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….
A recently published article in the Journal of Scientific Reports is suggesting Giant Pleistocene beavers diet, helped lead to their extinction during the last ice age, 20,000 some years ago. Dr. Grant Zazula is a paleontologist with the Government of Yukon and a co-author of the recent report. He was…
One man has been arrested while another man went to hospital after an apparent stabbing in Inuvik early Friday morning. According to an RCMP news release, police received a report of an altercation that resulted in one male being hurt. Inuvik RCMP attended the area of Union Street and located…
Youth mental health was top of mind during the 17th Youth Parliament session this week at the Legislative Assembly. The 18 youth MLAs (Monfwi representative Magen Rabesca was absent due to an emergency) debated a motion to introduce “dedicated youth mental health specialists” in high schools across the territory. The…
Michael McLeod, the MP for the Northwest Territories, has announced up to $8 million in federal support for the Government of the NWT’s new Greenhouse Gas Grant Program for Buildings and Industry. According to a news release from the Federal Government issued Friday, The new application-based grant program will support…
Officials from the territorial government’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) have destroyed a bear near Fort Liard, not far from where a man’s body was found last Wednesday. It is still unclear whether a bear is responsible for the man’s death. His body has been sent to Edmonton…
The Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly’s Standing Committee on Social Development, chaired by Nehendeh MLA Shane Thompson, will hold a number of public hearings across the territory on two bills – Bill 45: Corrections Act and Bill 48: Post-Secondary Education Act. The committee will be in Fort Smith on Monday, May…