Warning: this story contains details of an assault. When Chuckie Nicotine was 17 years old, she hopped into a truck to go get groceries with a male relative. After getting what they needed, he stopped for a few drinks. Nicotine waited in the car. On their way back after the…
A full field of nearly 100 golfers teed it up Friday in Yellowknife under gorgeous sunny skies for the annual RCMP Chris Worden Memorial Golf Tournament. Both RCMP members and civilians hit the links at the Yellowknife Golf Club for the event. RCMP Const. Chris Worden was on duty when…
Eight communities in the Northwest Territories are now under a public health advisory due to smoke exposure from wildfires in Alberta. The advisory was issued Monday night by the NWT’s acting chief public health officer. In a news release, it’s stated that the amount of smoke may change due to weather…
Norman Wells RCMP are investigating a house fire that occurred Sunday. In a news release issued yesterday they state that upon arrival officers assisted the Norman Wells Fire Department by evacuating houses in the area and by providing traffic control. They add that three occupants of the home were able to…
Chaplain and lay minister Jim Lynn got a terrible shock when he went for his routine visit to the Dettah cemetery on Monday. August 24th will be the third anniversary of when his son Mark went missing near the Yellowknives Dene Community on the eastern shore across from Yellowknife. “People…
Residents of Indian Cabins, Alberta have been forced to leave the community. Mackenzie County issued a mandatory evacuation order on Monday due to a wildfire in the area. Byron Peters is the deputy chief administrative officer of Mackenzie County. He said the county spoke with residents, who said they preferred…
École Sir John Franklin High School held its 15th annual Honour Ceremony for Indigenous Graduates on Saturday. (All photos: Francis Tessier-Burns/CKLB). [slide-anything id=’1510′]
An Edmonton man, who is originally from Fort Smith, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for pouring gasoline on a house in Fort Smith and threatening to set it and a woman inside the home on fire. A Yellowknife court heard that Joseph Emile, 31, was intoxicated when…
The ballots have been cast, and results are in. Members of the Smith’s Landing First Nation in Northern Alberta, just minutes away from Fort Smith, have elected Gerry Cheezie as their new chief. Cheezie was in leadership back in the 1970’s and 80’s when the community shared a band council…
About two dozen Grade 4 students from Weledeh Catholic School in Yellowknife, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, have a new-found appreciation for the Dene culture after spending two days out on the land. After receiving a $5,000 grant from the NWT On the Land Collaborative, teacher Sonja Hunt rode with her…