Yellowknife RCMP seeking public’s help in search for missing 60 year woman
Yellowknife RCMP are still seeking the public’s assistance locating a missing woman, 60 year old Sladjana Petrovic. She was reportedly last seen on December 26th…
Justice
Court rejects Indian Day School settlement appeal; compensation application period still delayed
Indian Day School class action members will need to wait a little bit longer to apply for compensation. Late last week, the Federal Court of…
30-year-old man facing charges after ‘sexual relationship’ with minor
Updated December 12, 4:25 p.m. A previous version of this story noted the exact date the accused was to be in court. RCMP have since…
Have your say on a new foundation for Sixties Scoop survivors
The Sixties Scoop shattered Indigenous families across Canada by taking children from their parents and placing them in the foster care system. Through the legal…
Still no answers two months after man was shot by ENR officer in Fort Simpson
It has now been more than two months since a man was shot in Fort Simpson by a Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) Department…
Opt-out period of Indian Day School lawsuit approaching
For anyone who does not want to be part of the Indian Day School class action lawsuit, you have until November 18 to opt-out. Under…
Dene National Chief applauds B.C. decision to implement UNDRIP, calls on GNWT to do the same
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya congratulated the British Columbia government for moving ahead with the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of…
Sentencing delayed for Yk man who drove with Mountie on hood after judge falls ill
A sentencing hearing for a Yellowknife man, convicted of assaulting a police officer with a vehicle, has been postponed after the judge presiding over the…
Yellowknife city councillor skeptical of RCMP downtown foot patrol numbers
A Yellowknife city councillor says she has a difficult time believing the RCMP’s claim that officers conducted 51 downtown foot patrols in August, including about…
Yellowknife teen sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for stabbing man, stealing his weed and beating up NSCC jail guard
A Yellowknife teenager who nearly stabbed a drug dealer to death, stole his marijuana and beat up a jail guard at the North Slave Correctional…