RCMP now say that after an extensive aerial and water-based search since Monday, they are now in recovery mode for four commercial fishermen missing on Great Slave Lake since last weekend. In a news release issued Friday afternoon, Mounties stated that under the circumstances and with the low probability of…
A Yellowknife-area man does not want to be called a hero but he is being credited with possibly saving a man’s life after two boats crashed head-on Thursday on Great Slave Lake, not far from Yellowknife Bay. Three men in total are probably thankful to be alive after the harrowing…
Environment and climate change is one of the most important issues to Canadian voters; the same cannot be said for most of the NWT candidates in the upcoming federal election. Liberal Michael McLeod, Conservative Yanik D’Aigle, and People’s Party candidate Luke Quinlan all skipped out on a debate centred around…
Originally from Grand Prairie, AB, 26-year-old Salah Omar is facing a series drug-related charges. According to an RCMP news release, the charges stem from offences committed in September 2018 and include one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking, one count of obstructing a peace officer, and four counts…
A Yellowknife father and son duo have pleaded guilty to reduced charges in connection to the death of a Yellowknife cab driver in 2018. 20-year old Elias Schiller pleaded guilty to manslaughter while his father James Schiller, 49, pleaded guilty to being an accessory to aggravated assault. Both pleas were…
In a rare, if not unprecedented decision in the Northwest Territories, a Supreme Court judge has lifted a publication ban on the name of a victim of a sexual assault and forcible confinement in Ndilo in 2017. The victim, Cynthia Grandjambe of Yellowknife, had requested that the ban be lifted…
Sirens blared by the CKLB station down to the Yellowknife Lift Station next to the recycle bins on School Draw Avenue. When reporters arrived, the station was cordoned off with yellow police tape; three ambulances, two firetrucks and two municipal enforcement vehicles were scattered at the scene. Upon arriving, we…
A sentencing hearing began in Supreme Court in Yellowknife Thursday for a Ndilo man convicted of two counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement. Peter Tsetta, 50, was found guilty by a judge in August. Court heard he held two women against their will at his home…
The Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) for the Northwest Territories has some very simple advice for people who vape or who are thinking about trying it. Dr. Kami Kandola says it you’ve already started – stop, and if you are thinking about trying a vapourizer, think carefully again. Kandola’s advice…
(UPDATE) As the search for the four missing fishermen on Great Slave Lake continues, RCMP have now released the names of the men who were onboard. They are: Stacy Linington, 59, from Hay River, believed to be the captain of the boat, Daniel Courtoreille, 51, Michael Courtoreille, 50, and Jason…