Fort McPherson senior citizens have new housing options after the opening of a new senior’s supported independent living nineplex in the MacKenzie Delta community. Alfred Moses, Minister Responsible for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation (NWTHC) and for Addressing Homelessness, says that the new housing provides supports for seniors to remain…
The warden of the North Slave Correctional Complex (NSCC) is to be subpoenaed to appear in court next Friday to tell a judge what, if any, services can be provided for a repeat sexual offender who has fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). It comes after the NWT’s newest judge Donovan…
Former NWT Commissioner and accomplished musician George Tuccaro will headline a fundraising concert at Old Town Glassworks Saturday night. The event is in support of Stephane and Allyce Hervieux who lost their houseboat to a devastating fire on Yellowknife Bay back in May of this year. The couple is well-known…
A Yellowknife judge has ruled that a one-year mandatory minimum jail sentence for child luring does not violate a man’s Constitutional rights. Supreme Court Judge Louise Charbonneau announced her decision in court Friday. She did not divulge her reasons for the decision but said that will come out in writing…
It’s nice to sit around a camp fire, enjoy a cup of bush tea or coffee and chat with friendly folks about your life and challenges. The City of Yellowknife is partnering up with the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation. In a news release issued Thursday, Mayor Rebecca Alty says “the…
The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority has announced improvements to the Cancer Navigation Program which is now available to all residents of the NWT. In a news release, the authority states that this development aligns with the goals of “Charting Our Course: Northwest Territories Cancer Strategy 2015-2025” to improve…
The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) has received $300,000 in federal funding for its Marine Program Coordinator project. In announcing the funding Thursday, NWT MP Michael McLeod points out that Indigenous coastal communities share ties to Canada’s oceans that span generations. They value them as a source of livelihood, food security,…
RCMP have come up empty in their latest search for the bodies of two missing snowmobilers in Great Slave Lake. Cammy Boucher, 23 of Lutsel K’e and Fort Good Hope resident Jake Gully, 28, have been missing since their snow machine went through thin ice as they travelled from Dettah…
After an election appeal was called, members of the Smith’s Landing First Nation in Northern Alberta are being forced to vote for a new council again. Chief Gerrry Cheezie’s election was not challenged, but he and the newly elected council agreed to follow arbitrator Don Mallon’s call to have another…
A Yellowknife man has been sentenced to a year in jail after an attack that left another man with a serious brain injury. Daniel Hache, 23, was handed his punishment on Tuesday in Supreme Court in Yellowknife. Court heard that he was camping with the victim and the victim’s girlfriend…