Articles by Sherry Mei

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Community, Environment, News, Wildfires May 20, 2025

Free FireSmart help for Yellowknife residents

Free FireSmart home assessments and neighbourhood programs are now available in the city.


The City of Yellowknife Fire Division, in partnership with the Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Environment and Climate Change and FireSmart NWT, is expanding wildfire resilience efforts for 2025. Free Home Ignition Zone (HIZ) assessments are now available for residents of Yellowknife and N’dilǫ. These assessments are conducted…

Featured, News, Police May 20, 2025

Twelve-year-old boy arrested after shots fired into Fort McPherson home

Firearm recovered suspected to have been used in shooting; suspect arrested without incident and faces serious charges, say police


A 12-year-old boy is in custody after an early morning shooting last week in Fort McPherson. RCMP say they responded to a report of shots fired just after 5 a.m. on May 16. A firearm had allegedly been discharged through the window of a home where another youth was inside,…

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News May 12, 2025

One arrested, two wanted after armed home invasion in Fort Smith

One man has been arrested and police are searching for two others after a violent home invasion involving a firearm in Fort Smith last week.


One man has been arrested and two others are wanted after an armed home invasion in Fort Smith last week. RCMP say three men broke into a home on St. Ann’s Street around midnight on May 5, threatening the occupant with a firearm. The victim escaped without injury and contacted…