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…
About an hour after RCMP in Yellowknife reported a missing woman, she has been found safe. In a news release issued over the noon hour Thursday, police stated that they were looking for 19-year-old Heidi Kamookak of Taloyoak, Nunavut. Police stated that she was last seen Wednesday near the Larga…
In a cautionary tale for parents, a former Yellowknife man has been convicted of a form of child luring after he pleaded guilty to sending a photo of his genitals to a teenage girl on social media. Ricky Lee Sutherland, 50, a former gymnastics coach in Yellowknife, was in court…
Mounties have confirmed that the body of Samuel Boucher, 65, of Lutsel K’e was recovered from Great Slave Lake on Monday after a snowmobiling tragedy that has claimed three lives. RCMP say they have no information about a second body having been seen from the air. That’s despite information to…
A massive wildfire that has forced the evacuation of the Northern Alberta town of High Level and the nearby First Nations Community of Bushe River may be moving away from town. No one has been reported hurt and according to published reports, officials say the winds continue to be favourable…
A Whati man has been found guilty of sexual assault for having sex with a 13-year-old girl at his home in August, 2016. A jury in Yellowknife, made up of eight men and four women, deliberated for about four hours on Friday before convicting Cory Nitsiza, 29. This was actually…
Residents of High Level, Alberta, not far from the NWT border, are reportedly being told to be ready to evacuate at any time as an out-of-control wildfire, fanned by strong winds and dry conditions, continues to grow. The Town of High Level announced Sunday that residents should fill their gas…
Mounties in Yellowknife are suspending the active search for three missing snowmobilers after a deceased person was observed in a large area of open water. Police left out the information about the body when they held a news conference Friday evening. RCMP stated in a news release issued Saturday that…