One person has been killed in a highway crash between Yellowknife and Behchoko early Wednesday morning. RCMP state in a news release that it happened at about 2:00 am on Highway 3. Mounties state that others sustained non-life threatening injuries. The name of the deceased has not been released. Police…
A Fort Good Hope woman says she is lucky to be alive after she fought off an attacking stray dog in the community. Miranda Mcneely says she was walking to her uncle’s house on Jan. 31st when she passed a skinny white and black “Pitbull” looking dog which she thought…
Conrad Prince says, “there’s still a lot of work to be done” when it comes to educating people on the Sixties Scoop. Prince is the lead for the Sixties Scoop Foundation engagement sessions and has been travelling around the country to hear from survivors on what they’d like to see…
Fort Simpson RCMP is investigating after a series of break and enters that occurred over the last several months at the local post office. Mounties state in a news release that the Fort Simpson Canada Post office has been the victim of three separate break and enters on September 3rd,…
The line-up for the Snowking Winter Festival has been announced. The festival is celebrating its 25th year and a line-up of music, arts and performance will take place during the Silver Jubilee edition of Snowking Winter Festival. On Saturday, February 29th at 12:00 p.m. the festival will officially open with…
Coleen Hardisty was one of dozens of demonstrators holding signs outside of MP Michael McLeod’s office on Friday. Hardisty is a member of Denedeh Against DAPL, which organized the demonstration in support of Wet’suwet’en land defenders in British Columbia. RCMP have arrested more than 20 land defenders since last week,…
A territorial government department, tasked with helping craft and enforce laws and rules, has itself now confessed to violating a government safety regulation. The Northwest Territories fire marshal says he has spoken to staff at the Yellowknife courthouse who he says now admit they violated the occupancy limit in a…
It’s taken two days for the RCMP to tell the public there was a school lockdown in Tsiigetchic earlier this week. In a news release sent Thursday morning, Fort McPherson RCMP said it received a call on Tuesday about a potential threat at the Chief Paul Niditchie school. Richard Andre,…
It’s a very special week here in the NWT as NHL legends are visiting the North for Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada. CKLB Radio has captured some of those special moments at the Hockeyday events, we will be adding to this on-going gallery throughout the week. Day 1 Day…
Eric Wardell’s story begins with him talking about how the world was not designed for people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). “I didn’t see anything wrong with stealing,” Wardell said in the film. “I have over 80 convictions on my record.” Wardell was one of eight people to…