Wait and see what happens. That’s essentially the first of three recommendations made by the Special Committee to Increase the Representation of Women. The committee released its final report earlier this week in the Legislative Assembly. Building on interim report The territory has the lowest percentage of women in its…
Two men have been arrested in a police takedown in Yellowknife after a cabbie was hurt when he was robbed behind a downtown apartment building. RCMP state in a news release that they were called about 7:30 Wednesday morning to an alley behind the Grayling Manor apartment on 53 St….
A Yellowknife man, who skipped out on his sexual assault trial one day after a jury had been picked, has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for failure to attend court. Alden Lennie, 35, was a no-show in court back in January. A warrant was issued for his arrest…
The Chief Coroner of the Northwest Territories has confirmed that a body found last month in Lennie Lake, about 35 kilometres north of Norman Wells, is that of Darren Whiteman. The 20-year-old man had been reported missing last fall after having last been seen at his family’s cabin on Lennie…
No one was hurt when a fire badly damaged a house in Yellowknife on Tuesday afternoon near Pilots’ Monument in Old Town. According to a news release from the city, firefighters got the call to 3509 Ingraham Drive just before 5:00 pm. They arrived to find the roughly 1,000 square…
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has announced that it will now financially cover the cost of a birth control drug for residents with a valid NWT Health Care Card who do not have full coverage for prescriptions under another program or group insurance plan. Mifegymiso is a prescription…
Folks are celebrating the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement today in Inuvik and across the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, which stretches from Aklavik to Ulukhaktok, NWT. The biggest celebration for Inuvialuit Day is being planned to happen in Inuvik at Jim Koe Park, with a BBQ…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau changed his tune on using the work ‘Genocide,” when discussing the recent release of the final report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. One former minister from the Harper Government, called out Trudeau and the Inquiry as playing politics, and “using the plight and…
The testimony of more than 2,000 family members, survivors, experts and knowledge keepers has resulted in the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Final Report. The report, titled Reclaiming Power and Place, was presented publicly to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other senior cabinet members during…
Residents of Fort Smith are assessing the damage and cleaning up after a powerful storm Sunday that some people in the South Slave community are describing as a tornado. There are no reports of injuries but residents have posted to social media photos and video of damage to buildings and…