Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane and several members of her cabinet met with Tłı̨chǫ Government Grand Chief George Mackenzie as well as regional Chiefs Clifford Daniels, David Wedawin, Charlie Football, and Alfonz Nitsiza in Yellowknife last week to discuss issues of common interest. That included Tłı̨chǫ Government Priorities to Inform…
Two NWT residents remain “persons of interest” after a homicide late last year in northern Alberta. That’s according to RCMP Sgt. Mark Sloan of Alberta RCMP’s Major Crimes North Division. He says no arrests have been made in the suspicious death of a man whose body was found near Red…
After almost two and a half weeks as a missing person, there is still no sign at all whatsoever of Yellowknife resident Sladjana Petrovic. The 60-year-old woman, originally from Serbia, hasn’t been seen or heard from since Boxing Day, December 26. That’s despite extensive ground and aerial searches conducted by…
Updated: January 13, 2020 with additional information. Indian Day School survivors can start submitting compensation claims today. There are five levels of claims ranging in compensation from $10,000 to $200,000. An estimated 140,000 day school survivors are eligible for compensation. Gowling WLG is the law firm handling the class action…
Friends and family in the Sahtú, and across the Northwest Territories, are mourning the death and celebrating the life of highly-respected and beloved Elder Therese Pierrot. Her son Ronald Pierrot says Therese was 85-years old when she died peacefully of natural causes on Tuesday at the long-term healthcare facility in…
A sexual assault trial ground to a halt on Tuesday in Yellowknife after the accused asked for a Tlicho interpreter. Leon Nasken, 65, is facing a single count of sexual assault. According to RCMP, he was charged in May of 2018 after a complaint from a woman. It is not…
A prominent Yellowknife citizen appeared in court Wednesday in an effort to have property she says belongs to her, her husband and her son returned to them by the RCMP. Two vehicles, a snowmobile and a rifle were seized by RCMP in 2016 when drug trafficking charges were laid against…
With budget discussions in full swing, an ongoing concern is how much the territorial government will be able to borrow in the coming years. Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek met with her provincial and federal counterparts in Ottawa shortly before the holidays. During the meeting, the minister pushed for “nation-building investments”…
A helicopter has now been used to scour Yellowknife in the hopes of finding a missing Yellowknife woman. The chopper was flying over Yellowknife Tuesday after a citizen reported seeing an article of clothing that may have belonged to Sladjana Petrovic. The 60-year-old potentially vulnerable woman has not been seen…
Employees of a Goodwill store in Edmonton are trying their best to find the owner of a sealskin coat that was made in the Northwest Territories and discovered in their after-hours donation bin last week. Store manager Bev Latta from the Whyte Avenue Goodwill says when the parka was discovered,…