Behchoko man gets five months jail for punching woman, sexually assaulting man
A Behchoko man has been sentenced to 150 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to punching a woman in the face without provocation and…
Articles by John McFadden
Yellowknife Women’s Society Shelter to get makeover giving females more privacy
The Government of the Northwest Territories and De Beers Group are partnering on a project that will renovate and reconfigure the Yellowknife Women’s Society’s emergency…
Hamlet of Aklavik wins NWT Human Rights Commission Accessibility Award
The Hamlet of Aklavik has seen three new accessibility ramps built and for that it has been recognized with the NWT Human Rights Commission Accessibility…
Two men arrested and charged in RCMP takedown after cabbie robbed in Yellowknife
Two men have been arrested in a police takedown in Yellowknife after a cabbie was hurt when he was robbed behind a downtown apartment building….
Man who skipped out on Yellowknife sex assault jury trial sentenced to 90 days jail
A Yellowknife man, who skipped out on his sexual assault trial one day after a jury had been picked, has been sentenced to 90 days…
Body found in lake near Norman Wells is that of missing man Darren Whiteman
The Chief Coroner of the Northwest Territories has confirmed that a body found last month in Lennie Lake, about 35 kilometres north of Norman Wells,…
GoFundMe page set up to help Yellowknife couple after house fire
No one was hurt when a fire badly damaged a house in Yellowknife on Tuesday afternoon near Pilots’ Monument in Old Town. According to a…
GNWT to fund birth control drug for uninsured residents
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has announced that it will now financially cover the cost of a birth control drug for residents with…
NWT helping Alberta with wildfires in northern part of province
The NWT’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) is sending firefighting resources to assist the Government of Alberta with its wildfire situation near High…
NWT organizations receive funding through GNWT’s Healthy Choices Fund
The Kas’ho Got’ine Men’s Transition Home in Fort Good Hope and the Sahtu’ot’ine Nats’eju Initiative on Reconnecting with Ourselves in Deline are just two of…