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Featured, Law courts, News, Police September 3, 2020

Yellowknife man sentenced 4.5 years for robbing Circle K twice

Joanasie Qumuaqtuq has just over three years left after time served.


A Yellowknife man who robbed the same convenience store twice has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years of prison time. Chief Justice Louise Charbonneau gave her verdict for 21-year-old Joanasie Qumuaqtuq, Thursday afternoon at the Yellowknife courthouse. Qumuaqtuq previously pleaded guilty to the offences in January. He was also sentenced for…

Featured, Justice, Law courts, News, Police August 7, 2020

Sentencing hearing for Ice Road Truckers star delayed, again

Arthur Burke has plead guilty to arson by negligence for causing an accidental explosion at a Yellowknife apartment.


A reality TV star from the show Ice Road Truckers had his sentencing hearing rescheduled for the third time on Friday. In February, Arthur Burke pleaded guilty to the charge of arson by negligence for accidentally causing an explosion at a downtown Yellowknife apartment in 2018. The explosion caused about $70,000…

Featured, News, Police July 22, 2020

Police continue to investigate Charlene Catholique disappearance 30 years later

She was last seen at the intersection of Highway 3 and Behchokǫ̀ Access Road on July 22, 1990


Charlene Catholique has officially been missing for 30 years, but continues to be at the center of a police investigation. On July 22, 1990, 15-year-old Catholique was last seen walking on Highway 3, near Behchokǫ̀, toward Yellowknife, looking for a ride. Catholique, originally from Łutselk’e, has been featured on Canada’s…

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Featured, News, Police June 12, 2020

Phone lines back in service for RCMP

A communication outage last Friday which affected calls to police detachments, including 911, has been repaired. The outage was alleged to be caused by fibre optic line cut, south of Enterprise, an RCMP press release said. Andrew Anderson, spokesperson for Northwestel said the situation was resolved on Saturday, June 13….

Featured, News, Police June 8, 2020

RCMP investigating ‘suspicious death’ in Inuvik

The RCMP is investigating the “suspicious death” of an adult male in Inuvik. The man was discovered injured and non-responsive on Union St., Friday around 11:40 p.m, a press release said. Police say no one is charged and the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the…