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Featured, News, Police, Reconciliation, Weather November 26, 2024

Community-minded RCMP officer collects coats for 120 needy kids in Aklavik

Const. Jason Emmons and wife, Larissa, found many youth in the Arctic community did not have adequate winter clothing


A caring RCMP officer and his wife took it upon themselves to find a way to provide proper winter clothing for more than 100 children in Aklavik. Constable Jason Emmons and his wife, Larissa, in 2023 found that many youths in the Arctic community did not have adequate winter clothing,…

Featured, News, Police November 26, 2024

Reported drive-by shooting of vehicle ends with RCMP gunpoint takedown of suspects

About $20,000 cash, believed to be the proceeds of crime, crack cocaine, ski-masks and several edged weapons seized by police


Three people were arrested at gunpoint by RCMP officers after reports of a drive-by shooting near Walmart on Sunday. A motorist was allegedly followed by another vehicle that pulled up alongside, and a masked individual pointed a gun at the victim’s vehicle after which a thud was heard, leading the…

Featured, News, Police November 22, 2024

RCMP officers start using body-worn cameras in Northwest Territories today

Yellowknife first to roll-out new program, with the rest of the territory to see the new gear in the first half of next year


RCMP officers in Northwest Territories started using body-worn cameras today in Yellowknife, with the complete training and roll-out expected to be completed in eight months. Officers will be trained in groups. Because of this, the public can expect to see some officers with cameras and some without until all have…

Featured, News, Police November 13, 2024

Loaded gun, drugs and $30K seized during traffic stop on Highway 3

Two adults from Hay River and a 16-year-old from Toronto face charges


Behchokǫ̀ RCMP seized a loaded handgun, approximately 25 grams of suspected crack-cocaine and $30,000 in cash from a vehicle stopped on Highway 3 near Edzo around midnight yesterday. Following the investigation, 35-year-old John Antoine and 26-year-old Jessica Sabourin, both from Hay River, as well as a 16-year-old youth from Toronto…

Featured, News, Police November 7, 2024

Arson leads to drugs and illegal firearms cache in Hay River

Six handguns and long guns, ammunition, suspected crack cocaine seized; no arrests have been made


On Tuesday morning, Hay River RCMP received a report of a structure fire within the community. After the 7 a.m. fire was extinguished, an insecure firearm was found, stated a release. Having obtained a search warrant, police seized six firearms, ammunition, a small quantity of suspected crack cocaine packaged for…

Featured, Justice, News, Police November 5, 2024

Man, cocaine found in Inuvik hotel closet; cash, cut-down rifle in the room

An Edmonton man faces a long list of serious drug and weapons charges after arrest Monday, say RCMP


An Edmonton man was found hiding in a closet in an Inuvik hotel with 23 grams of suspected cocaine, say RCMP. Outside of the closet, police noticed an assortment of trafficking paraphernalia and a modified loaded .22 pump action rifle, its serial number filed down and ammunition nearby, reads a…

Featured, Housing, News, Police, Reconciliation, Wildfires November 1, 2024

Police now work with housing officials to oust traffickers, rowdy tenants from public housing units

After years of complaints and pleas for help from MLAs and tenants, the RCMP now helps local officials build their case for evictions


In an effort to deal with an increase of drug use and sales in public housing across the NWT, the RCMP has started to share information with local housing organizations to help expedite rental office hearings. Criminality in public housing units has long been a sore spot with Regular MLAs,…