Northwest Territories
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Report alleges RCMP mistreatment of homeless Indigenous women in NWTHomeless Indigenous women in the North do not feel well-protected by the RCMP and instead face violence and discrimination by police, a new report has found.CanadaApr 11
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London, Ont. sonographer shares experience serving remote, Arctic communityDifferent sonographers from across Canada will fly in and they’ll do stints between two and six weeks where they supply their skills.CanadaFeb 8
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‘Highway out was on fire’: Calls for inquest grow into ‘slow’ N.W.T fire responseLast summer was the worst wildfire season on record for the Northwest Territories with 70 per cent of the population being evacuated. Residents are seeking accountability.EnvironmentFeb 5
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TSB recovers voice recorder, talks to lone survivor of N.W.T. plane crashInvestigators probing a plane crash that killed six people in the Northwest Territories have recovered the cockpit voice recorder and talked to the lone survivor.CanadaJan 31
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‘Be vigilant’: Counselling encouraged for Fort Smith residents after deadly plane crashLocal education authorities have since taken steps to provide additional support for the town's children and teens.CanadaJan 29
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Priest in Northwest Territories prays for plane crash victims, first respondersA priest asked his congregation to pray for victims and first responders at a church service in Fort Smith on Sunday days after six people died in a tragic plane crash.CanadaJan 29
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‘I refused to accept what I was witnessing’: Ranger on response to deadly N.W.T. plane crashSgt. Gordon Rothnie, a Canadian Army ranger who rushed to the crash site by snowmobile along with four colleagues in a rescue attempt, said he was hoping for the best.CanadaJan 26
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N.W.T. residents say charter flights like taking the busNortherners jump on small charter planes like people in the South would into taxis or buses, says the co-owner of Aunty's Korner Store in Fort Smith, N.W.T.CanadaJan 26
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N.W.T. church to ring bells each morning for 6 killed in plane crashPeople in the Northwest Territories town of Fort Smith continue to support each other and mourn after six people died in a plane crash.CanadaJan 25
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N.W.T. plane crash: Fatal flight was headed to Diavik diamond mineThe Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a plane that crashed near Fort Smith, N.W.T., was a British Aerospace Jetstream registered to Northwestern Air Lease.CanadaJan 23
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