Learning about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is the easiest way to support someone living with it. That’s according to Korry Garvey of the Foster Family Coalition of the NWT. September 9 is FASD Awareness Day and the coalition hosted a public barbecue in Somba K’e park in Yellowknife to raise…
No one is reported hurt but several residents have been indefinitely displaced after a fire Sunday morning at Crestview Manor on 52 Ave. at 50 St. in Yellowknife. According to a news release from the city – fire crews got the call just before 8:00 am and arrived to find…
Three NWT MLA’s will be acclaimed in the October 1st territorial election. After nominations closed on Friday afternoon it was revealed Speaker and Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty will be acclaimed for a second consecutive term. Sonny Blake is also unopposed in the Mackenzie Delta, and RJ Simpson in Hay River…
RCMP in the Northwest Territories have once again defended its officers for locking up a sexual assault victim. A then-13-year-old girl, the victim of a vicious sexual assault in 2014 at the Hay River high rise, was jailed by Mounties — they say — for being intoxicated and breaching her…
How important are the perceived effects of development on the land? That was one of the main questions at a public hearing on a possible change to Diavik mine’s closure plan. The project The mine is hoping to stuff 5 million cubic metres of processed kimberlite back into one of…
A man accused in a fatal attack in front of the Yellowknife Sobering Centre Tuesday is now charged with second-degree murder. Victor Ugyuk, 32, made a very brief appearance in Justice of the Peace bail court on Friday afternoon. He is charged in the beating death of Mark Poodlat, 36,…
Mounties in the Mackenzie Delta community of Fort McPherson say they stopped 144 bottles of liquor from entering the community, where alcohol is restricted under the NWT Liquor Act. There is a set amount of booze any one person can bring into the community. According to a news release from…
New Democrats from the Northwest Territories finally have a candidate for the upcoming federal election. According to a news release from the NWT Federal NDP Electoral District Association, Inuvik resident Mary Beckett will be their candidate. The NDP is the last of the main federal parties to announce their candidate…
A 36-year-old man who was attacked in front of Yellowknife’s Day Shelter earlier this week has died. CKLB’s John McFadden originally reported Mark Poodlat’s injury and being in critical condition. RCMP issued a press release Thursday afternoon stating that the Poodlat family informed them of his sudden passing in and…
Edjericon is back on the ticket. Richard Edjericon, a former chief of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, and former chair of the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board is joining the race for MLA in the riding of Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. In 2015 he was defeated by incumbent Tom Beaulieu. Beaulieu…