A Ndilo man is facing a number of charges under the Liquor Act following a police investigation into the illegal sale of alcohol.
On Saturday, July 14, Yellowknife RCMP launched a probe into the suspected illegal sale of alcohol from a residence in Ndilo.
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Colten McNeely, a Fort Good Hope man charged with second-degree murder, has been granted bail.
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After firing his lawyers during a sentencing hearing earlier this month, convicted murderer Kevin Mantla is now set to be sentenced in November.
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Former Nunavut deputy premier and cabinet minister Monica Ell-Kanayuk was elected president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Canada July 15.
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After an investigation into the riot which took place at Baffin Correction Center June 20, RCMP laid charges on 11 current or former prisoners.
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Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd received federal ministerial approval July 11 for a Type A water licence, which allows the company to move ahead with the construction and development of the Whale Tail pit at its Amaruq project.
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The RCMP released news today of an all-terrain vehicle accident that killed two people from Resolute Bay.
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Made-in-Nunavut books, published by Inhabit Media and Inhabit Education, are now available straight from the source via a new on-line bookstore.
The Iqaluit-based publisher, known for its high-quality book in Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English and French, found its books were not easily accessible for Nunavummiut, said managing partner Neil Christopher.
Read Moreby Daniel McNeely, MLA for the Sahtu region
In response to ‘Road to Ruin’ (News/North – July 9).
Long before the concept of a road into the Slave Geological Province and long before the idea of the Whati Road, was the Great Slave to Great Bear Road. This road was part of the original Roads to Resources Program that was initiated by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker back in the 1950’s.
Read Moreby Gary Vivian, president, NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines
I read with interest the recent News/North editorial, “Highway to ruin” to describe the recent government announcements to invest $140 million to advance the Mackenzie Valley Highway.
Read MoreNorman Yakeleya,
Tulita/Yellowknife, NT
Dear editor,
The editorial in News/North on July 9th opened with a quote from me back in 2014.
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A white pick-up truck crashed into Sushi Cafe on Franklin Ave. early Sunday morning.
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Friends, one constant in the North are the meetings and workshops always in progress.
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Behchoko/Rae
The annual sports festival that sees Northwest Territories youth testing their strength and skills in a handful of sports will take place in Behchoko this summer.
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“It’s really just extraordinary,” said Rochelle Yendo in Fort Simpson on Thursday. “I can’t explain the feeling I have right now.”
Read MoreRecreation North is moving ahead with its Community Recreation Leadership Program full-time.
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British Columbia born and Hollywood-based rapper Madchild’s “It’s a Mad World” came north to The Raven Pub last night.
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The report card is out on the NWT and it looks like it’s a failing grade, yet again.
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A Behchoko man who kicked and punched an abruptly woken resident during a violent and “cruel” 2016 home invasion will learn his fate at a sentencing hearing next month.
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Naujaat’s is the only member Co-op store in Nunavut with its own bakery, and Cheryl Siusangnark is the baker.
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Basketball NWT had never tried anything like this before: a camp with more than just the usual dribble-shoot-pass drills.
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Over the next three editions, News/North will interview each of the three candidates for National Chief of the Dene Nation – Eileen Marlowe, Richard Edjericon and Norman Yakeleya – ahead of the Aug. 22 election. First up is Yakeleya, who has served in the past as the Sahtu MLA, chief of the Tulita Dene Band, a land claim negotiator and a chair of the Sahtu Tribal Council.
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A Fort McPherson man accused of stabbing a teen nine times after a night of partying last fall was denied bail in NWT Supreme Court on July 12.
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And so the saga in Thailand is over that saw the soccer team and their coach trapped in a cave for more than a fortnight.
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The Government of the Northwest Territories has been ordered to pay $15,000 to three NWT residents after a human rights adjudicator ruled its income assistance food voucher program was discriminatory.
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Roberta Bondar, the first Canadian woman astronaut to go into space, is headlining this year’s Dark Sky Festival in Wood Buffalo National Park.
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Many residents of Inuvik have a strong entrepreneurial spirit.
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At the heart of issues surrounding the several-month delay for a new brewery to begin operations and finally open its doors, is the state of Iqaluit’s water supply Lake Geraldine.
Coun. Joanasie Akumalik made his point to fellow councillors, the deputy mayor and mayor July 10 by passing around bottled water at the top of the council meeting.
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The sun shone brightly and the mosquitoes were bitey as a group of paddlers carried their kayaks down to the west bank of Hay River.
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The Inuvik Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary (CCGA) received a donation of two customized search-and-rescue Sea-Doos from Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) July 7.
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When I was first starting out as a journalist in Yellowknife a few years back, I found myself on the phone with a local city councillor. Near the end of the call he asked me where I was from.
