Hay River man dies in Alberta stabbing
A Hay River man died last week after a stabbing incident on the Enoch First Nation just west of Edmonton. Vern Donald Derocher, 40, was found with several stab wounds after the RCMP was called to a house on the reserve just after 4 a.m. on April 2. He was rushed to the University of [...]
Group awards high credit rating to GNWT
The GNWT has received a high investment grade credit rating showing that their fiscal plans are sound, according to officials. Moody’s Investors Service published its decision on March 26, giving the GNWT a Aa1 credit rating, just one level below the highest possible rating of Aaa.
GNWT responds to coroner’s report
The Government of the Northwest Territories responded Friday to the coroner’s report into the 2009 death of a Yellowknife man on the anti-depressant Venlafaxine. Minister of Health and Social Services Sandy Lee said the department took the recommendations in the March 2 report seriously and waited until the end of the month to respond since [...]
Ice roads yield to spring temperatures
The winter roads have begun to close according to officials with the Department of Transportation. “The winter roads for the region have all closed,” said regional superintendent Greg Whitlock on Thursday. “They were all officially closed as of midnight last night.”
HRFD places eighth in curling championship
The Hay River Fire Department is returning without a national title as they come back from the 2010 Canadian Fire Fighters Muscular Dystrophy Hydrant Curling Championship this week. The team, consisting of skip Steve Moss, third Wyatt Scheller, second Gerald May and lead Doreen Scheller travelled to Regina, SK from March 27 to April 3 [...]
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