An Aklavik man had to be medevaced to Edmonton with life-threatening injuries following an assault. About 4:40 p.m. on Sunday, October 6, Aklavik RCMP responded to call of a man lying on the ground in front of a residence. When RCMP arrived, community members were on their way to the…
The City of Yellowknife is asking resident to review its proposed community plan. In a news release, the city says the plan is the “road map for how land will be used and planned for the next 20 years.” The city says it’s been collecting background data for the upcoming…
Environment and climate change is one of the most important issues to Canadian voters; the same cannot be said for most of the NWT candidates in the upcoming federal election. Liberal Michael McLeod, Conservative Yanik D’Aigle, and People’s Party candidate Luke Quinlan all skipped out on a debate centred around…
Originally from Grand Prairie, AB, 26-year-old Salah Omar is facing a series drug-related charges. According to an RCMP news release, the charges stem from offences committed in September 2018 and include one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking, one count of obstructing a peace officer, and four counts…
Sirens blared by the CKLB station down to the Yellowknife Lift Station next to the recycle bins on School Draw Avenue. When reporters arrived, the station was cordoned off with yellow police tape; three ambulances, two firetrucks and two municipal enforcement vehicles were scattered at the scene. Upon arriving, we…
(UPDATE) As the search for the four missing fishermen on Great Slave Lake continues, RCMP have now released the names of the men who were onboard. They are: Stacy Linington, 59, from Hay River, believed to be the captain of the boat, Daniel Courtoreille, 51, Michael Courtoreille, 50, and Jason…
Early figures show the 2019 election’s voter turnout was a full ten per cent higher than in 2015—at 54 per cent. The last time voter turnout was over 50 per cent was in 2007, when 67 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballot. Much of the jump can be…
On Friday, September 27, students and staff at K’alemi Dene school in Ndilo celebrated the tenth anniversary of the new school building. [slide-anything id=”4245″] Later, the school inaugurated the new court as students took on staff in a basketball game.
Warning: This story discusses domestic violence and homicide. It’s a well-known fact in the Northwest Territories that Indigenous women suffer disproportionate rates of domestic violence. Now there’s a Canada-wide study with a chapter in the NWT that is hoping to speak to survivors of “extreme domestic violence,” and friends and…
Monday evening saw round two of Dene Nahjo’s election forum and featured Frame Lake candidates: Dave Ramsay and Kevin O’Reilly; Yellowknife Centre candidates: Julie Green, Thom Jarvis, Arlene Hache and Niels Konge; and for Range Lake: Caroline Cochrane and Hughie Graham. As in the first forum, the themes of the…