Closing arguments by the Crown prosecutor and a defence lawyer are expected to start Wednesday morning in the sexual assault trial for a Lutsel K’e man. Paul Catholique, 43, took the witness stand in his own defence in a Yellowknife courtroom on Tuesday. He was charged in November of 2017…
Operation Complete! Yellowknife and NWT citizens delivered much needed items for evacuees in Northern Alberta last night. Vice President of Operations for Deton’cho Logistics Stu Impett says people from across the NWT helped stuff a a plane, with goods such as underwear, hair elastics, Polysporin, and Vaseline for evacuees staying…
Norman Wells RCMP are investigating after the discovery of what appears to be a deceased person floating in Lennie Lake, about 35 kilometres north of Norman Wells. Police state in a news release that the call came in at about 1:15 pm on Monday. They add that RCMP and the…
Parasites take over a body—or host—multiply, weaken the host and drain it of its nutrients. That’s exactly what happened when colonizers came over from Europe to Turtle Island, says Dr. Donna May Kimmliardjuk. And she would know, Dr. Kimmliardjuk is both a physician and Indigenous—she’s the first Inuk heart surgeon…
Environment Canada has issued a Heat Warning for the Fort Liard region in the southwest corner of the Northwest Territories including Nahanni Butte and Sambaa K’e, formally known as Trout Lake. Daytime high temperatures near 30 degrees Celsius combined with overnight lows in the mid-teens are expected in Fort Liard…
A judge has found a Tsiigehtchic man not guilty in the death of his son. Supreme Court Judge Andrew Mahar acquitted 57-year-old Wayne McDonald on a manslaughter charge Monday in Inuvik. McDonald, who was not in custody during his trial last week, was charged in connection with the April, 2016…
A Yellowknife man is collecting donations for people in Northern Alberta who have been displaced by wildfires. Thousands of people from High level as well as at least three nearby First Nations communities have been forced from their homes over the last week or so. It appears they may be…
A verdict is expected Monday in the trial of a man from the Beaufort Delta community of Tsiigehtchic who is charged with manslaughter in the death of his son. The trial for Wayne McDonald, 57, was held this past week in Inuvik. He is charged in connection with the April,…
Another day, another protest. At least that’s what it feels like for Yellowknife high school students concerned about climate change. Several students set up outside the Legislative Assembly on Friday morning–the latest venue to see a strike in the city. With signs like Honk 4 Climate and Every day is…
A missing female, who grew up in Lutsel K’e on the east arm of Great Slave Lake, is being featured today on Canada’s Missing Children website. Charlene Catholique was 15 years old when she disappeared on July 22nd, 1990. Charlene was last seen hitchhiking from Behchoko to Yellowknife on the…