Fort Liard RCMP confirm officers are now investigating a sudden death in the community, after they stated in a press release that a body of an adult male was discovered Wednesday afternoon in the area of Big Creek, outside of Fort Liard. Community members have told CKLB that the body…
Northwestel says a damaged fibre line leading Yellowknife is to blame for what it calls a major disruption of telecommunications services, including Internet connection, to the city and surrounding areas last night. Northwestel states in an email that its technicians responded immediately and performed temporary repairs. Service is now restored….
Updated on May 10, 12:30 p.m. with comments from ENR. Several communities in the South Slave and Deh Cho regions are currently at extreme risk for fire. That’s according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) fire danger forecast. Enterprise, Kakisa and Fort Providence are all considered extreme…
Mounties in Yellowknife are trying to identify and locate a woman who they allege used fraudulent prescriptions to gain illegal access to medication in local pharmacies. In a news release, police state that between March 29 and March 31, the woman visited two local pharmacies and used what police believe…
A Yellowknife man, charged with attempted murder after a vicious New Year’s Eve stabbing, is to be back in court on Oct. 4 for a preliminary hearing. Tariq St. Croix, 24, made a brief appearance in a Yellowknife Court on Tuesday by video from the North Slave Correctional Complex. He…
Northerners—especially youth—have more career paths than just working the mines, says James Heidema. Heidema is the Chief Operating Officer of Northwestern Air Lease (NWAL), which recently opened its Terry Harrold School of Aviation in partnership with the Pentecostal Sub-arctic Leadership Training (SaLT) College. As airlines are getting more and more…
To kick off National Nurses Week, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Registered Nurses Association of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (RNANT/NU) signed and Memorandum of Understanding to introduce a single regulatory body for all nurses in the territory. Right now, nursing positions are registered differently—if at all—in…
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) now says it will investigate after a Buffalo Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing off the runway last week near the Hay River Airport. In a news release, the TSB states that it’s deploying a team of investigators to the…
For the first time in the Northwest Territories, the federal Green Party has two people seeking the nomination to run in this fall’s general election. The two candidates are former City Councillor and lawyer Paul Falvo and William Gagnon. Green members will be voting on Friday May 10th at the…
A man from Inuvik who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a sleeping woman in that community has been sentenced at two and a half years in jail. Jordan Amos, 27, told his lawyer that due to his level of intoxication on November 19th, 2017, he has little memory of the…