Two new wildfires were reported in South Slave over the weekend. One of the wildfires (SS010) is located 75 kilometres east of Fort Resolution. It started burning naturally and is 20 hectares in size. Water bombers were used to contain the fire. Structural protections have been set up in the…
The fire (SS009/HTZ001) has crossed the NWT-Alberta border as of Friday afternoon. Fire crews are setting up structure protections for the 60th Parallel Visitor Information Centre and other buildings near Highway 1. The highway is open with traffic control, according to the Infrastracture Department of the GNWT. “Significant fire activity…
Part of a jail will close, some leased offices will be emptied and the is a possibility of a few dozen cuts to GNWT positions, but there are no major new taxes in the first proposed operating budget of the 20th Legislative Assembly. The financial blueprint for the 2024-25 fiscal…
Devon Larabie will be eligible for parole from his life sentence for second-degree murder in the death of Breanna Menacho in six years, a Supreme Court judge has ruled. Justice David Gates was reluctant to accept the joint submission for 10 years before parole eligibility, but was legally restricted in…
Lisa Zoe can still visualize the silhouette of an RCMP officer at her door in May 2020. A pair of Mounties had arrived to inform Zoe that one of her five children had been killed in a most gruesome manner. “Everything was crazy and chaotic on May 6. That was…
The man convicted in the brutal killing of 22-year-old Breanna Menacho in May 2020 will be sentenced Thursday in NWT Supreme Court in Yellowknife. Devon Larabie pleaded guilty in December 2022 to second-degree murder just as his trial was expected to begin. He admitted killing Menacho at his Yellowknife apartment…
An abandoned campfire full of garbage left burning near Cameron River was snuffed out before it could pose a danger to nearby cabins. The fire had to be dug out yesterday by multiple firefighters with an entire truck of water used to extinguish it, NWT Fire stated this morning. Mike…
There were no new wildfires reported across the NWT over the long weekend and the uncontained Dehcho blaze outside of Fort Liard is being held. “Winds are calm enough that firefighters should be able to continue to make good progress on the fire,” NWT Fire spokesperson Mike Westwick stated in…
A 24-year-old man from Yellowknife is dead, possibly after being assaulted at the Raven Pub one week ago. The man, whose name hasn’t been released, was brought to Stanton Territorial Hospital by EMS on May 15, while in medical distress. Despite life saving efforts, he died in hospital, RCMP stated…
A 31-year-old man is dead following an overnight shooting and RCMP is appealing to the public for information on the crime. It’s the fourth homicide involving firearms in Yellowknife since November. This morning at 12:46 a.m., police received a complaint indicating that someone had been shot inside an apartment building…