A Yellowknife man, 18-years-old at the time of his crime, is facing six years in jail for chasing and then beating a 73-year-old Yellowknife cab driver and then leaving him in the snow to die. 20-year-old Elias Schiller appeared in a packed Supreme Court in Yellowknife on Monday for the…
The vast majority of offenders in correctional facilities in the Northwest Territories are Indigenous people despite the fact they make up only about half of the territory’s overall population. CKLB asked the Justice Department of the NWT for the numbers after federal prison numbers were released this week. “Currently, of…
Edmonton police say a man with ties to Hay River and Yellowknife is wanted for murder in Edmonton. According to an Edmonton police news release, their Homicide Section is looking for Amin Yussuf, 29, who remains wanted on Canada-wide warrants in connection to the shooting death of 26-year-old Abubeker Gemechu…
A second suspect, wanted in connection with a series of armed robberies in Whitehorse, has been arrested in Inuvik. Corey Robert Cardinal, 32, was arrested Tuesday with the help of Inuvik RCMP, a news release states. Police don’t say exactly where he was arrested nor any circumstances surrounding his apprehension….
A second suspect, wanted in connection with a series of armed robberies in Whitehorse has been arrested in Inuvik. Corey Robert Cardinal, 32, was arrested with the help of Inuvik RCMP, a news release states. Police don’t say exactly where he was arrested nor any circumstances surrounding his apprehension. Cardinal…
Two NWT residents remain “persons of interest” after a homicide late last year in northern Alberta. That’s according to RCMP Sgt. Mark Sloan of Alberta RCMP’s Major Crimes North Division. He says no arrests have been made in the suspicious death of a man whose body was found near Red…
Yellowknife RCMP will not conduct an internal investigation after an officer pulled his gun and pointed at the head of a terrified, innocent woman. Yellowknife resident Mika Kondo tells the CBC that last December 3, she was in her parked vehicle downtown when a man pointed a handgun at her…
RCMP homicide investigators from Northern Alberta were in Yellowknife Monday interviewing a man and a woman they describe as “persons of interest” in connection with a recent homicide. RCMP Sgt. Mark Sloan tells CKLB that they have located and interviewed the two people in connection to a homicide in the…
Yellowknife RCMP are looking for a suspect after the Shell gas station and convenience store was robbed by an armed suspect late Friday night. According to a news release from the Mounties, just before midnight Friday, police responded to a call for service at the business on Range Lake Road….
Inuvik RCMP are asking the public for help as they investigate the theft of LED lights from the top of two Parks Canada vehicles in the community. According to a news release from the Mounties, the theft happened on or between the evening of December 1, and 7 a.m. on…