A wellbeing check in Inuvik prompted RCMP to find drugs, cash, and evidence of drug trafficking. A 27-year-old man was charged with trafficking offences. Police say they received a request to check on a person who had not been heard from for days on June 13. Upon entering the apartment,…
Emergency shelters in Yellowknife are “completely overwhelmed,” with MLA Shauna Morgan saying she’s afraid the system will collapse without solutions being found soon. Morgan is the MLA for Yellowknife North, which includes the Salvation Army complex, which is struggling at over double of its capacity each night. “I would like…
A tip led RCMP to arrest a passenger at the Fort Good Hope airport on the weekend, seizing illegal and prescription drugs and bootlegged alcohol. This incident comes just days after a Standing Committee of the NWT Assembly heard concerns about the lack of passenger screening at the Yellowknife Airport…
Deadly drug deals – either settled with bullets or poisonous mixtures – are a major issue at “crisis” levels across the NWT, says Premier R.J. Simpson. The Northwest Territories has been near to, or at the highest rate of hospital stays due to substance use in the country – more…
Two men are charged with drug trafficking after searching a Hay River residence on June 4. RCMP says the search warrant was originally for firearms, however none were found. However, police did find 24 grams of cocaine, $3,700 cash and “additional evidence of drug trafficking,” according to a release. 30-year-old…
A 74-year-old man was arrested after three people in a Fort Resolution residence were attacked early Sunday morning with an “edged weapon,” and the victims were shot at as they fled, RCMP stated today. Officers were called to the Fort Resolution Clinic on June 2nd at 3:10 a.m. to respond…
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…
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…