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 Party of Canada (CPC) nomination to be the party’s candidate in the NWT. According to a news release, his nomination package has been received by…
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 from drinking alcohol while out on bail but he can smoke marijuana. Alden Lennie, 35, was in court Thursday afternoon when his lawyer Jay Bran…
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 an adult male was discovered Wednesday afternoon in the area of Big Creek, outside of Fort Liard. Community members have told CKLB that the body…
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 the city and surrounding areas last night. Northwestel states in an email that its technicians responded immediately and performed temporary repairs. Service is now restored….
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 pharmacies. In a news release, police state that between March 29 and March 31, the woman visited two local pharmacies and used what police believe…
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 preliminary hearing. Tariq St. Croix, 24, made a brief appearance in a Yellowknife Court on Tuesday by video from the North Slave Correctional Complex. He…
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 the runway last week near the Hay River Airport. In a news release, the TSB states that it’s deploying a team of investigators to the…
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 in jail. Jordan Amos, 27, told his lawyer that due to his level of intoxication on November 19th, 2017, he has little memory of the…
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 all interested members to submit nomination applications no later thatn May 16th a 3:00 pm local time. After the end of the two-week period, there…
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” mentality has to stop. Stacie Smith says we are all human beings, we all live in Yellowknife and we should all be in this together….