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Community, Featured, Justice, News, Police December 2, 2022

Update: Fort Providence RMCP locate, arrest suspect in alleged assault

Logan Causa was found at a "rural property" near Fort Providence on Saturday

A suspect in an alleged Fort Providence assault is in custody after escaping arrest on Friday. Logan Causa, 22, was found at a “rural property” near Fort Providence on Saturday and arrested “without incident.” Early on Friday morning, Fort Providence RCMP responded to an alleged assault causing “serious injuries,” according…

Featured, Justice, News, Police November 30, 2022

Charges pending against Yellowknife man in 50th Street robbery

The suspect was arrested "without incident" in an alleyway by the business

A 32-year-old Yellowknife man is in custody with multiple charges pending against him following a robbery on 50th Street this week. Police were called to the business at an unspecified time on Tuesday, Nov. 29 after staff activated a panic alarm. After arriving on the scene and learning the business…

Featured, Justice, Law courts, News October 26, 2022

Former crown attorney behind allegations against NWT judge

Chertkow filed a complaint with the Judicial Council alleging Judge Donovan Molloy is guilty of misconduct

After staying in the shadows, the person who has filed a complaint against a Territorial Court Judge has come to light. Her name is Martha Chertkow – a former crown attorney. Chertkow filed a complaint with the Judicial Council alleging Judge Donovan Molloy is guilty of misconduct. Aside from Chertkow’s…

Community, Environment, Featured, Justice, Law courts, News October 25, 2022

Judge throws out warrant in Łútsël K’é raid

LKDFN says it may pursue a civil suit against the GNWT

A territorial court judge has thrown out the search warrant for last month’s raid on a cultural camp near Łútsël K’é. On Monday, Chief Justice Shannon Smallwood agreed to throw out the warrant at the request of Larry Innes, the lawyer for the Łútsël K’é Dene First Nation. The council…

Featured, Justice, News, Police October 24, 2022

Fort McPherson booze bust nets 102 bottles of vodka

Police say they made the seizure last Friday during a routine traffic stop on the Dempster Highway

An unidentified man is facing charges in connection with what RCMP are calling a “significant” liquor seizure near Fort McPherson. Police say they made the seizure last Friday during a routine traffic stop on the Dempster Highway, within the 25-kilometre radius of the Fort McPherson Liquor Restriction. RCMP say they…

Community, Featured, Justice, Law courts, News, Police October 21, 2022

Swords, guns, ammunition seized in Norman Wells raid

No charges have been laid in connection with the raid

Three swords, 16 long-barrel firearms and more than 1,300 rounds of ammo were among the weapons seized by Norman Wells RCMP this week. On Monday, Oct. 17, a raid was conducted on a home in Norman Wells with the help of a nearby detachment. In addition to the swords, long-barrel…

Featured, Justice, Police October 20, 2022

Saamba K’e man facing gun charges

Fort Simpson RCMP say they got the call Wednesday

A 43-year-old man from Saamba K’e is facing several charges for allegedly threatening a woman with a firearm at a residence. Fort Simpson RCMP say they got the call Wednesday evening and flew out to the area with a police service dog. They say the man had fled the residence and…

Featured, Justice, News, Police October 11, 2022

RCMP investigating fatal crash near Inuvik

One man is dead and charges are pending against another following this weekend's accident

The RCMP are investigating a motor vehicle accident near Inuvik that left one person dead over the weekend. The accident happened on Saturday evening, at about 8:20 p.m. along the Inuvik/Tuktoyaktuk highway. A man who was seriously injured in the crash was airlifted to a hospital in Alberta, where he…

Community, Events, Featured, Justice, News, Police October 5, 2022

Dene Nation, allies march for MMIWG

Forty-seven Indigenous women or girls killed between 1980 and 2012 were in the Northwest Territories

Dozens took to the streets of Ndilo and Yellowknife on Tuesday to mark the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on Tuesday. The march began at the Ndilo gym and continued all the way to Yellowknife’s Northern United Place, where there was a sharing…

Community, Featured, Justice, News, Police September 23, 2022

Fort Good Hope stabbing suspect turns himself in

Thaddeus McNeely surrendered to police on Thursday evening

The lone suspect in a series of stabbings in Fort Good Hope has turned himself in to authorities. In a press conference on Thursday evening, RCMP Supt. Jeffrey Christie said McNeely had turned himself in to authorities earlier that evening. A motive for the crime has still not been established,…