MLAs are criticizing Minister of Finance Robert C. McLeod for a lack of detail on the implementation of the territorial carbon tax. Kam Lake MLA Kieron Testart is the chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations. The committee originally had public meetings scheduled for this week on Bills 42…
A young man from the Sahtu community of Tulita has been sentenced to four months in jail for offering a bribe to a woman he’d been charged with sexually assaulting to not testify against him. Stuart Campbell, 26, received his punishment in a Yellowknife courtroom on Monday, at which time…
Yellowknife RCMP are advising the public to be aware of a stranger trying to lure children, after a report of a suspicious person in a vehicle allegedly requested a female youth to get into his vehicle this past Saturday. In a press release issued Sunday, G-Division RCMP say an 8…
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) and City of Yellowknife are partnering in a new opportunity to increase economic development in Yellowknife, Ndilo and Dettah. The two governments have been chosen as successful joint applicants to the First Nations – Municipal Community Economic Development Initiative program. According to a news…
Yellowknife RCMP are investigating a sudden death in the city earlier this month. In a news release, Mounties state that a man from Yellowknife was found in medical distress early morning on June 2. He was subsequently transported by Medevac to Edmonton where he died on June 3, police stated….
Yellowknife RCMP are investigating yet another armed robbery at a convenience store in the city. Police state in a news release that the Circle K Convenience at Forrest Drive and Franklin Ave., otherwise known as Mac’s or Winks, was held up early Thursday night by a suspect, brandishing a knife….
After being missing in action for the past several months, strippers have returned to Harley’s Hard Rock Saloon in downtown Yellowknife as the business has come under new ownership. Harley’s is the only establishment north of the 60th parallel in Canada that offers exotic dancers. Yellowknife resident Scott Yuill says…
“There have been several emergency situations over the years and across the territory where having a 911 service would have improved response times and, in some cases, even saved lives.” Despite this acknowledgement of the need for 911 in the territory, Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs Alfred Moses said…
A Behchoko man has been sentenced to 150 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to punching a woman in the face without provocation and sexually assaulting a male cellmate inside the Behchoko RCMP detachment. Joey Eyakfwo, 45, apologized to his victims in a Yellowknife courtroom Friday before he was…
The Government of the Northwest Territories and De Beers Group are partnering on a project that will renovate and reconfigure the Yellowknife Women’s Society’s emergency and transitional housing shelter on Franklin Avenue – what used to be known as the Centre for Northern Families. At a news conference Thursday at…