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Featured, News, Police September 10, 2020

18-year-old woman’s death treated as homicide, one person in custody

Anyone with information on suspicious activity is asked to contact the RCMP.

One person is in custody after an 18-year-old woman was found dead in a Hay River home. The woman’s body was discovered by police on Wednesday, after responding to a call around 10:49 p.m. An investigation led to the arrest of one suspect who is facing charges, the RCMP says…

Featured, News September 9, 2020

Search operation near Fort McPherson ends after body discovered

A search and rescue operation near Fort McPherson ended after the discovery of a deceased 70-year-old man. The RCMP says in a press release it is saddened to confirm the body of Paul Koe — a Fort McPherson resident — was discovered in the area of Dry River and Peel…

Featured, News September 8, 2020

Fort Smith RCMP requesting help locating missing 14-year-old

Police are asking for help finding a missing 14-year-old from Fort Smith. Shamus Martin was last seen on Sept. 7 at his residence in Fort Smith, RCMP say in a press release. Police believe he could be in Fort Smith or Behchokǫ̀. Martin has dark brown hair and eyes, stands…

Featured, News September 3, 2020

Police asking for help to find 26-year-old man

Sebastian Konana was last seen on Sunday, Aug. 30.

Yellowknife RCMP is asking for the public’s help to find 26-year-old Sebastian Konana. He was last seen on Sunday, Aug. 30, in the area of 45th Street and Franklin Ave. in the early afternoon and was reported missing on Sept. 2. According to police, Konana was last seen wearing a…

Featured, Justice, News September 2, 2020

Uptick in RCMP use of force in 2019

According to RCMP numbers, the frequency of use of force in the NWT is about the same as the national average.

In 2019, RCMP in the Northwest Territories used force 116 times — the highest total in the last three years. In 2018, officers used force 70 times and 90 times in 2017. Earlier this year, the Globe and Mail published an article on national RCMP use of force statistics. CKLB…

Featured, News August 31, 2020

Woman taken to Edmonton hospital after vehicle rollover

One person is in an Edmonton hospital after a single vehicle crash near Behchokǫ̀ early Sunday morning. The Yellowknife Fire Division used the jaws of life to remove the driver, a 19-year-old woman, from the vehicle which had rolled over. The woman was initially transported to the Stanton Territorial Hospital and…

Featured, News, Police August 19, 2020

Police investigating after body found in downtown Yellowknife

Police are investigating an incident over the weekend where a body was discovered in downtown Yellowknife. At 2:39 p.m. on Saturday, police searched an alley between 43rd and 44th street, says RCMP spokesperson Julie Plourde, in an email. The body was discovered inside a shed in the alley. A post…

Community, Featured, News August 17, 2020

Three people charged in Fort McPherson for impaired driving

RCMP arrested and charged the three in separate incidents within the same week.

Three people are facing impaired driving charges in Fort McPherson. Local RCMP arrested and charged the individuals in separate incidents over the same week. The first was on Aug. 9 when police stopped a man in a pick up truck that was in front of the detachment. “He provided breath…

Featured, News August 12, 2020

RCMP conducts three separate search missions in two-day span on Great Slave Lake

Police remind boaters to always carry a communication device.

The RCMP is reminding boaters to bring a communication device when traveling on the water. This comes after three separate search missions were launched in a two-day span for missing boaters. An RCMP press release says two cases involved boaters failing to show up at an event in Fort Reliance…

Featured, News August 7, 2020

Updated: Missing 12-year-old girl found safe

Yellowknife RCMP say 12-year-old Sheyana Mantla has been found safe. The police put out a call for the public’s help in finding her Friday evening. Police did not give any additional details on how or where the girl was found.