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Behchokǫ̀ RCMP seize $76,000 in cash, charge Edmonton man

Arrest follows discovery of cash, drugs, and phones in Alberta-licensed vehicle


Behchoko RCMP seized $76,000 in cash from an Alberta-licensed vehicle exhibiting “suspicious driving behavior” on November 25, according to a Thursday news release. Officers stopped the vehicle and conducted a cursory search, where they found a hidden compartment containing a large amount of cash, several cell-phones and a small quantity…



Search on in Tuktoyaktuk area for Northern Store burglary suspect

The community's key retail business was broken into on weekend, with suspect fleeing with goods on stolen snowmobile, say RCMP


Tuktoyaktuk RCMP are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect after the burglary of the community’s Northern Store early Saturday morning. Electronics and cigarettes were stolen from the business, after which the suspect stole a snowmobile and fled the area, stated a release. Video surveillance was obtained showing…


Yellowknife jail guard attacker shot dead by Winnipeg police on weekend

His family impacted by residential school system, Jordan Charlie’s troubled upbringing resulted in a string of brutally violent crimes


A Nunavut-born man shot dead Sunday by Winnipeg Police after police say he stabbed a cop in the neck was the same person who viciously assaulted a corrections officer inside Yellowknife’s North Slave Correctional Complex in 2019. Twenty-four-year-old Jordan Charlie’s violent life came to a quick end Sunday at a…


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,…