Updated December 12, 4:25 p.m. A previous version of this story noted the exact date the accused was to be in court. RCMP have since emailed media outlets requesting the specific date be removed to protect the identity of the victim. According to RCMP, the date was included in the…
A preliminary hearing for a Yellowknife mother who is charged with holding up two convenience stories in the city has been postponed. Cynthia Lafferty, 21, was in court Tuesday as the hearing was to get underway but at least one prosecution witness did not show up to testify so the…
One of the largest mines in Nunavut is facing a series of charges related to the death of a worker on December 16 last year. Last week, the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission filed 16 charges against Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation under the Mine Health and Safety Act. In a…
A convicted Yellowknife drug dealer was in court Monday seeking the return of two vehicles that were seized from him by RCMP when he was arrested. Norman Hache, 38, was sentenced to five years in prison in August of 2017 after he essentially pleaded guilty to being the ringleader of…
A Yellowknife woman has been sentenced to 30 days in jail after she stole her ex-boyfriend’s debit card and drained his bank account of almost $23,000. Audrea Meyok, 36, who is originally from Kugluktuk, NU, was sentenced in territorial court in Yellowknife on Wednesday. She was also ordered to repay…
The murder trial for a Hay River man, set for mid-January, has been postponed after he fired his legal aid lawyer. Levi Cayen, who’s in his early 20s, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Alex Norwegian in Hay River on Boxing Day, 2017. Cayen appeared in Supreme…
Colten McNeely will have to wait two more months to learn his fate. McNeely, from the Sahtu community of Fort Good Hope, is charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Lloyd Edgi in September of 2017. The 26-year old McNeely was to get a verdict from the judge…
A Yellowknife woman shed tears of relief Monday after a Ndilo man received a nine and a half year sentence for forcibly confining and sexually assaulting her as well as sexually assaulting another woman back in 2017. Peter Tsetta, 51, showed little reaction after being sentenced by Supreme Court Chief…
There are two high profile court appearances in Yellowknife today. At 2:30 – 50 year old Peter Tsetta of Ndilo is to be in Supreme Court to be sentenced after he was found guilty earlier this year of two counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement. Court…
A 31-year-old man from Inuvik has been fined $1,500 after he shot and killed a polar bear out of season in 2018. Justice Christine Gagnon handed Justin Elias the fine on Tuesday, November 5. Elias was reportedly also given a year of supervised probation and ordered to complete 15 hours…