The North’s largest telecommunications company says the changes to data usage it introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic will become permanent. Following an application to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, NorthwesTel removed the data usage limits for many clients and boosted the limit for others from March to May. In…
Yellowknife RCMP is asking for the public’s help in finding 22-year-old Adrian Sangris. Sangris is facing several charges relating to an assault that police say happened on June 16 at a residence in Yellowknife. An arrest warrant was issued on June 18 in territorial court for Sangris. Police describe Sangris…
A Dene man alleged he was assaulted by police officers on June 10, now Yellowknife RCMP says none of its officers had any contact with him on that day. Yellowknife RCMP says it was made aware of the allegations on June 11 and the General Investigative Section started an investigation…
Three days after lifting the boil water advisory, the chief environmental health officer has reinstated it for the communities of Hay River, K’atl’odeeche Reserve, Enterprise and Kakisa. Similarly to the first advisory, this one is also due to high levels of turbidity (debris and sediment) and is “precautionary in nature.”…
The City of Yellowknife and Yellowknife Fire Division have issued a ban on open-air fires, effective immediately. The fire ban is now also in place for Fred Henne Territorial Park and Yellowknife River Territorial Park. “When we have 5 – 6 days of “Extreme” indices we place a fire…
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya is calling on northern and federal leaders to enforce Alberta to reinstate environmental monitoring of the oil sands. The Alberta Environment and Parks department suspended certain monitoring practices with the oil sands as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Alberta Energy Regulator has received legitimate…
NWT residents wanting to leave the territory via Highway 7 will be allowed to do so twice a week. The territorial government has updated its travel restrictions to allow residents to leave using schedule exits at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. Residents wishing to leave need to email the…
A handful of NWT airlines and rotary wing operators will be receiving an additional $3 million in funding to ensure essential services continue. Summit Air was one of the airline providers who received the funding. Myles Cane, spokesperson for Summit Air said in an email, the company is using the…
Fort Liard RCMP says it is investigating a third incident of “damage done” at the gate on Highway 7 near the British Columbia border. The department of Infrastructure informed local RCMP of the incident, the department has since re-secured the gate. There have been two other similar occurrences, on April…
The YK Food Bank is hoping to begin accepting food donations in the next month, the vice president says. The news comes at a good time as food supplies are beginning to run low, says Coleen McClean-Cham, volunteer coordinator. “We’re still not taking any food donations, and our stock pile,…