The RCMP are doing their part to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the NWT by wearing face masks also known as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). “We want to assure the people of the NWT that public safety remains our focus,” Superintendent Jeff Christie, NT RCMP Criminal Operations Office…
A new synthetic opioid drug called isotonitazene, has prompted a public warning from the RCMP in Nunavut. “The pills are white, in the shape of a triangle and could have an M or a P on one side and an 8 on the other,” Nunavut RCMP said. “The appearance of…
It was a terrifying experience for mother Sunita Kochon after her son Preston Kochon was run over by a truck on Sunday in Yellowknife near the Snowcastle. CKLB Radio recently wrote about the six-year-old trapper from Colville Lake and his love for being out on the land with his grandfather….
A man’s ingenuity to transport his snowmobile on the roof of his car in Yellowknife is now under investigation by the NWT RCMP. Pictures of the snowmobile on the roof of the car have been widely shared on social media over the course of the week. Julie Plourde is the…
A former Yellowknife man has been declared a dangerous offender and imprisoned for 14 years to be followed by ten years of long-term supervision after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Hay River in 2014. Cody Durocher, 34, was handed his punishment in Supreme Court in…
An veteran RCMP officer, currently based in Yellowknife, but well-known elsewhere in the Northwest Territories, has won a national highway safety award. Sergeant Todd Scaplen is the 2019 Recipient of the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) Police Partnership Award. Introduced in 2007, the CCMTA Police Partnership Award honours…