A judge has found a Tsiigehtchic man not guilty in the death of his son. Supreme Court Judge Andrew Mahar acquitted 57-year-old Wayne McDonald on a manslaughter charge Monday in Inuvik. McDonald, who was not in custody during his trial last week, was charged in connection with the April, 2016…
Indigenous MP Jody Wilson-Raybould hopes to hold her seat in the House of Commons as an independent. The former attorney general, justice minister and veteran affairs minister for the Liberals announced her candidacy earlier this morning. She will be running in her current riding of Vancouver Granville. Jane Philpott also announced…
A Yellowknife man is collecting donations for people in Northern Alberta who have been displaced by wildfires. Thousands of people from High level as well as at least three nearby First Nations communities have been forced from their homes over the last week or so. It appears they may be…
A man is in recovering from a non-life threatening wound after he was shot early Sunday morning in Yellowknife. RCMP state in a new release that officers were called to the Grayling Manor apartment building on 53rd Street near Franklin Ave., not far from downtown and found a 25-year-old man…
An Edmonton man has been sentenced to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a loaded AR-15 assault rifle found in his car in Fort Providence last fall. Cassiuis Paradis, 30, showed little reaction when he was…
Another day, another protest. At least that’s what it feels like for Yellowknife high school students concerned about climate change. Several students set up outside the Legislative Assembly on Friday morning–the latest venue to see a strike in the city. With signs like Honk 4 Climate and Every day is…
A missing female, who grew up in Lutsel K’e on the east arm of Great Slave Lake, is being featured today on Canada’s Missing Children website. Charlene Catholique was 15 years old when she disappeared on July 22nd, 1990. Charlene was last seen hitchhiking from Behchoko to Yellowknife on the…
Going into their second to last sitting before the fall election, members of the Legislative Assembly were facing 18 bills with another four soon on the way. Two of them were handled quickly on Thursday afternoon. In a news release, MLA Cory Vanthuyne, chair of the Standing Committee on Economic…
One Dene Tha’ elder says this is the second time in recent memory his community of Meander River has been forced to evacuate, due to a nearby Forrest Fire. Roy Salopree, who is well known for his Dene Drumming across the Dehcho Region is one of 25 people from his…
It is going to be a history-making weekend as Yellowknifers says goodbye to the old Stanton Territorial Hospital and hello to the spanking new facility. The new Stanton Territorial Hospital opens to patients on Sunday. Sunday will also see the transfer of existing patients from the old facility to the…