A convicted Yellowknife drug dealer was in court Monday seeking the return of two vehicles that were seized from him by RCMP when he was arrested. Norman Hache, 38, was sentenced to five years in prison in August of 2017 after he essentially pleaded guilty to being the ringleader of…
M-Division RCMP have arrested two suspects in connection with a shooting that happened this past weekend in downtown Whitehorse. Police say the two suspects were arrested Sunday night. The two were allegedly involved in a shooting outside the 202 Motor Inn on Jarvis Street early Sunday morning. Update: Two…
A new policy aiming to help only homeless clients of the Yellowknife Sobering Centre goes into effect today. The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority and the NWT Disabilities Council, the operator of the Sobering and Day Centre issued the statement on Sunday. It reads – “This change is…
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya is joining hundreds of other First Nations leaders, Elders and Knowledge Keepers, women, youth and other delegates on Algonquin Territory in the nation’s capital for the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly taking place Tuesday through Thursday. Chiefs and delegates are gathering in Ottawa…
Officials from the Dene Nation are rolling up their sleeves and getting down to the fish business with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and the Canadian Coast Guard to develop the Arctic Region According to a Dene Nation news release they’ve signed an agreement with DFO and the…
On Friday, Yellowknife students led the charge to call on MLAs to declare a climate emergency. Here’s what organizer Ella Kokelj had to say about the gathering; she also lists some specifics she’d like to see from the Government of the Northwest Territories. Kokelj said there has been “movement” on…
After a relatively mild fall across the Northwest Territories, Environment Canada’s most recognizable forecaster is calling for our winter to be slightly warmer than normal. Senior Climatologist David Phillips acknowledges that autumn technically has three more weeks left in it but says it’ll likely finish milder than usual. Phillips also…
Motorists in the Dehcho region are happy, as the Liard River ice crossing opened to light traffic at noon today. Vehicles weighing less than 5000 kilograms can drive across the seasonal ice road. The Department of Infrastructure says the last 25 year average opening date is November 29th. Until today,…
At a public hearing this week on its water license application, De Beers said constructing wetlands at its closed Snap Lake mine site is no longer required, nor feasible. The company initially proposed building wetlands in its water license application and final closure plan as a way to reduce nitrate…
Yellowknife’s only Indigenous city councillor says she is “enraged” after learning the City of Yellowknife will not renew its Indigenous relations advisor post once Maggie Mercredi’s 18-month term ends in February. Stacie Smith says the decision is short-sighted and wrong. “I don’t think the role was taken as seriously as…