The office of the NWT Chief Public Health Officer has issued a public health advisory for residents of Norman Wells and Fort Good Hope due to wildfire smoke in the area. The smoke is likely coming from a wildfire about 90 kilometres south-east of Tsiigetchic. The advisory says other communities…
There was high drama in Yellowknife Tuesday morning as RCMP investigated two suspicious packages – one downtown, the other near the airport. RCMP cordoned off the Northwestel building on Franklin Avenue at 52 Street just after 10:00 a.m., after a suspicious black suitcase was left outside the office tower. RCMP…
Order of Canada Member Arlene Hache has announced she is running for MLA in Yellowknife Centre in the Oct 1 territorial election. In her announcement she states that downtown is her home where she has worked and lived for 35 years. Hache states she is a leader with solutions of…
A Yellowknife judge is to release her decision Friday as to whether a one-year mandatory minimum jail sentence for child luring violates a man’s constitutional rights. Ex-Yellowknife gymnastics coach Ricky Lee Sutherland, 50, and his lawyer argued in court Monday that it would violate his rights under the Canadian Charter…
An ex-board member of the Fort Simpson housing authority is calling out the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation for dissolving the board that oversees the community’s housing authority. The housing corp recently fired the manager of the authority, and appointed their own housing corporation employee in their place. The housing corporation…
A 34-year-old woman has been arrested after dozens, if not hundreds of flowers were uprooted from downtown planters in Yellowknife Thursday night. According to an email from RCMP, they received a report about 11:10 pm of alleged vandalism to planters on Franklin Avenue. Photos circulating on social media show the…
A funeral being held Friday for respected Yellowknives Dene elder Muriel Betsina has been moved from St. Patrick’s Church to St. Patrick’s school gymnasium in order to accommodate what’s expected to be a large gathering. Muriel was a long time resident of Ndilo and is the mother of current chief…
And then there were three. Caitlin Cleveland has announced that she intends to run for MLA in Kam Lake in this fall’s territorial election. In a Facebook post, she states that as a photographer she has spent the last 15 years connecting with northerners about what matters to us: our…
NWT South District RCMP have just wrapped up the first edition of a boating safety tour along the MacKenzie River. Police stated in a news release that from July 15 to 19, Special Constable Jordan Groenewegen of the Hay River detachment with the assistance of local members, visited Fort Providence,…
A Yellowknife man faces a slew of charges after an entire apartment building in Yellowknife had to be evacuated in the middle of the night after numerous residents suffered from an exposure to bear spray. According to the RCMP, just past midnight on Wednesday, Yellowknife RCMP received a report of…