The Northwest Territories has no shortage of sport fans, or athletes. But since members of Oilers Nation have little to cheer about this playoff season, Jurassic Park North, and #WeTheNorth is sweeping across the tundra. “A lot of people cheer whenever there is a Canadian team in the running. A…
The Peter Tsetta trial resumed Tuesday in Yellowknife after adjourning back in May. He’s the 50-year-old Ndilo man, charged with two counts of sexual assault and forcible confinement on two different female victims. The crimes are alleged to have occurred in 2017 at Tsetta’s home in Ndilo. Court has already…
Updated on June 13 to reflect the changes to the event Cindy Caisse says the event, which will take place June 15 and 16 at the Yellowknife River, is to help bring closure and healing to the families who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Caisse works as…
NWT Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) officials are warning residents that it is illegal under the territory’s Wildlife Act to intentionally allow edible wild meat to spoil. The warning, posted to Facebook, comes after ENR officers recovered an abandoned freezer from a gravel pit along Highway 3, between Yellowknife and…
The Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories, who had a relatively busy week last week, says he took time to remember the 75th anniversary of D-Day and his uncle who fought in the historic battle. Michael McLeod says his uncle Frank McLeod survived D-Day but has since passed. McLeod…
Yellowknife RCMP are advising the public to be aware of a stranger trying to lure children, after a report of a suspicious person in a vehicle allegedly requested a female youth to get into his vehicle this past Saturday. In a press release issued Sunday, G-Division RCMP say an 8…
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) and City of Yellowknife are partnering in a new opportunity to increase economic development in Yellowknife, Ndilo and Dettah. The two governments have been chosen as successful joint applicants to the First Nations – Municipal Community Economic Development Initiative program. According to a news…
After being missing in action for the past several months, strippers have returned to Harley’s Hard Rock Saloon in downtown Yellowknife as the business has come under new ownership. Harley’s is the only establishment north of the 60th parallel in Canada that offers exotic dancers. Yellowknife resident Scott Yuill says…
“There have been several emergency situations over the years and across the territory where having a 911 service would have improved response times and, in some cases, even saved lives.” Despite this acknowledgement of the need for 911 in the territory, Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs Alfred Moses said…
A Behchoko man has been sentenced to 150 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to punching a woman in the face without provocation and sexually assaulting a male cellmate inside the Behchoko RCMP detachment. Joey Eyakfwo, 45, apologized to his victims in a Yellowknife courtroom Friday before he was…