A jury has found a Lutsel K’e man not guilty of sexual assault after a three-day trial in Yellowknife. The jury, made up of seven women and five men, took less than two hours to acquit Paul Catholique, 43, on Wednesday. This was actually his second trial following the alleged…
When the Toronto Raptors play their first-ever National Basketball Association (NBA) championship series game on Thursday night, a Fort Simpson fan will be watching with a keener eye than most. William Michaud was lucky enough to attend a Raptors playoff game last week at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. He says…
The Tłı̨chǫ Government has approved a 2019 Harvest Subsidy Payment of $250 to each enrolled Tłı̨chǫ citizen. According to an advisory, Tłı̨chǫ citizens can now submit the 2019 Harvest Subsidy Payment Request Form. The 2019 Harvest Subsidy Payment Request Form can be downloaded from www.tlicho.ca and hard copies are available…
Family and friends are mourning the tragic death of a Dettah man who was killed last weekend in a two-vehicle, head-on crash near the mountain town of Revelstoke, in south-central British Columbia. Messages of condolence have been posted on social media for Paul Baillargeon, 50. RCMP stated in an email…
As the old saying goes, “you can’t get there from here.” RCMP in the Northwest Territories are reporting that they’ve been advised by the Alberta Highway Authority that Alberta Highway 35, which links with NWT Mackenzie Highway #1 at the provincial-territorial boundary, is closed due to a wildfire. The Alberta…
Closing arguments by the Crown prosecutor and a defence lawyer are expected to start Wednesday morning in the sexual assault trial for a Lutsel K’e man. Paul Catholique, 43, took the witness stand in his own defence in a Yellowknife courtroom on Tuesday. He was charged in November of 2017…
A trial has been postponed for an Inuvik man, charged under the Northwest Territories Wildlife Act, for shooting and killing a polar bear out of season. The trial for Justin Noah Elias, 30, was to have begun this past Monday in Inuvik but the case has now been adjourned until…
Norman Wells RCMP are investigating after the discovery of what appears to be a deceased person floating in Lennie Lake, about 35 kilometres north of Norman Wells. Police state in a news release that the call came in at about 1:15 pm on Monday. They add that RCMP and the…
Environment Canada has issued a Heat Warning for the Fort Liard region in the southwest corner of the Northwest Territories including Nahanni Butte and Sambaa K’e, formally known as Trout Lake. Daytime high temperatures near 30 degrees Celsius combined with overnight lows in the mid-teens are expected in Fort Liard…
A trial is now underway in Yellowknife for a Ndilo man, accused of sexually assaulting a woman and forcibly confining her while he was out on bail for the exact same offences. Peter Tsetta, 50, is accused of attacking both women in 2017. At least two women’s advocates in the…