A 26-year-old canoeist is fortunate to be alive after he fell into rapids on a frigid Slave River on Thanksgiving Monday, just south of Fort Smith on the Alberta side of the border with the Northwest Territories. RCMP say the man had put the canoe in the river Monday afternoon…
G-Division RCMP confirms the collision of a white sedan and transport truck on Monday morning along NWT highway 3 killed two people. “Both occupants of the sedan, a 47-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman, were deceased upon arrival. The driver of the semi-trailer did not sustain any injury,” say police…
The Clerk of the Legislative Assembly said it had been years since he had seen so many people in the public gallery. Hundreds of friends and family members were gathered for the swearing in of the new MLAs on Friday, October 11. Following the brief ceremony, the newly-sworn-in MLAs were…
A Fort Simpson man who was shot last month by a wildlife officer with the territorial government’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) says he and his community are still owed some answers. Dennis Nelner, 54, was hit in the thigh with a slug fired from a shotgun while…
Yellowknife RCMP is asking for the public’s help as they search for a missing man. Glenn Harold Field, 63, has grey hair, grey/blue eyes, measuring 178 cm/5 feet 8 inches and weighing 77 kg/169 pounds. Field is reported to spend most of his time on the land, in the area of…
If you are unable to vote in the federal election on Oct. 21 or just want to get it done, and you live in one of six communities in the Northwest Territories, or Yellowknife, you can cast your ballot at an advance poll this week. The advance polls run from…
A Gwich’in Grandmother is taking another step in her faith journey. Mabel Brown says she feels blessed to become a deacon in the Anglican Church, and will serve in Inuvik and some of the outlying communities of the Beaufort Delta. “Because it’s a one time thing. It’s special and meaningful…
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya has expressed the importance of working with Dene people in the Northwest Territories as he sat down with 16 of the 19 MLAs-elect on Tuesday. Yakeleya talked to the incoming 19th Legislative Assembly members about the key priorities and issues facing the Dene in the…
Kevin O’Reilly has retained his Frame Lake MLA seat after a judicial recount in Yellowknife Wednesday morning. O’Reilly, the left-leaning incumbent, defeated the more pro-business David Ramsay by just 11 votes on election night last week. NWT Chief Electoral Officer Nicole Latour told CKLB that the recount numbers were exactly…
This morning, the new 19th Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories kicked off its priority-setting process. The newly-elected MLAs will be discussing their vision for the territory over the “next four years and beyond,” according to Tim Mercer, clerk of the Legislative Assembly. Each MLA will have a change to…