Yellowknife RCMP are investigating after two vehicle fires early Saturday morning that police have deemed suspicious. In a news release, RCMP state that the fires occurred at about 2:30 in the morning near Con Road. Police state the vehicles were in the parking lot of the Aurora Heights apartment building…
A judge has found a Tsiigehtchic man not guilty in the death of his son. Supreme Court Judge Andrew Mahar acquitted 57-year-old Wayne McDonald on a manslaughter charge Monday in Inuvik. McDonald, who was not in custody during his trial last week, was charged in connection with the April, 2016…
A Yellowknife man is collecting donations for people in Northern Alberta who have been displaced by wildfires. Thousands of people from High level as well as at least three nearby First Nations communities have been forced from their homes over the last week or so. It appears they may be…
A man is in recovering from a non-life threatening wound after he was shot early Sunday morning in Yellowknife. RCMP state in a new release that officers were called to the Grayling Manor apartment building on 53rd Street near Franklin Ave., not far from downtown and found a 25-year-old man…
A verdict is expected Monday in the trial of a man from the Beaufort Delta community of Tsiigehtchic who is charged with manslaughter in the death of his son. The trial for Wayne McDonald, 57, was held this past week in Inuvik. He is charged in connection with the April,…
An Edmonton man has been sentenced to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a loaded AR-15 assault rifle found in his car in Fort Providence last fall. Cassiuis Paradis, 30, showed little reaction when he was…
A missing female, who grew up in Lutsel K’e on the east arm of Great Slave Lake, is being featured today on Canada’s Missing Children website. Charlene Catholique was 15 years old when she disappeared on July 22nd, 1990. Charlene was last seen hitchhiking from Behchoko to Yellowknife on the…
It is going to be a history-making weekend as Yellowknifers says goodbye to the old Stanton Territorial Hospital and hello to the spanking new facility. The new Stanton Territorial Hospital opens to patients on Sunday. Sunday will also see the transfer of existing patients from the old facility to the…
Attention writers and those who love to read! The 14th annual NorthWords Writers Festival is happening from May 30 to June 2 in Fort Smith, Yellowknife and Hay River. Indigenous writers are well-represented at this year’s festival. Guest authors include Catherine Lafferty, Antoine Mountain, Dennis Allen and Billy-Ray Belcourt. According…
About an hour after RCMP in Yellowknife reported a missing woman, she has been found safe. In a news release issued over the noon hour Thursday, police stated that they were looking for 19-year-old Heidi Kamookak of Taloyoak, Nunavut. Police stated that she was last seen Wednesday near the Larga…