Conservative party has its first candidate for NWT nomination
A Yellowknife banker wants to become the Conservative Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories. Yanik D’Aigle announced Thursday that he is seeking the Conservative…
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Yk man, charged in sex assault, banned from booze while out on bail but not weed
In a decision that may be the first of its kind in the Northwest Territories, a Yellowknife man, charged with sexual assault, has been banned…
NWT Coroner’s Service and RCMP Investigate Sudden Death in Fort Liard
Fort Liard RCMP confirm officers are now investigating a sudden death in the community, after they stated in a press release that a body of…
Damaged fibre line caused Yk Internet outage says Northwestel
Northwestel says a damaged fibre line leading Yellowknife is to blame for what it calls a major disruption of telecommunications services, including Internet connection, to…
Yellowknife RCMP look for woman accused of using fraudulent prescriptions
Mounties in Yellowknife are trying to identify and locate a woman who they allege used fraudulent prescriptions to gain illegal access to medication in local…
Preliminary hearing for Yk man, charged with attempted murder, set for Oct. 4
A Yellowknife man, charged with attempted murder after a vicious New Year’s Eve stabbing, is to be back in court on Oct. 4 for a…
TSB to investigate downed Buffalo Airways plane near Hay River
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) now says it will investigate after a Buffalo Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing off…
Inuvik man sentenced to 2.5 years in jail for sex assault on sleeping woman
A man from Inuvik who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a sleeping woman in that community has been sentenced at two and a half years…
Nominations open for Conservative Party of Canada’s NWT candidate for fall federal election
The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) has announced that the nomination period for the riding of Northwest Territories is now open. A news release invites…
Yellowknife city councillor says ‘we’re all in this together’ when it comes to street people
Yellowknife’s only Indigenous member of city council says if residents really want to try to help the city’s street people then the “us versus them”…