An Edmonton man has been sentenced to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a loaded AR-15 assault rifle found in his car in Fort Providence last fall. Cassiuis Paradis, 30, showed little reaction when he was…
Another day, another protest. At least that’s what it feels like for Yellowknife high school students concerned about climate change. Several students set up outside the Legislative Assembly on Friday morning–the latest venue to see a strike in the city. With signs like Honk 4 Climate and Every day is…
A missing female, who grew up in Lutsel K’e on the east arm of Great Slave Lake, is being featured today on Canada’s Missing Children website. Charlene Catholique was 15 years old when she disappeared on July 22nd, 1990. Charlene was last seen hitchhiking from Behchoko to Yellowknife on the…
Going into their second to last sitting before the fall election, members of the Legislative Assembly were facing 18 bills with another four soon on the way. Two of them were handled quickly on Thursday afternoon. In a news release, MLA Cory Vanthuyne, chair of the Standing Committee on Economic…
One Dene Tha’ elder says this is the second time in recent memory his community of Meander River has been forced to evacuate, due to a nearby Forrest Fire. Roy Salopree, who is well known for his Dene Drumming across the Dehcho Region is one of 25 people from his…
It is going to be a history-making weekend as Yellowknifers says goodbye to the old Stanton Territorial Hospital and hello to the spanking new facility. The new Stanton Territorial Hospital opens to patients on Sunday. Sunday will also see the transfer of existing patients from the old facility to the…
Attention writers and those who love to read! The 14th annual NorthWords Writers Festival is happening from May 30 to June 2 in Fort Smith, Yellowknife and Hay River. Indigenous writers are well-represented at this year’s festival. Guest authors include Catherine Lafferty, Antoine Mountain, Dennis Allen and Billy-Ray Belcourt. According…
About an hour after RCMP in Yellowknife reported a missing woman, she has been found safe. In a news release issued over the noon hour Thursday, police stated that they were looking for 19-year-old Heidi Kamookak of Taloyoak, Nunavut. Police stated that she was last seen Wednesday near the Larga…
In a cautionary tale for parents, a former Yellowknife man has been convicted of a form of child luring after he pleaded guilty to sending a photo of his genitals to a teenage girl on social media. Ricky Lee Sutherland, 50, a former gymnastics coach in Yellowknife, was in court…
Mounties have confirmed that the body of Samuel Boucher, 65, of Lutsel K’e was recovered from Great Slave Lake on Monday after a snowmobiling tragedy that has claimed three lives. RCMP say they have no information about a second body having been seen from the air. That’s despite information to…