Thursday, September 26th is Cybertip.ca Awareness Day and the RCMP in the Northwest Territories says that it is a day to take a stand against online child exploitation and help protect children. In a news release, Mounties state that they have always made it a priority to combat child exploitation…
Charges have been significantly reduced for a Yellowknife father and son duo who were originally charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Yellowknife taxi cab driver in November 2018. Elias Schiller, 19, is now charged with manslaughter and his father, 49-year-old James Schiller now faces a charge of…
A mass walk out is planned for Friday in Yellowknife by students and other environmentally conscious individuals to protest a lack of action on climate change. According to a news release, students from Yellowknife schools and other concerned residents will walk out of classrooms, homes and workplaces to join in…
Yellowknife RCMP say one man has been charged and another man was sent to hospital following an attack in the city’s downtown core on Tuesday night. According to an RCMP news release, officers responded about 9:30 pm to a reported assault in the area of 50 Avenue and 50 Street….
Yellowknife RCMP say they’ve recently investigated two unrelated incidents involving a noxious substance, believed to be bear spray, and have made one arrest RCMP stated in a news release that at approximately 8:15 PM, Friday, police received a complaint unrelated to the noxious substance, at an apartment building on Gitzel…
A former Yellowknife gymnastics coach has been sentenced to one year in jail after he pleaded guilty to child luring for sending a photo of his private parts to a teenage female gymnast he had once coached. Ricky Lee Sutherland, 50, who now lives in Ontario, was also placed on…
Yellowknife RCMP have arrested a 25-year-old woman after a man was wounded in a reported stabbing Sunday afternoon at or near Sunridge Place Apartments on 51A Avenue on the edge of the city’s downtown. Mounties stated in an email to CKLB Monday that officers responded to the area over ther…
RCMP say a man has been arrested and is facing charges after another man was reportedly shot in the community of Tuktoyaktuk Sunday evening. According to an email from RCMP, at approximately 8:50 pm on Sunday, Tuktoyatuk RCMP received a call for service about an incident involving firearm at a…
Dennis Nelner, a 54-year-old man from Fort Simpson, has confirmed for CKLB that he is the victim of a shooting by an Environment and Natural Resources officer in that Dehcho community on Friday night. Nelner was taken to Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife, reportedly by Medevac. A photo of him…
A well-known Yellowknife bartender said her goodbyes on the weekend as she bid an emotional farewell to the city and the bar she has called home for the past 14 years. Jenna Conrad has tended bar at the Raven Pub in downtown Yellowknife since 2005. She says she came here…