The Hay River Rangers had to postpone their departure for the latest operation on Saturday morning due to dangerous winds on Great Slave Lake. Seven Rangers, one RCMP officer and an RCMP dog were scheduled to take off at 1 p.m. on Friday as part of Operation Nunakput 11. The group took off in two [...]
On the eve of an announcement beginning the RCMP’s major drug dealing and trafficking sweep across the NWT, four arrests were made on March 23 and two the next day. Of the four arrested on March 23, three were male ranging in age from 19 to 30 and the forth is a minor, for which [...]
Two Hay River teens are credited by the RCMP for putting out a house fire on Porrit Place on Saturday. Scott Heron, 18 and Brendan Look, 17, were walking walking by the two-storey house at around 9 p.m. when they saw the flame, coming from the stove in the window. “I saw the flickering light, [...]
Wilfred Buggins, 66, made his first court appearance on Feb. 8 at the Yellowknife Territorial Court. According to Shannon Smallwood, crown prosecutor, the matter was adjured until May 31, for Buggins to be spoken to. Judge Bernadette Schmaltz made the decision, but it is unknown as to who will be overseeing the proceedings.
A Hay River man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of his younger brother. Wilfred Lawrence Buggins, 66, is in police custody after his younger brother Raymond Cecil Buggins, 61, was found deceased in a cabin near Enterprise after the Hay River RCMP responded to a call at approximately 6:04 a.m. [...]
A Dec. 8 collision between two trucks near McNally Creek, 20 km north of Enterprise, has left one man dead and two injured. The collision occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m., when an empty southbound RTL Robinson Enterprises Ltd. tanker collided with a northbound Manitoulin Transport truck filled with the Fort Simpson grocery load.
Despite having fewer teams than they hoped for, organizers said this year’s NWT High School Hockey Championships went on without a hitch. Only three teams were involved in this year’s competition, and Yellowknife’s Sir John Franklin took the title after beating out Diamond Jenness 3-2 in the final. SJF, DJSS and Kiilinik from Cambridge Bay [...]
Family of the woman who died after falling from the Mackenzie Place highrise last week are describing her as being a “bubbly,” outgoing person who made friends easily. Melanie Clarkson of Edson, Alberta identified the woman as her 26-year-old twin sister, Melissa. Melissa died after falling from her twelfth floor balcony in the early morning [...]
The sacrifice made by Hay River RCMP Const. Chris Worden three years ago was remembered by 30 people attending a candlelight vigil on Oct. 6. Participants assembled in the lobby of the Don Stewart Recreation Centre near a bronze plaque bearing Worden’s likeness. After lighting candles the group proceeded north along Woodland Drive, east on [...]
A new court date has been set for a local woman charged with animal cruelty after allegedly hoarding dogs on her property. Linda Hobson, 66, made her second court appearance last Wednesday, after the RCMP raided her property in June. Her appearance, in front of Judge Garth Malakoe was brief, to which Attorney Michael Hansen [...]
