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Community, Featured, Justice, News, Police March 16, 2023

Man in custody following Fort McPherson drug bust

The man was found to be carrying “79 individual baggies believed to be Crack Cocaine and a pill container believed to contain OxyContin,” according to police

A man faces charges of possession and possession for the purpose of trafficking after being arrested in Fort McPherson with what appeared to be cocaine and narcotics. On Wednesday, March 15, a man from outside the community was approached by RCMP while alone in a parked vehicle. He was arrested…

Community, Featured, News March 15, 2023

Inuvialuit Regional Corporation buys historic Reindeer Station

The site will continue to be used for cultural and healing camps

The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) has bought the historic Reindeer Station. The IRC announced the purchase of the site from the Inuvik Community Corporation on Tuesday. Reindeer Station in the Mackenzie Delta was first established by the federal government in 1932 to house a herd of more than 3,400 caribou….

Featured, News March 15, 2023

Northern star Leela Gilday shines light on youth in new Kids Help Phone campaign

Despite being a five-time Juno award-winning artist, Leela Gilday wasn’t always comfortable expressing herself. A feeling she’s known ever since she was a young girl, growing up in Yellowknife. “I felt like my voice wasn’t as important as other youth and so it’s taken a lifetime of trying to realize…

Community, Featured, Justice, News, Police March 14, 2023

Man in hospital following altercation with Fort Good Hope RCMP

Alberta RCMP have been called in to investigate the incident

Last updated Tuesday, March 14 at 5:18 p.m. A man who was sent to receive medical treatment in Yellowknife after an altercation with multiple police officers along the Mackenzie Valley Winter Road is still in hospital, according to police. On Monday morning, Fort Good Hope RCMP responded to a report…

Community, Featured, News March 13, 2023

Hay River youth in hospital following ‘serious assault’

Three male culprits have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault, several other offences

A young male is in hospital following a ‘serious assault’ in Hay River. Police say they received a call of a disturbance around 4:15 a.m. on March 12. While en route to the location, they found a young man who had been assaulted. EMS transported the young man to the…

Art, Entertainment, Events, Featured, News March 9, 2023

Emery Burningrass creator talks trauma and comedy ahead of Beaufort Delta shows

How Donald MacDonald turned a $5 puppet into an Indigenous YouTube sensation

He’s small, he’s got attitude, and he may or may not still bootleg liquor. Meet Emery Burningrass. He’s become a YouTube and social media star over the past five years, particularly among Indigenous communities, from which he draws his humour. Now, Emery and his puppeteer, Donald MacDonald, are coming to…

Featured, Justice, News, Police March 7, 2023

Police call for witnesses to come forward in connection with Yellowknife murder

RCMP say the August, 2022 murder is part of a sharp rise in handgun violence

Northwest Territories RCMP are making a public appeal for witnesses to come forward in connection with an unsolved murder from August of last year. Thirty-six-year-old Faysal Farah was found shot to death at a Yellowknife apartment shortly after 2 a.m. on Aug. 20. Police say multiple witnesses were at the…

Featured, News March 3, 2023

YK RCMP seize 3D printed firearm, drugs

Police seized 240 grams of cocaine and a 3D-printed firearm on Feb. 26. from an unwanted guest. Police responded to a call from a residence on Gitzel Street where they arrested a 39-year-old male from Alberta. He was found with 240 grams of cocaine, some cash and a loaded 9…

Environment, Industry, News March 2, 2023

Bill that would increase carbon price in the territory should not become law: Legislative Assembly committee

The committee ruled residents cannot afford another increase in the price of fuel, nor do many have the option to switch to another fuel source.

A bill that would increase the price of carbon in the territory should not be made into law. That was the conclusion of the Legislative Assembly’s Standing Committee on Government Operations this week. On Wednesday, members of the committee presented their report on Bill 60: An Act to Amend the…

Environment, Featured, Industry, News March 2, 2023

NWT was not informed about industrial wastewater leakage in northern Alberta: ENR minister

Minister Shane Thompson said the incidents had the potential to impact shared waters

Last updated Friday, March 3 at 4:35 p.m. The Government of the Northwest Territories was not informed about two incidents of industrial wastewater leakage in northern Alberta within the last year that had the potential to impact shared waters. Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Shane Thompson confirmed in the…