Going into their second to last sitting before the fall election, members of the Legislative Assembly were facing 18 bills with another four soon on the way. Two of them were handled quickly on Thursday afternoon. In a news release, MLA Cory Vanthuyne, chair of the Standing Committee on Economic…
It is going to be a history-making weekend as Yellowknifers says goodbye to the old Stanton Territorial Hospital and hello to the spanking new facility. The new Stanton Territorial Hospital opens to patients on Sunday. Sunday will also see the transfer of existing patients from the old facility to the…
Attention writers and those who love to read! The 14th annual NorthWords Writers Festival is happening from May 30 to June 2 in Fort Smith, Yellowknife and Hay River. Indigenous writers are well-represented at this year’s festival. Guest authors include Catherine Lafferty, Antoine Mountain, Dennis Allen and Billy-Ray Belcourt. According…
About an hour after RCMP in Yellowknife reported a missing woman, she has been found safe. In a news release issued over the noon hour Thursday, police stated that they were looking for 19-year-old Heidi Kamookak of Taloyoak, Nunavut. Police stated that she was last seen Wednesday near the Larga…
Mounties have confirmed that the body of Samuel Boucher, 65, of Lutsel K’e was recovered from Great Slave Lake on Monday after a snowmobiling tragedy that has claimed three lives. RCMP say they have no information about a second body having been seen from the air. That’s despite information to…
A Whati man has been found guilty of sexual assault for having sex with a 13-year-old girl at his home in August, 2016. A jury in Yellowknife, made up of eight men and four women, deliberated for about four hours on Friday before convicting Cory Nitsiza, 29. This was actually…
Residents of High Level, Alberta, not far from the NWT border, are reportedly being told to be ready to evacuate at any time as an out-of-control wildfire, fanned by strong winds and dry conditions, continues to grow. The Town of High Level announced Sunday that residents should fill their gas…
Mounties in Yellowknife are suspending the active search for three missing snowmobilers after a deceased person was observed in a large area of open water. Police left out the information about the body when they held a news conference Friday evening. RCMP stated in a news release issued Saturday that…
This story contains passages that may trigger traumatic memories. Be warned before reading. “I was in the day school (in Tulita) when the teacher broke a three-foot ruler over my back,” says Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya. “We were strapped with leather straps, got our ears pulled and they didn”t…
Mounties in Yellowknife and their partners celebrated National Police Week earlier this week with a public barbecue and open house at RCMP “G” Division Headquarters. Citizens were treated to free hotdogs and hamburgers as officers, some dressed in their iconic serge uniforms, mingled and shared with visitors information about what…