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A lawsuit alleging that millions of dollars were taken from companies owned by the Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation (LKDFN) in the N.W.T. has devolved into a battle between two groups of lawyers.
A contractor and subcontractor involved in renos on Yellowknife's old Stanton Territorial Hospital were in court Wednesday to argue whether the subcontractor's lien is valid.
Three years later, no documents or affidavits have been provided by the Town of Norman Wells, N.W.T., in a civil court case it launched against its former SAO Catherine Mallon for fraud.
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CBC is challenging a publication ban the prosecutor wants on information about the death of a 22-year-old woman in Yellowknife last May. The information came out in court during the sentencing of two people who plead guilty to helping cover up the death.(Walter Strong/CBC)
Arguing for a ban on details of an alleged murder in Yellowknife, a Crown prosecutor said that publication bans are sometimes more necessary in smaller populations such as the North than they are in large southern centres.
Blair MacPherson said in Northwest Territories Supreme Court on Wednesday that the CBC had made powerful and persuasive arguments, against the ban, but added they were arguments for a southern jurisdiction . we re asking for a decision that takes into account the context here.