Yellowknife RCMP are investigating a suspected homicide after a man passed away from serious injuries on Sunday. Police were called to the scene on 47 Street shortly after 8:00 a.m. yesterday, where they found the injured man. He was taken to hospital and later pronounced dead. The investigation is ongoing….
A Fort Smith man has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and robbery in connection with an incident that left two men injured late last month. The investigation that led to the arrest of 19-year-old Christian Gordon also spawned a separate investigation into drug trafficking. The incident took place…
Yellowknife’s long-awaited Wellness and Recovery Centre is getting a $24 million funding boost from the federal government. That’s according to a joint announcement by Northwest Territories MP Michael McLeod and Minister of Health and Social Services Julie Green on Friday. Once complete, the new centre will offer a variety of…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returned to Yellowknife to announce a new affordable housing project, as he continued his tour of the wildfire-devastated territory on Thursday. The 50-unit affordable housing project is slated for completion in 2025. Trudeau was joined at the announcement by Premier Caroline Cochrane, MP Michael McLeod, Mayor…
As the camera rolls, Mary Snowshoe tells a story of becoming stranded in a storm when she was 18. “I couldn’t even see, maybe, two metres away from myself,” she recalls. But she remembered what her father taught her, and was able to make a fire and a tipi. Through…
Mahalia Yakeleya Newmark comes from a long line of caregivers. Her great-grandmother, Harriett Gladue, was a midwife who lived in the bush. “One of the stories I would hear is that they’d be out in the bush, and then they would hear the bells on the dog team coming, and…
A 20-year-old male driver is facing several charges after injuring both a security guard and an RCMP officer in an impaired driving incident in Yellowknife. The incident took place shortly after 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, when the driver struck a security guard with his vehicle. The security guard was trying…
It was an eventful final day of the annual general assembly (AGA) of the Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC), as two former presidents of Designated Gwich’in Organizations (DGOs) were banned from serving for life and one delegation temporarily walked out. The three-day AGA wrapped up on Thursday, during a day of…
An Inuvik man wanted in connection with a break and enter and theft has been taken into custody. That’s according to a release from the Inuvik RCMP on Friday. 45-year-old Michael Clifford Rilling was wanted in connection with an incident that took place at the Inuvik Regional Hospital on or…
Smoke curled through the air as the red tarp was removed and the Legislative Assembly’s new art installation was revealed. Dozens gathered for the unveiling of the new Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) monument in front of the Legislative Assembly building on Wednesday. The monument was designed…