Here’s how to get your day school records from the GNWT
Hundreds of Indigenous people in the Northwest Territories are taking a pro-active approach to the proposed Indian Day School settlement. CKLB recently came across a…
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Collaboration key to improve support and services to properly address MMIWG: Native Women’s Association of the NWT
When Lesa Semmler was eight years old, her mother, Joyce, was murdered by her common-law partner. Semmler was one of the first women to testify…
Yellowknife RCMP investigating after 8-year-girl was invited into stranger’s car
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…
MMIWG inquiry delivers 231 ‘Calls to Justice’ in final report
The testimony of more than 2,000 family members, survivors, experts and knowledge keepers has resulted in the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women…
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya ‘satisfied’ with proposed Indian Day School settlement
This story contains passages that may trigger traumatic memories. Be warned before reading. “I was in the day school (in Tulita) when the teacher broke…
Preliminary hearing for Yk man, charged with attempted murder, set for Oct. 4
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…
Inuvik man sentenced to 2.5 years in jail for sex assault on sleeping woman
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…
Inuvik man sentenced to two years jail for sex assault and assault causing bodily harm
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…
Prelim for Yk dad and son charged with murder adjourns until fall
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…
Inuvik man to be sentenced Wednesday for sex assault, assault causing bodily harm
A man from Inuvik is to be sentenced in a Yellowknife court on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to hitting a woman in the face…