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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…

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, Police January 17, 2023

Phones, internet restored in Sahtú and Beaufort Delta

NorthwesTel has confirmed its phone service in several communities in the Sahtú and Beaufort Delta has been restored. The telecom told CKLB the disruption was caused by a construction company damaging a fibre line just south of Norman Wells. Original article below: Residents in the Sahtú and Beaufort Delta needing…

Featured, Justice, News, Police January 10, 2023

Police seeking public’s help following multiple Midwest break-ins

Four break-ins affecting Midwest Property Management have happened since Christmas Eve


Update, Jan. 11 2:00 p.m.: In an email to a tenant of the former Solar Apartments building early Wednesday afternoon, a Midwest employee said “Maintenance are doing their best to change the locks and that’s the priority but we don’t have a timeline.” Yellowknife RCMP are asking for the public’s…

Featured, Justice, Law courts, News, Police, Politics January 10, 2023

Former Yellowknife city councillor charged with assault, sexual assault

Robin Williams faces nine charges, including assault causing bodily harm or with a weapon


A former Yellowknife city councillor has been charged with multiple crimes, including assault and sexual assault, according to court documents. Robin Williams faces nine charges, including four counts of assault, one count of assault causing bodily harm or with a weapon, one count of sexual assault, one count of uttering…

Community, Featured, Justice, News, Police December 2, 2022

Update: Fort Providence RMCP locate, arrest suspect in alleged assault

Logan Causa was found at a "rural property" near Fort Providence on Saturday


A suspect in an alleged Fort Providence assault is in custody after escaping arrest on Friday. Logan Causa, 22, was found at a “rural property” near Fort Providence on Saturday and arrested “without incident.” Early on Friday morning, Fort Providence RCMP responded to an alleged assault causing “serious injuries,” according…