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Community, Featured, Justice, News, Police April 17, 2023

‘Special police activity’ in Hay River was a series of drug-related raids

Eleven people have been arrested and charged as a result of this operation

A “special police operation” that took place in Hay River late last week was a series of drug-related raids, according to RCMP. The raids were part of a larger operation that also involved three traffic stops between April 1 and 15. In total, eleven people have been arrested and charged…

Community, Featured, News April 14, 2023

Legislative Assembly mace coming to Beaufort Delta communities

The mace has visited 11 of the territory’s 33 communities since 2006

Last updated Friday, April 14 at 12:15 p.m. The mace of the legislative assembly is coming to the communities of the Beaufort Delta later this month. The symbolic mace will be visiting Aklavik’s Moose Kerr School on April 25, Tsiigehtchic’s Chief Paul Niditchie School on the morning of April 26,…

Community, Featured, News, Politics April 6, 2023

Elected Chief of Salt River suspended for a fourth time

Toni Heron says she has received no communication about her suspension from council

The elected chief of the Salt River First Nation has been suspended by council for the fourth time in a row. Both Toni Heron and her lawyer confirmed that late last week, Heron was suspended for another 60-day term. Less than a month after being elected in September, Heron was…

Community, Featured, Justice, News, Police March 30, 2023

Update: Fort Providence Mayor says suspect arrested in connection with stolen firearms

Mayor Danny Beaulieu had asked residents to stay home while police conducted their search

A suspect has been arrested in connection with a pair of missing firearms in Fort Providence, according to the community’s mayor. According to an RCMP release, earlier this morning police were searching for a pair of rifles and some ammo that were stolen sometime before 3:30 a.m. In a post…

Community, Featured, Justice, News, Police March 16, 2023

Man in custody following Fort McPherson drug bust

The man was found to be carrying “79 individual baggies believed to be Crack Cocaine and a pill container believed to contain OxyContin,” according to police

A man faces charges of possession and possession for the purpose of trafficking after being arrested in Fort McPherson with what appeared to be cocaine and narcotics. On Wednesday, March 15, a man from outside the community was approached by RCMP while alone in a parked vehicle. He was arrested…

Community, Featured, News March 15, 2023

Inuvialuit Regional Corporation buys historic Reindeer Station

The site will continue to be used for cultural and healing camps

The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) has bought the historic Reindeer Station. The IRC announced the purchase of the site from the Inuvik Community Corporation on Tuesday. Reindeer Station in the Mackenzie Delta was first established by the federal government in 1932 to house a herd of more than 3,400 caribou….

Community, Featured, Justice, News, Police March 14, 2023

Man in hospital following altercation with Fort Good Hope RCMP

Alberta RCMP have been called in to investigate the incident

Last updated Tuesday, March 14 at 5:18 p.m. A man who was sent to receive medical treatment in Yellowknife after an altercation with multiple police officers along the Mackenzie Valley Winter Road is still in hospital, according to police. On Monday morning, Fort Good Hope RCMP responded to a report…

Community, Featured, News March 13, 2023

Hay River youth in hospital following ‘serious assault’

Three male culprits have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault, several other offences

A young male is in hospital following a ‘serious assault’ in Hay River. Police say they received a call of a disturbance around 4:15 a.m. on March 12. While en route to the location, they found a young man who had been assaulted. EMS transported the young man to the…

Community, Featured, News March 1, 2023

Team NT, or Team Yellowknife? Small communities lack representation at Canada Winter Games

Athletes say lack of access to facilities and community support are barriers

For Brittany Kendo, training for badminton in her home community of Tsiigehtchic was a challenge. With a population of less than 200, there is only one small gym, and one other person who would play with her. If that wasn’t possible, she says, “I would sometimes just go there and…

Community, Featured, News March 1, 2023

More than one way to skin a squirrel: Program teaches inmates the art of trapping

CKLB Radio · More than one way to skin a squirrel: Program teaches inmates the art of trapping For the first time in over 20 years, Denver Clement had the opportunity to reconnect to his roots through a pilot trapper program at the North Slave Correctional Complex in Yellowknife. “I…