more privacy
The Government of the Northwest Territories and De Beers Group are partnering on a project that will renovate and reconfigure the Yellowknife Women’s Society’s emergency…
Hamlet of Aklavik wins NWT Human Rights Commission Accessibility Award
The Hamlet of Aklavik has seen three new accessibility ramps built and for that it has been recognized with the NWT Human Rights Commission Accessibility…
Yellowknife Pauses to Remember Dday75
Yellowknife closed Veteran’s Memorial Way today for a brief parade, and wreath laying ceremony to observe the 75th Anniversary of Operation Overlord, better known as…
Legislative Assembly needs more women, but how to do that still unclear
Wait and see what happens. That’s essentially the first of three recommendations made by the Special Committee to Increase the Representation of Women. The committee…
Two men arrested and charged in RCMP takedown after cabbie robbed in Yellowknife
Two men have been arrested in a police takedown in Yellowknife after a cabbie was hurt when he was robbed behind a downtown apartment building….
Man who skipped out on Yellowknife sex assault jury trial sentenced to 90 days jail
A Yellowknife man, who skipped out on his sexual assault trial one day after a jury had been picked, has been sentenced to 90 days…
Body found in lake near Norman Wells is that of missing man Darren Whiteman
The Chief Coroner of the Northwest Territories has confirmed that a body found last month in Lennie Lake, about 35 kilometres north of Norman Wells,…
GoFundMe page set up to help Yellowknife couple after house fire
No one was hurt when a fire badly damaged a house in Yellowknife on Tuesday afternoon near Pilots’ Monument in Old Town. According to a…