Yellowknife RCMP are hoping members of the public can help them locate Hugo Devost. In a news release, Mounties state that Hugo may also go by the name of Hugo Thomas. Police say they received a call stating that Hugo had not been seen in almost two weeks. They don’t…
Friday promises to be a busy, important and interesting day at the Yellowknife Courthouse with two high profile verdicts expected and two separate significant sentencings. A Ndilo man is to learn the verdict after his Supreme Court trial earlier this year on two counts of sexual assault and two forcible…
Tragedy on Great Slave Lake as searchers have recovered the body of a missing kayaker near Hay River. Northwest Territories Chief Coroner Cathy Menard has identified the victim as a 30-year-old male tourist. She added that he was not originally from Canada. RCMP say he had been living in Ontario….
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) and Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario have extended their partnership agreement for the next ten years. According to a GNWT news release, the university and the territorial government have been working together for the past decade bringing research expertise and training opportunities…
A Behchoko man who pleaded guilty to defrauding the Tlicho Community Services Agency of more than $120,000 is facing two years house arrest when he is to be sentenced on Friday. 64-year-old Joseph Beaverho was in court Wednesday for a sentencing hearing. He has pleaded guilty to breach of trust,…
Two bodies, believed to be two teens from Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, wanted in connection with three homicides last month in Northern B.C. have been found in northern Manitoba. That’s according to the RCMP who held a news conference Wednesday afternoon. Police say the bodies were found Wednesday morning…
A former mayor of the Sahtu community of Norman Wells has been fined $2,000 after he was convicted earlier this year of possession of 3.2 grams of cocaine in 2017. Nathan Watson, 49, also received a four day jail sentence for failure to appear in court back in May at…
Family and friends are mourning the death of a 29-year-old Inuvik man who was killed when the all-terrain-vehicle (ATV) he was driving rolled on a trail in the community. A spokesperson from the Northwest Territories Coroner’s office says RCMP were called to the scene about 5:30 Saturday morning. She adds…
A well-known Yellowknife resident and advocate for Indigenous people is the newest lawyer in the Northwest Territories. Jennifer Hunt-Poitras was called to the bar during a ceremony at the Yellowknife courthouse Friday. She was sworn-in while Supreme Court Judge Andrew Mahar presided over the ceremony. The public gallery in the…
The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) for the Northwest Territories says her office has received some national attention as well as some scrutiny as her office works towards making the Absentee Ballot available online in this fall’s territorial election. Nicole Latour has appeared on at least two national news programs recently…