Two crew members walked away unharmed after a Buffalo Airways plane made an emergency landing off the runway Friday morning near Hay River. Spokesperson Alex Fournier from the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) says it happened about 8:00 am after an engine failed on the DC-3. “The Hay River to Yellowknife…
Members of the Inuvik Native Band went to the polls yesterday to elect their next Chief. Two candidates put their names forward. Robert Charlie was elected with 60 votes over Richard Ross who received 41 votes. Only 101 ballots were cast, out of the 502 eligible voters in Inuvik. Joining…
Passengers flying out of the Yellowknife Airport are being told to arrive 90 minutes before departure time instead of the usual 60 minutes due to ongoing renovations to the main baggage screening area. According to an advisory from the NWT Department of Infrastructure, which oversees all the territory’s airports, after…
A relatively small but enthusiastic group of environmentally-conscious students held an information picket on Friday in downtown Yellowknife. The youngsters set up in front of the Post Office and were encouraging passing motorists to honk their horns if they believe climate change is real. They were also pushing their message…
Starting on Monday, the 17th session of the territory’s youth parliament will take place. Nineteen high school students from across the NWT, each representing their riding, will participate in three days of meetings and briefings. In a news release, the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) says the program is…
May 26th at 6:00 am. You might want to mark that on your calendar – that’s three weeks from this Sunday. That’s when the emergency department at the new Stanton Territorial Hospital will be up and running. It’s not far from the emergency department at the old Stanton, but hospital…
An Inuvik man has been sentenced to two years in jail after he pleaded guilty in a Yellowknife court to assault causing bodily harm on his then girlfriend and sexually assaulting her mother later that same night. CKLB is not identifying the man in order to protect the identities of…
Young people from communities across the NWT are converging on Yellowknife for the 21st Annual Territorial Competition and Career Expo. The opening ceremony is Thursday night at 7:00 at the Yellowknife Multiplex with the competition itself taking place Friday. The Skills Canada NWT Territorial Competition is an Olympic style event…
A preliminary hearing which began Wednesday for a Yellowknife father and son charged with second-degree murder in the death of a city cab driver last fall has adjourned until September. Preliminary hearings are held to determine if there is enough evidence to send the case to trial. Evidence and testimony…
Indigenous people and people in custody are identified in a new report as more vulnerable to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder than the rest of the population. FASD is 10 to 40 times higher in certain groups than the general population according to a study published by Toronto’s Centre for Addiction…