It was a day of sad, dramatic and at times difficult testimony to listen to as a preliminary hearing was held in Yellowknife Wednesday for a man left a quadriplegic in an incident last year in the Sahtu community of Colville Lake. Eddy Cook Jr., 56, from Fort Good Hope,…
The federal government is investing in its “gateway to the North” says Minister of National Defence Harjit S. Sajjan. Sajjan was in Yellowknife on Wednesday to announce $150 million in funding over five years to extend the runway at Inuvik’s Mike Zubko Airport by more than 900 meters. The money…
The Government of the Northwest Territories is facing a 20 million dollar representative action lawsuit over it’s number of privacy breaches. Steven Cooper, a former resident of the NWT and lawyer based in Edmonton is one of the litigators representing residents whose personal health records have been breached. Cooper says…
A 36-year-old man is fighting for his life in an Edmonton hospital after he was punched in the head several times during an attack Tuesday afternoon in front of the downtown Yellowknife sobering centre on 50 St. According to RCMP, about 5:40 p.m. Tuesday evening, officers responded to a call…
A former Yellowknife man has been declared a dangerous offender and imprisoned for 14 years to be followed by ten years of long-term supervision after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Hay River in 2014. Cody Durocher, 34, was handed his punishment in Supreme Court in…
The former Speaker of the NWT Legislative Assembly has announced that he is running to become the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding on Nunakput. Jackie Jacobson was the MLA for the riding from 2007 to 2015 and was the Speaker for his second term. He says his…
Yellowknife City Councillor Rommel Silverio has announced he’s running to become the member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Kam Lake. Silverio is a two-term city councillor having been re-elected last year. He says obviously he could not hold down both jobs if he wins but says that…
Long-time Yellowknifer Thom Jarvis has declared his intention to run to become a member of the NWT Legislative Assembly in the Riding of Yellowknife Centre. In breaking the news to CKLB Friday evening, Jarvis says he both works and lives downtown in the riding and is confident that he is…
Edwin Erutse knows the delay to signing an establishment agreement for the Ts’udé Nilįné Tuyeta protected area is far from ideal. Erustse, the president of the Yamoga Land Corporation, and other community leaders in Fort Good Hope were criticized earlier this week for delaying the agreement after the community approved…
The federal government has committed almost $1.8 million dollars to help improve the quality of life for Elders and other senior citizens in the Northwest Territories. The funding announcement was made Thursday at the Avens Seniors Centre in Yellowknife by NWT MP Michael McLeod. It’s the latest in a slew…