Law courts

Gwich’in Council International selects new Head of Delegation

This position helps support the Gwich'in people in international matters


A new Head of Delegation has been appointed for the Gwich’in Council International as part of a new partnership with the Kingdom of Denmark. With the previous Head of Delegation, Edward Alexander, stepping down, Kris Statnyk has been selected to fill the position. Statnyk has been working with the Gwich’in…

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Convicted Edmonton drug dealer barred from NWT for three years after he serves jail sentence

Nineteen-year-old Abel Leule initially slipped past RCMP after raid on Fort Smith residence in fall of 2023, to be later arrest in Fort Resolution


The general public is the best source of information police have in combating drug trafficking, and the RCMP have a recent conviction as an example of that co-operation. And a recent sentencing of a dealer who last year was peddling crack and Percocet pills in Fort Smith – and later…