RCMP have recovered a body off Taylor Road near William McDonald School. In an email to CKLB, police state that a person walked into the Yellowknife RCMP Detachment at 8:45 this morning to advise that a deceased person was located in the wooded area off Taylor Road, about 200 meters into…
An inquest has been called into the 2018 death of Richard Binder Jr. whose body was found near the community of Inuvik. That news came from the Office of the Chief Coroner of the Northwest Territories in an email on Monday. The coroner will conduct the inquest in Inuvik starting…
A Yellowknife man has been found not guilty of drug trafficking charges while his co-accused, a man from Edmonton, has been convicted of possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking as well as possession of the proceeds of crime. Gary Gattie, 52, with a shaved head and dressed in…
As the days get longer and the temperatures hopefully get milder, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Northwest Territories are advising people to be cautious as they head out on the land. Tragically, three people died just under a year ago when their snowmobiles went through the ice on…
Questions about caribou in the North Slave region are to be answered by government officials tonight. Officials from the Northwest Territories Department of Environment and Natural Resources are hosting a supper in Whati this evening to talk about Boreal Caribou. They will also be discussing wolves and their effect on…
RCMP in the Northwest Territories are reporting that officers seized about a pound of crack cocaine from a vehicle near Enterprise, south of Hay River According to a news release from the Mounties, police from the RCMP’s Federal Investigations Unit (FIU) stopped a northbound vehicle believed to be on route…
A man from the Tlicho community of Gameti, charged with murder in the death of Archie Wedzin in Behchoko last year, has now pleaded to the lesser charge of manslaughter. Alecus Quitte, 22, entered the plea in Supreme Court in Yellowknife on Monday morning. According to his lawyer, Quitte has…
Women of all ages are invited to participate in upcoming leadership gatherings, sponsored by the Status of Women Council of the Northwest Territories. Women are to discuss leadership, barriers and solutions to women participating in political decision-making processes, and how to sustain the change we’ve seen across our territory. The…
RCMP have identified the victim of a tragic fatal crash on Highway 3 between Yellowknife and Behchoko as a 45-year-old man from Yellowknife. His name has not been released. Mounties say it happened 45 kilometres west of Yellowknife about 2am Wednesday. Police say two pickup trucks were parked on the…
One person has been killed in a highway crash between Yellowknife and Behchoko early Wednesday morning. RCMP state in a news release that it happened at about 2:00 am on Highway 3. Mounties state that others sustained non-life threatening injuries. The name of the deceased has not been released. Police…