The Beaufort Delta is getting ready to rumble tonight. Totally Arctic Wrestling (TAW) returns to the Delta this weekend. The first event, Naarigaa, is coming to Inuvik on Friday, while the second event, Danger Bay, is coming to Tuktoyaktuk on Sunday. Since its first event in 2019, TAW has billed…
A man in Tuktoyaktuk has been released from police custody after twice pointing a rifle at RCMP officers and firing a shot into the air yesterday morning. On Sunday morning, local RCMP were alerted to an armed and intoxicated man outside of a home. According to an RCMP release sent…
The department of Health and Social Services is warning about an ongoing chicken pox outbreak in Tuktoyaktuk. Multiple people in different households have recently contracted the disease, although the department did not say exactly how many. A Jan. 22 community hockey game and a Feb. 2 Canadian North flight from…
A search group in Tuktoyaktuk has no deadline for ending its mission to find community member Ernest Raymond, who has been missing since last week. The search is a community effort — with countless cooks donating food to the volunteers walking along the shores, flying drones and out in boats…
Tuktoyaktuk RCMP says there is an ongoing investigation to find 50-year-old Ernest Raymond. Police say they received a call shortly before 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, saying Raymond was missing. He reportedly had not been seen in the community for “several days”. Officers went to a camp at Reindeer…
In an effort to support Tuktoyaktuk’s fight against climate change, the federal government is providing the community with $5.5 million in funding. Some of this money can go towards relocation efforts for residents whose homes are at risk from eroding shorelines caused by rising temperatures. However, Erwin Elias, mayor of…
As if dealing with the threat of coronavirus wasn’t bad enough, residents in parts of the Northwest Territories have had to deal with Mother Nature over the past few days as well. Blizzard conditions have wreaked havoc in the northern part of the Northwest Territories. At one point, the school…
The Member of the Legislative Assembly for Nanukput is among those in Tuktoyaktuk who are continuing to mourn but are also celebrating the life of Elder Persis Gruben. She died last Sunday at the astonishing age of 101. MLA and long-time Tuk resident Jackie Jacobson says he knew Persis his…
RCMP in Tuktoyaktuk seized 190 bottles and cans of different sizes and types of alcohol. According to a news release, police received a tip on September 6 about a vehicle going to the community with a large amount of alcohol. RCMP then intercepted the vehicle on the Inuvik-Tuk highway. The…
A Tuktoyaktuk repeat sexual offender, who pleaded guilty to entering a home and sexually assaulting children, has been sentenced to one year of jail time that he has already served, and three years probation. According to an agreed statement of facts, Gilbert Katigakyok, 25, who suffers from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum…