This story contains passages that may trigger traumatic memories. Be warned before reading. “I was in the day school (in Tulita) when the teacher broke a three-foot ruler over my back,” says Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya. “We were strapped with leather straps, got our ears pulled and they didn”t…
A jury is expected to begin deliberating Friday in the Yellowknife trial of a Whati man charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl. It’s actually the third trial for Cory Nitsiza, 29. The first two ended with hung juries – the jurors having not been able to come up…
A Gameti man, charged with murder in the death of Archie Wedzin in Berhchoko on April 8, made a brief appearance in a Yellowknife courtroom on Friday. Alecus Quitte, 21, was remanded in custody until his next court appearance June 11 when he is to apperar by video from the…
There is still no sign of three snowmobilers who have not been heard from since late Monday night. RCMP say Sam Boucher, 65, Cammy Boucher, 23, and a man who hasn’t been identified, left Dettah on a single snowmobile towing two toboggans and were headed for Lutsel K’e. Sam Boucher…
Mounties in Yellowknife and their partners celebrated National Police Week earlier this week with a public barbecue and open house at RCMP “G” Division Headquarters. Citizens were treated to free hotdogs and hamburgers as officers, some dressed in their iconic serge uniforms, mingled and shared with visitors information about what…
A houseboat on Yellowknife Bay now lays in ash after an early-morning fire on Wednesday. According to RCMP, the fire began shortly after 3 a.m. and was “out of control” by the time officers and city firefighters reached the area. Two residents left the house safely with one being brought…
The City of Yellowknife is asking residents to weigh in on where you can buy cannabis in town. Right now, the liquor store on Old Airport Road is the only physical store that sells cannabis. While federal government legalized cannabis last October and the territorial government regulates the distribution and…
Grand Chief Mackenzie was at the University of Alberta hospital when his cousin, Paul Mackenzie passed from medical complication suddenly.
A Yellowknife man, who’s originally from Toronto, is charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking after the RCMP’s Federal Investigations Unit raided a Range Lake-area apartment in the city. Mounties state in a news release that a search warrant was executed on a home last Thursday at…
A Yellowknife woman, wanted by RCMP since late April for two robberies, has been arrested. According to a news release from the Mounties, Cynthia Lafferty, 20, was apprehended without incident in Yellowknife early Monday morning. Police state officers located and arrested Lafferty following a tip they received from the public….