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Featured, Justice, News, Police October 24, 2022

Fort McPherson booze bust nets 102 bottles of vodka

Police say they made the seizure last Friday during a routine traffic stop on the Dempster Highway

An unidentified man is facing charges in connection with what RCMP are calling a “significant” liquor seizure near Fort McPherson. Police say they made the seizure last Friday during a routine traffic stop on the Dempster Highway, within the 25-kilometre radius of the Fort McPherson Liquor Restriction. RCMP say they…

Community, Featured, Justice, Law courts, News, Police October 21, 2022

Swords, guns, ammunition seized in Norman Wells raid

No charges have been laid in connection with the raid

Three swords, 16 long-barrel firearms and more than 1,300 rounds of ammo were among the weapons seized by Norman Wells RCMP this week. On Monday, Oct. 17, a raid was conducted on a home in Norman Wells with the help of a nearby detachment. In addition to the swords, long-barrel…

Featured, Justice, Police October 20, 2022

Saamba K’e man facing gun charges

Fort Simpson RCMP say they got the call Wednesday

A 43-year-old man from Saamba K’e is facing several charges for allegedly threatening a woman with a firearm at a residence. Fort Simpson RCMP say they got the call Wednesday evening and flew out to the area with a police service dog. They say the man had fled the residence and…

Featured, News, Police, Weather October 18, 2022

Fort McPherson boater rescued

Police say the 31-year-old was reported missing on Saturday after travelling to his camp on the Husky Channel by boat.

The rescue of a Fort McPherson man prods the warning from RCMP that it’s unsafe to travel on northern waterways at this time of year following Police say the 31-year-old was reported missing on Saturday after travelling to his camp on the Husky Channel by boat. They say the man failed…

Featured, Justice, News, Police October 11, 2022

RCMP investigating fatal crash near Inuvik

One man is dead and charges are pending against another following this weekend's accident

The RCMP are investigating a motor vehicle accident near Inuvik that left one person dead over the weekend. The accident happened on Saturday evening, at about 8:20 p.m. along the Inuvik/Tuktoyaktuk highway. A man who was seriously injured in the crash was airlifted to a hospital in Alberta, where he…

Community, Featured, News, Police October 6, 2022

Update: Body of Fort Resolution man found by search party

The 42 year-old was reported to have fallen off a boat on Monday, Oct. 4

Updated 10:15 a.m. Oct. 11. Police say a community-led search party has found the body of a Fort Resolution man who fell into the Slave River last week. The RCMP announced on Tuesday the body of 42-year-old George Giroux was found by a community search party on Oct. 8….

Community, Events, Featured, Justice, News, Police October 5, 2022

Dene Nation, allies march for MMIWG

Forty-seven Indigenous women or girls killed between 1980 and 2012 were in the Northwest Territories

Dozens took to the streets of Ndilo and Yellowknife on Tuesday to mark the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on Tuesday. The march began at the Ndilo gym and continued all the way to Yellowknife’s Northern United Place, where there was a sharing…

Featured, News, Police October 2, 2022

Update: Missing Yellowknife woman found “safe and sound”

Twenty nine year-old Sarah Gullberg was first declared missing on Sunday

A missing Yellowknife woman was found “safe and sound” on Sunday evening, hours after police issued a call for public help. Twenty nine year-old Sarah Gullberg was first declared missing on Sunday evening after her family had not seen her for several days. She was confirmed found by the RCMP…

Community, Featured, Justice, News, Police September 23, 2022

Fort Good Hope stabbing suspect turns himself in

Thaddeus McNeely surrendered to police on Thursday evening

The lone suspect in a series of stabbings in Fort Good Hope has turned himself in to authorities. In a press conference on Thursday evening, RCMP Supt. Jeffrey Christie said McNeely had turned himself in to authorities earlier that evening. A motive for the crime has still not been established,…

Community, Featured, Justice, News, Police September 22, 2022

“We will find him”: RCMP still searching for Fort Good Hope stabbing suspect

The incident is believed to be "an isolated incident and a targeted attack."

Northwest Territories RCMP says they are still on the hunt for the lone suspect in Tuesday night’s stabbing spree in Fort Good Hope. In a press conference just after 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sgt. Chris Manseau said Thaddeus McNeely had still not been found, although he is most likely still…