A panel of N.W.T. Court of Appeal judges has ordered a new sentencing hearing for a Hay River man convicted of second-degree murder and robbery in the 2017 death of Alex Norwegian. The panel also changed his murder conviction to a manslaughter conviction.
This week's public hearing is the latest hurdle in Hay River's years-long effort to switch electricity providers from Northland to the Northwest Territories Power Corporation, a move the town says will meaningfully reduce the cost of electricity for residents.
The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned a 2021 decision by the N.W.T.’s Court of Appeal affecting the ability of non-Francophone students to attend French school in the territory.
Posted: Apr 01, 2021 2:00 PM CT | Last Updated: April 1
An undated photo of Bobby Zoe being escorted into the Yellowknife courthouse. A judge has declared him a long-term offender, and a dangerous offender label was overturned by a court of appeal.(CBC)
A repeat sex offender from Gamètì, N.W.T., has been designated a long-term offender.
Judge Donovan Molloy s written sentencing decision for Bobby Zoe, released Wednesday, comes after the Northwest Territories Court of Appeal said another judge made errors in the initial sentencing in 2017.
Zoe, 40, has been convicted of four separate sex crimes.
The long-term offender designation means he will be supervised by the Correctional Service of Canada for 10 years after he gets out of jail. It places a great deal of faith in the corrections department, Molloy noted.