Aaron Kay, a 38-year-old Inuvik man, is facing charges of attempted murder, according to an RCMP press release. Police responded to a report of a stabbing in the parking lot of the Nova Apartments in Inuvik around 6:30 p.m. on Friday. A man was taken to the Inuvik Regional Hospital…
An easier transition from work to home is coming for NWT residents. Resident flight crews/employees and supply chain workers traveling domestically will no longer have to isolate upon return to the NWT, but any international travel will still be required to self-isolate. Amendments to public health orders have been issued…
An increase in testing and improved personal protective equipment procurement are some of the objectives of a federal investment. The federal government is providing $19 billion in funding to assist provinces and territories navigate the next six to eight months of reopening. The funding under the Safe Restart Agreement will…
Linda Croft says she finds herself kicking travelers out of Fort Providence several times a week. “I figure if no one else is going to do it, I’ll do it,” she says with a laugh. Croft, an employee with the Big River Service Centre, launched a petition demanding the Government…
Tuktoyaktuk RCMP says there is an ongoing investigation to find 50-year-old Ernest Raymond. Police say they received a call shortly before 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, saying Raymond was missing. He reportedly had not been seen in the community for “several days”. Officers went to a camp at Reindeer…
A trailer filled with kitchen equipment in Fort Good Hope has become a makeshift meat processor, turning previously troublesome muskox into sausages and hamburger patties. Last week the department of Environment and Natural Resources was called into the community to deal with muskox near the airport. Instead of letting the…
Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief George Mackenzie says “enough is enough” and demands the cancellation of a public tender for the reconstruction of Rae Road. Tłı̨chǫ leaders say they were left out of the conversation when the Government of the Northwest Territories issued a tender for the project. In a news release,…
The Kátł’odeeche Fırst Natıon is suing the territorial government, the Northwest Territories Métis Nation (NWTMN), the Hay River Métis Government Council (HRMGC) and its president, Trevor Beck. In a news release, the First Nation says the legal action comes after years of silence from the territorial government on “unauthorized cabin…
The Łútsël K’é Dene First Nation is launching a wild food kitchen as a result of a federal investment. This comes as part of a nearly $56,000 fund to reduce food insecurity across the Northwest Territories, according to a press release issued by Michael McLeod, NWT MP. The money comes…
The office of the fire marshal will not be investigating the source of a car fire in downtown Yellowknife on Tuesday. Jay Boast is a spokesperson for the department of Municipal and Community Affairs, which oversees the office of the fire marshal. “Video surveillance of the motor vehicle fire has…