Yellowknife-based, Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards-winning band Digawolf as well as the Yellowknives Dene Drummers are among the performers who will take to the stage at Sombe K’e Civic Plaza for the City of Yellowknife’s Canada Day celebration on Monday. Also offered beside city hall on Chief Drygeese Territory for the…
An NWT Territorial Court judge is to deliver her verdict on August 26 after a trial last week in Inuvik for a man charged with killing a polar bear out of season. 31-year-old Justin Elias of Inuvik says he shot and killed the bear last summer in self-defence. Elias has…
A Yellowknife man is charged with several offences after the Circle K convenience store, commonly known as Winks, at Forrest Drive and Franklin Avenue was robbed twice this year. The latest came just over two weeks ago on June 7 when a man entered the store and threatened the clerk…
RCMP in Yellowknife have located a missing 17-year-old boy. Spencer Lockhart had been reported missing on Sunday evening after leaving Stanton Territorial Hospital. As is their policy, RCMP have not said where he was located nor when. They stated in a news release just before 5:00 p.m. Tuesday that he…
A man from the Mackenzie Delta community of Fort McPherson has been sentenced to just under three years in jail after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his cousin. Darcy Nerysoo, 31, who was initially charged with second-degree murder, received his punishment last week in court in…
The Government of Canada says it has taken action to respect the rights and interests of Indigenous peoples, protect Canada’s rich natural environment, and support a resilient and sustainable Canadian natural resource sector. The statement comes after the passage into law of Bill C-88, An Act to Amend the Mackenzie…
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde has welcomed the enactment of two new pieces of federal legislation passed in the House of Commons Friday. Bill C-91 – The Indigenous Languages Act and Bill C-92 – An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families received…
From Metis to Dene to Inuvaluit people and well beyond, Yellowknife’s National Indigenous Day celebration was a party, but it was also a recognition of Canada’s rich cultural heritage as a whole. Free fun and free fish, fresh from Great Slave Lake, as well a gorgeous sunny day helped bring…
The Government of the Northwest Territories says a public health advisory due to wildfire smoke has now been lifted. The territory’s acting chief public health officer had issued the advisory on Tuesday. It was issued for Behchoko, Fort Providence, Hay River, Fort Resolution, Kakisa, Enterprise, Dettah and Yellowknife. The air…
The premier of the Northwest Territories says he’s still undecided on whether he will seek re-election in this fall’s territorial election. Bob McLeod made the comment while answering a question from a reporter this week following a meeting in Yellowknife of the Intergovernmental Council – a group made up of…