Early figures show the 2019 election’s voter turnout was a full ten per cent higher than in 2015—at 54 per cent. The last time voter turnout was over 50 per cent was in 2007, when 67 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballot. Much of the jump can be…
A record-setting 9 women will be part of the 19th Legislative Assembly, according to unofficial results from Elections NWT. Lesa Semmler, who won the Inuvik Twin Lakes constituencies, told reporters last night, “We don’t want to be given our seats, we will earn them, we are not token women.” Joining…
According to two RCMP news releases that came in at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, both teens have been found safe. RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teen girl from Fort Smith and a missing teen boy from Hay River. In a news release, Mounties state…
RCMP have now confirmed CKLB’s report from earlier Tuesday afternoon that a missing fishing boat has been found capsized on Great Slave Lake. Searchers have been looking for the fishing boat from Hay River with four men aboard since Monday morning. RCMP stated in a news release at about 3:30…
Two people have been arrested and charged after RCMP in Inuvik conducted a drug raid at a residence in that community. According to a news release from the Mounties, a digital scale with suspected crack cocaine residue, cellular devices and a large sum of Canadian currency were seized during the…
RCMP say there is still no sign of four fishermen from Hay River who are reported missing on Great Slave Lake. According to a news release, issued by the Mounties late Tuesday morning, Hay River RCMP and the military’s Joint Rescue Command Centre (JRCC), based at Canadian Forces Base Trenton…
RCMP say they have charged a Tuktoyaktuk man with attempted murder after a shooting in that community back on September 22. CKLB first reported that Mounties were called just before 9:00 pm that Sunday after the shooting outside a residence. Police say a 43-year-old man was found inside a nearby…
A search operation is underway after four commercial fishermen were reported overdue in Hay River. According to an RCMP news release, issued over the noon hour Monday, Mounties in Hay River received a report just after 4:00 am Monday that the men were believed to have been travelling by boat…
On Friday, September 27, students and staff at K’alemi Dene school in Ndilo celebrated the tenth anniversary of the new school building. [slide-anything id=”4245″] Later, the school inaugurated the new court as students took on staff in a basketball game.
Mounties in Hay River are investigating after a door was damaged at a local store in an apparent attempted break and enter. According to an RCMP news release, at about 12:20 am, on Thursday, September 19, officers responded to an attempted burglary at a business on Woodland Drive, in downtown…