In a rare, if not unprecedented decision in the Northwest Territories, a Supreme Court judge has lifted a publication ban on the name of a victim of a sexual assault and forcible confinement in Ndilo in 2017. The victim, Cynthia Grandjambe of Yellowknife, had requested that the ban be lifted…
Sirens blared by the CKLB station down to the Yellowknife Lift Station next to the recycle bins on School Draw Avenue. When reporters arrived, the station was cordoned off with yellow police tape; three ambulances, two firetrucks and two municipal enforcement vehicles were scattered at the scene. Upon arriving, we…
A sentencing hearing began in Supreme Court in Yellowknife Thursday for a Ndilo man convicted of two counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement. Peter Tsetta, 50, was found guilty by a judge in August. Court heard he held two women against their will at his home…
The Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) for the Northwest Territories has some very simple advice for people who vape or who are thinking about trying it. Dr. Kami Kandola says it you’ve already started – stop, and if you are thinking about trying a vapourizer, think carefully again. Kandola’s advice…
(UPDATE) As the search for the four missing fishermen on Great Slave Lake continues, RCMP have now released the names of the men who were onboard. They are: Stacy Linington, 59, from Hay River, believed to be the captain of the boat, Daniel Courtoreille, 51, Michael Courtoreille, 50, and Jason…
A record-setting 9 women will be part of the 19th Legislative Assembly, according to unofficial results from Elections NWT. Lesa Semmler, who won the Inuvik Twin Lakes constituencies, told reporters last night, “We don’t want to be given our seats, we will earn them, we are not token women.” Joining…
According to two RCMP news releases that came in at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, both teens have been found safe. RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teen girl from Fort Smith and a missing teen boy from Hay River. In a news release, Mounties state…
RCMP have now confirmed CKLB’s report from earlier Tuesday afternoon that a missing fishing boat has been found capsized on Great Slave Lake. Searchers have been looking for the fishing boat from Hay River with four men aboard since Monday morning. RCMP stated in a news release at about 3:30…
RCMP say there is still no sign of four fishermen from Hay River who are reported missing on Great Slave Lake. According to a news release, issued by the Mounties late Tuesday morning, Hay River RCMP and the military’s Joint Rescue Command Centre (JRCC), based at Canadian Forces Base Trenton…
RCMP say they have charged a Tuktoyaktuk man with attempted murder after a shooting in that community back on September 22. CKLB first reported that Mounties were called just before 9:00 pm that Sunday after the shooting outside a residence. Police say a 43-year-old man was found inside a nearby…