A sexual assault trial ground to a halt on Tuesday in Yellowknife after the accused asked for a Tlicho interpreter. Leon Nasken, 65, is facing a single count of sexual assault. According to RCMP, he was charged in May of 2018 after a complaint from a woman. It is not…
A prominent Yellowknife citizen appeared in court Wednesday in an effort to have property she says belongs to her, her husband and her son returned to them by the RCMP. Two vehicles, a snowmobile and a rifle were seized by RCMP in 2016 when drug trafficking charges were laid against…
With budget discussions in full swing, an ongoing concern is how much the territorial government will be able to borrow in the coming years. Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek met with her provincial and federal counterparts in Ottawa shortly before the holidays. During the meeting, the minister pushed for “nation-building investments”…
A helicopter has now been used to scour Yellowknife in the hopes of finding a missing Yellowknife woman. The chopper was flying over Yellowknife Tuesday after a citizen reported seeing an article of clothing that may have belonged to Sladjana Petrovic. The 60-year-old potentially vulnerable woman has not been seen…
Employees of a Goodwill store in Edmonton are trying their best to find the owner of a sealskin coat that was made in the Northwest Territories and discovered in their after-hours donation bin last week. Store manager Bev Latta from the Whyte Avenue Goodwill says when the parka was discovered,…
Yellowknife RCMP will not conduct an internal investigation after an officer pulled his gun and pointed at the head of a terrified, innocent woman. Yellowknife resident Mika Kondo tells the CBC that last December 3, she was in her parked vehicle downtown when a man pointed a handgun at her…
Yellowknife RCMP have now released a clothing description and a new photo of a woman missing since Boxing Day. Mounties, in a news release, say the investigation has produced the latest image, taken the day before her disappearance. Petrovic is seen wearing a dark blue jacket with light blue liner,…
The Yukon Government has approved a licensed harvest on the Fortymile caribou herd. That follows a recommendation from the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board. The season opened on New Year’s day and runs until March 31. According to a news release from the Yukon government, the herd has grown…
One of the Dene Nation’s most traveled elders is being recognized this year by Canada’s Governor General Julie Payette. Former Smith’s Landing Chief and elder Francois Paulette will become an Officer of the Order of Canada this year. The Governor General’s press release says he is being recognized, “for his…
A former Fort Simpson resident is among dozens of Canadians who have gone to Australia to help battle that country’s devastating wildfires. Tanya Letcher is reportedly there but it’s not entirely clear which part of Australia she’s been posted to or exactly what her role is. According to her Linkedin…