Roughly 40,000 litres of waste water containing arsenic has spilled at the Giant Mine site in Yellowknife earlier this month. Although there are no immediate impacts to the surrounding area, Meghan Housley, senior communications officer for the Giant Mine Remediation Project says a final and more detailed report is expected…
Tulita RCMP acted on a tip from the public last night and it paid off, with the seizure of a large quantity of liquor arriving in the community by boat. “More great work by our officers in the North District!” stated a post to the RCMP’s social media page. The…
A 70-year-old Hay River man has been charged under the Cannabis Act after RCMP discovered “a large number of cannabis plants” on his property during an unrelated August call. Last Friday, Mounties executed a search warrant and seized 40 cannabis plants, which is ten times what is currently permitted under…
“I’m at a breaking point. I’m out of options. But today we’re supposed to hear news from the GNWT or the City … about finding us a new location or public housing if possible.” – Encampment resident Colton Migwi The homeless encampment on 51st Street in Yellowknife is scheduled to…
It was billed as an Axe the Tax rally, and Conservative Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre gleefully chopped away at the ruling Liberal Party’s record on Sunday, just days after the NDP pulled its support for the minority government. In addition to promising to kill the maligned Carbon Tax — which…
The politically heated 2024 Gwich’in Election of a Grand Chief will now simmer in the courts, after presumptive winner Frederick Blake Jr. was granted a judicial review this week of the Gwich’in Tribal Council’s decision to toss the results of the August 19th visit to the polls by beneficiaries. Incumbent…
A missing Hay River man has been found deceased in Alberta and authorities call it a homicide. Forty-one-year-old Tyler Peterson was last in contact with friends and family on July 3rd, and police issued a request for public assistance on July 10th. On Aug. 15, Alberta RCMP located human remains…
Two wanted teenagers were arrested and illegal drugs and guns were seized after Fort Providence RCMP received a complaint about suspicious people last week. On August 30th, which was last Friday, police received a report of two persons loitering around a local business in that South Slave region community, stated…
Fort Smith RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Dallas Abraham, who has been charged with multiple sexual assault and assault offences against the same person. These charges include two counts of three counts of sexual assault, one count of uttering threats, one count of assault causing bodily harm,…
A 19-year-old from Alberta is facing 10 charges related to drug trafficking and possession of weapons after Yellowknife RCMP executed a search warrant early Thursday morning. Police seized about $12,000 in cash, 100 grams of suspected crack cocaine, three loaded firearms and other drug trafficking paraphernalia. Three people were arrested,…